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 Topic 7 Space and Identity: Disneyland Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood and Corporate Power Disney’s Media Dominance How to be a Girl? How to be a Boy? (Gender Representation) Commercializing Children’s Culture Mickey Mouse Monopoly The Disney Companys massive success in the 20th century is based on creating an image of innocence, magic and fun. new video insightfully analyzes Disneys cultural pedagogy, examines its corporate power, and explores its vast influence on our global culture. Mouse Monopoly will provoke audiences to virtually synonymous with childhood pleasure. History of Orlando Walt Disney World All started from false premises. In persuading the Florida government of their plan. Walt Disney described on screen the EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) plan, a model city, a residential community of 20,000 real people, working and playing there. Disney demanded from the Florida government “solid legal foundation” “flexibility” – municipal bonding authority, and the creation of two municipalities together with an autonomous political district controlled by the company and empowered to issue tax-exempt bonds. Reedy Creek Improvement District Autonomous Political District Autonomous political district means buildings, constructions, land-use, transportation and law and enforcement are controlled by the private corporation. Disney’s autonomous political district in Orlando: a special administrative region. Will Disney HK be a Special Administrative Region within an SAR? Autonomous Political District As an “autonomous political district,” the Florida Disney APD (the Disney government), has free land use and free use of county, city and state infrastructure built by tax-payer money. Disney is a landowner-controlled government. On the one hand, taxpayers need to bear Disney World’s entire infrastructure cost, and the entire administrative burden of regulating and inspecting the theme park’s construction.