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Edward Was Here. HUM 3085: Florida Culture Fall 2010 Dr. Perdigao October 22, 2010. Land of Sunshine, State of Edward. Who Framed Edward Scissorhands ? (Thanks, Matt) Edward Scissorhands as allegory Florida’s development Toontown, suburbs
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Edward Was Here HUM 3085: Florida Culture Fall 2010 Dr. Perdigao October 22, 2010
Land of Sunshine, State of Edward • Who Framed Edward Scissorhands? (Thanks, Matt) • Edward Scissorhands as allegory • Florida’s development • Toontown, suburbs • Eatonville: Disney World: Celebration: Toontown: Lutz, Florida • Notion of “otherness,” inside and outside the community • Santiago: Janie: Tiana: Roger Rabbit: Edward Scissorhands • Construction of the suburbs http://www.usforacle.com/on-location-1.1761812 http://www.timburtoncollective.com/articles/es16.html • Pastel houses • Unnatural landscaping (Disney, Epcot?) • Role of machines, technology (back to Donald Duck) • Ice, air conditioning, control over environment • Humanizing technology
It’s a small world (again?) • Surreal world (Tomorrowland, Future World, Haunted Mansion?) • Romanticized sense of reality • Innocence, childlike wonder • No limits—Edward as Walt? • Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Rabbit/Roger Rabbit • Walt Disney/Edward Scissorhands • Michael Eisner/Lord Farquaad