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English graffiti artist Banksy is known for his political and satirical street art. And now he’s taking his trademark dark humor and applying it to Disney, opening the world’s only dystopian theme park, called “Dismaland“.
The 2.5 acre “bemusement” park opens tomorrow in the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare, UK.
Located in the town’s abandoned Tropicana swimming resort, it features theme-park attractions with a dark twist, along with work by Banksy and 50 other artists from around the world.
One piece sparking controversy is a dead Cinderella spilling out of crashed carriage, with paparazzi swarming around her. It echoes Princess Diana’s untimely death in August 1997.
Tickets cost just £3 and the park will be open for just five weeks. Predictably, the ticket website has already crashed under the weight of interest.
“Are you looking for an alternative to the soulless sugar-coated banality of the average family day out? Or just somewhere cheaper?”
“Then this is the place for you — a chaotic new world where you can escape from mindless escapism,” the Dismaland official brochure says.
“Instead of a burger stall, we have a museum. In place of a gift shop we have a library, well, we have a gift shop as well…”
“This event contains adult themes, distressing imagery, extended use of strobe lighting, smoke effects and swearing.”
“The following items are strictly prohibited: knives, spraycans, illegal drugs, and lawyers from the Walt Disney corporation.”
For more information visit the Dismaland website.