Passing through the gates, visitors are informed, "Here you leave today, and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy." As Walt Disney revealed in 1955, the Disney version of time is both American and global, preserving the American past of yesterday in the interest of a global future for tomorrow, dramatizing the "truths that have created America" so that they might be "a source of courage and inspiration to all the world."
Chidester, David. Authentic Fakes. Berkeley: University of California, 2005.
In this section, Chidester uses Disney's tag-line as a way of showing the unique Eliadic "sacreds" of Disney--both a lionization of America's globalization, but a nostalgia for America's olden-days. This creates an interesting blend between nostalgia and transcendence: Disney is claiming it can simultaneously celebrate the old-times of America, while looking to the future. However, what's clear from its statement is that today--the present time--is profane compared to these two times.
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