What’s snobbish about wanting variety and quality?
You seem to believe a corporation is infallible...that is incorrect in 100% of the cases. Bank it.
There’s nothing snobby about desiring higher standards.
Step back a moment - big picture - it’s a theme park.
It’s like being snooty about lunch meat.
I suppose somewhere there is a forum where they argue the proper percentage of fat in salami, and who invented prosciutto and what they originally intended it to be. At the end of the day, it’s still lunch meat - and I love a good sandwich, but it’s not highbrow and I know it.
If you want to be snooty, go to the symphony or look at art that does not include hidden Mickeys.
The rest of us enjoy our Disney characters at a Disney theme park, and if there’s a reasonable tangential relationship between one and a country (mis)”represented” at Epcot, then paint. It. On.
And if Ratatouille makes Fake France a little less boring for an 8 year old, such that it sparks an interest in real France and French history and culture as he/she grows up, then “edutainment” has been achieved. But let’s not pretend we’re learning about actual France because we walk by a mini replica Eiffel Tower while eating a croissant in front of people from France wearing things they’d never wear at home, and 20 steps later find ourselves in Italy. If we’re arguing authenticity, it’s absurd.
We already suspend disbelief enough that animals talk, people fly, and every hero and villain from different realms are on a boat together, but Heaven forbid the fake Norway ride is modified to include new fake characters from a town in Norway of whose name a little artistic license has been taken, and suddenly authenticity is on trial.
Standards are important and wonderful. Opinions do not equal standards.
