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Look out, Disney! Banksy’s getting into the theme park business

Say what you will about Dismaland, Banksy’s new theme park, but its tagline—“The UK’s most disappointing new visitor attraction”—might be the rare claim that the artist’s fans and detractors can agree about.  Dismaland reimagines Disneyland as a rotting hellscape. Its perimeter walls and Magic Castle are dirty and crumbling. The central water feature is murky and home to a partially submerged SWAT vehicle. A sculpture of The Little Mermaid’s Ariel is a 3D rendering of retro cathode ray television distortion. However, in a statement quoted in The Guardian, Banksy insisted that Dismaland is not really about Disney: “I banned any…

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Never forget the surreal delight of Chuck E. Cheese with these old photographs

It was around 7 p.m. on a Sunday night when a mob of raucous adults turned violent at the local Chuck E. Cheese in Parma, Ohio. A woman attending a birthday party there complained that the photo booth wasn’t working. When the manager told her she would have to wait, one of the men from the party followed him into the kitchen where he then allegedly threatened to kill him. A brawl ensued as other employees and party-goers joined in. This is the kind of story that’s come to define how people think of the once flourishing family arcade chain.…