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by Carl Hiaasen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; 1 edition (24 Jun 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0345422805
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345422804
  • Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.1 x 0.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 129,599 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The bestselling author of Strip Tease and Lucky You smells a rat in the Disneyfication of contemporary culture.'

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3.0 out of 5 stars Upset by Disney urbanizing the State, 7 Oct 2007
By M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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A novelist and Florida columnist laments the overwhelming presence of the Walt Disney Company, especially in his state.

Hiaasen blames Disney for the ugly sprawl that is Orlando while pointing out that Disney World itself is not subject to urban planning regulations. On this count he is accurate. When Disney moved in, all land they purchased seemed to be exempt from many regulations. But as much as he laments on the evils of the Mouse, the largest damage is done by all the smaller companies that build up around Disney to take advantage of the millions of tourist flocking to the Magic Kingdom.

But he fails to mentions all the jobs they provide. Though many employees say they do not like their rules and regulations. All successful companies must have them, especially when your business is the entertainment and safety of children. And lets be clear, all children love the Disney experience.

Hiaasen asserts that Disney building their store was the genesis that cleaned up Time Square in New York. While in truth, they only agreed to open their store if Giuliani promised and followed through to clean up that part of town. And the Mayor was able to accomplish the required goals, at least on the surface.

It is worth reading, but it is not up to his normal standards. It would have been better if the author used his investigative skills to gather some facts. This small book it is a very short and easy read. There is strong language.
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14 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable, 10 Jul 2002
"Disney is so good at being good that it manifests an evil: so uniformly efficient and courteous, so dependably clean and conscienctious, so unfailingly entertaining that it's unreal, and therefore is an agent of pur wickedness". The statement says it all, this book is a no holds barred attack on Disney's (lack of) morals and the underhand destruction of Florida and American culture in its hands. An absolute must for people who trully care about this world.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Team Rodent Nothing New, 19 Aug 2002
By Colin AE Coulter (Donaghadee, Down United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Without a doubt this book shows how the Disney Corporation led by Walt himself took a piece of Florida and made it into a multi million dollar operation. This is an interesting insight into the mind of the author and well worth reading, not because it makes any great revelations about Disney more that it shows that there are people in the world who want it all their own way. I doubt that there are more than a handful of people across the world who think that Disney does not operate to make money for its owners. Why then does the author think it wrong that Walt Disney sent out anonymous buyers to obtain land at a fraction of the cost it would have had to pay had Disney made it public it wished to buy land in central Florida. The author constantly tries to portray Disney as a place of evil with an evil security force "The Goofy Gendarmes" so what if they use police style codes and chase intruders of the premises. The other wrong doings highlighted in the book of the Disney Corporation he deservedly brings to public knowledge but why does he feel that he has to belittle the job that these people do. And why does he claim to want to be banned from the parks yet tell us he brought his children to them. The author tells us that he does not like tourists passing his home, I think he has hit the nail on the head "he does not like tourists" he would like the parks to close I doubts the thousands of people who are employed directly or indirectly as a result of the Disney parks would disagree. Still the book gives an insight into the workings of the corporation even though we know Disney did not build his empire as a children's charity some of the revelations are thought provoking.
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