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Life, alas, is a bit harder on these un-moneyed dinosaurs of style--all aspiring actors--than it was on the cast of Ocean's Eleven. Rob (Ron Livingston) has done Hamlet off-Broadway; now, if he's lucky, he can play Goofy at Disneyland. Sue (Patrick Van Horn), perhaps compensating for his girl's name, picks fights with punks. Even Trent (Vince Vaughn), the cute one, has problems; he's so at ease with his boyish charm, he's forgotten that maybe it's time, at 24, to grow...
...most recent episode of the baby boomers' never-ending quest to turn all of life into one big childhood fantasy, the creators of "the happiest place on Earth" have entered the home construction business. The generation that grew up on the popular attraction "House of the Future" in Disneyland can now live in the town of the future--or is it the town of the past...
Perhaps the answer is that while the House of the Future ride was a success at Disneyland, what may be called the "House of the Future project"--the popular belief in the 1950s and onward that through new technology ultimate prosperity would be secured--failed in America. The House of the Future ride at Disneyland sent the message to those who viewed it that a newer, more advanced house would be a happier home as well...
Today, however, people no longer wait longingly for the day when technological breakthroughs will revolutionize life and cure all its ills. In fact, the looming shadow of technology giant Microsoft seems to scare people more than impress them. We have seen many of the technologies first displayed to Disneyland tourists--including microwave ovens and dishwashing machines--pop up in our own houses, but the euphoria which many imagined would accompany them has failed to arrive. We now live in the House of the Future, but many would rather return much of contemporary life to a display case. That...
...search for a new HDS director to replace Michael P. Berry, who left Harvard in April to become a vice president of food services at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., was postponed until next semester after the top candidate for the post declined the job, according to Vice President for Administration Nancy H. "Sally" Zeckhauser...