NewYorker, Eco

This article was really interesting. I liked it. It reminded me of what we spoke about in CMC 200 about the construction of Disney, and how they constructed history throughout the park. This article didn't get that deep, it only mentioned how fake it is. This made me step back and think about reality vs fantasy. In the everyday world, just in life in general, you never think - o this is real - you just accept everything as it is, as being reality. The people around us aren't robots, and the items we use everyday from books to computers to cars are real, and not amuesment-park props. However, there are some circumstances when you question reality, but it is on such a small scale that it doesn't effect my life. For example, when walking into an office, or a waiting room and there is a plant, sometimes you wonder if it is real or fake. Other times, like at someone's home if there is a fruit basket out, you wonder if the fruit is real or fake, just for decoration.
But when you put yourself in a place like Disney or Berry Farms, sometimes you get so caught up in the perfection of the fake-ness that you assume certain things are fake, and barely recognize what is real. Eco spoke about water actually being water, but we know it is a man-made river. He also spoke about getting caught up in a store within Disney, that the consumer buys so much. That happens in Disney a lot, because the people that work there are dressed in costume, and have to conduct themselves in a certain way to keep up with the theme. Even the people working at the kiosks with the light up sticks and all the other crap no one needs, you feel compelled to buy it just because you're there, and it looks "cool." This happens to me all the time, and I have to really control my urge to purchase these random things, because I know that the instant I leave the park, I will regret buying something, because in the real world, it longer "fits" it is no longer a "necessity."