(The
following is not a paid
endorsement.)
This
episode of It Came From the Fandom is
a little different from previous ones. Y'see, the work I choose to
highlight—the Making
Spaces
podcast by Ian “Skipper Ian” Kay—is
not actually about Disneyland, or at least not exclusively, and maybe
not even especially. But it is about theme parks, of which Disneyland
is and likely always will be the Most Triumphant Example.*
Furthermore, Kay
has not only been blogging about Disney theme parks for quite a while
longer than I have (I would also say more competently), but he is
intimately
connected to them in a way most of us will never be: he earned his
nickname working as a Jungle Cruise skipper in Orlando. (He has since
moved to Southern California, and Skipper, if you're reading this, we
simply must
meet up at the DLR one of these days.)
So
Making Spaces
is, like most of Kay's online work, about theme parks, and in
particular their potential as a unique storytelling medium. There are
three episodes up so far, with a fourth due to be posted any day
now...aaaaaaannnnnyyyyy daaaaaayyyyy noooowwwwwwww...
(Skipper?)
Have
a listen, and if you like what you hear, make sure to check out some
of Kay's other online musings!
*
TV Tropes term. Investigate at your own risk.
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