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Strange Magic: Four Stories About Disney’s Dark Side

Emily Perper | Longreads | October 25, 2015 | words

Revisit Disney through the eyes of these authors and see the good, the bad, and the creepy.

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Strange Magic: Four Stories About Disney’s Dark Side

Revisit Disney through the eyes of these authors and see the good, the bad, and the creepy.
Photo: Radames Ajna

As much fun as it is, Disney can be scary. Any corporation of Disney’s magnitude and influence is scary, no matter how superficially benevolent it seems, or how many cartoon characters it employs. I say this as someone who devoured Disney World guidebooks as an 8-year-old, rode her first plane to Orlando, conquered her fear of roller coasters on Space Mountain, and performed with her high school choir in Tomorrowland. There’s an emotional connection. But I haven’t been to the most magical place on Earth in almost a decade, never as an adult. Revisit Disney through the eyes of these authors and see the good, the bad, and the creepy.

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