{"id":1420,"date":"2011-07-13T07:16:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T07:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2023-07-14T02:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T02:14:00","slug":"commercialization-in-effigy-of-san-francisco-landmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/commercialization-in-effigy-of-san-francisco-landmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercialization in effigy of San Francisco landmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disneys-desecration-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disneys-desecration-small-300x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1423\" title=\"Disney's Desecration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disneys-desecration-small-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disneys-desecration-small-1024x383.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disneys-desecration-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until recently, Disney&#8217;s California Adventure wasn&#8217;t noteworthy. It was the theme park best known for the Graveroller, a ride where you could watch the animatronic corpse of Walt Disney rolling inside of a fiberglass model of his grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But now the park is changing. California Adventure recently unveiled a Little Mermaid themed ride &#8212; a ride which desecrates San Francisco with the commercialization (in effigy) of a glorious local landmark, the Palace of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Palace is best known for appearing on postcards and as a wedding photo backdrop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disney&#8217;s decision to commercialize a scale model of the Palace of Fine Arts must not be tolerated. This move is clearly a middle-finger to San Francisco, a city which is serious about protesting the commercialization of public property. But we do enjoy irony, which is why the Walt Disney Family Museum is located on public land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m calling on all true San Franciscans to march to Disney&#8217;s California Adventure and stage a protest at the site of this effigy. Unfortunately it&#8217;s not free to enter the theme park. (Wise protesters will bring a coupon.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo of Disney attraction from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Little_Mermaid_-_Ariels_Undersea_Adventure_entrance.jpg\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until recently, Disney&#8217;s California Adventure wasn&#8217;t noteworthy. 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