The Disney Effect?

06 Aug 2011
Posted by Marisa
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 Do you recognize this place?

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It looks a little idyllic. 

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Perhaps a little too idyllic.

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Sometimes people blame Disney, or Hollywood, for making things appear too perfect. I've often found this a little suspicious, and now I have proof that it's not their fault. These are pictures of the hamlet Marie Antionette built in 1784. They look exactly like they were built from the Disney Snow White cartoon, but they were built about 200 years earlier.

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Apparently modern life didn't invent wishing for a perfect world. Or trying to make one.

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