And now let’s turn to the book of Rohde for one of my favorite passages….
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Now, we theme park designers do not build temples or churches, and our stories are not sacred, but the underlying logic of the Eternal Return still applies to the best of narrative placemaking.
The real world is brutally amoral and relentless in its rate of destruction and replacement. There are few refuges from this assault. Theme parks, at their best, can be such places, secular though they are. People step out of the chaos and into an ordered ceremonial world where time is arrested. Beloved important moments are re-enacted in a space that is outside of history.
That's why it's such a shock when time intrudes, either with changes, or more tellingly with new events that are too anchored in contemporary relevance.”