Cultural Authenticity

[OKW Lover]

Val & I were walking around Epcot yesterday enjoying Food & Wine. As we did so we first passed Canada and noticed that the former Off Kilter stage area now has a couple of "tree trunks" for the lumberjack show.

A bit later we walked past France while the "Chair balancing" show was going on. By coincidence, Dreams had a picture of that show on their FB page today.

In a quiet moment of reflection I began to wonder why so many people are complaining the the lumberjack show isn't appropriate for Canada, yet apparently feel that the chair balancing show is authentic to France. Since Val & I have't (yet) been to France I checked with some friends who have been there and they reported that they've never seen the chair balancing act during their visits to Paris or its environs.

Just kind of seems curious as to what we will and won't accept as being appropriate for a particular country in Epcot.

 

[GAN]

I'm in Paris right now, and I can say that I haven't seen one chair balancing act yet! I've seen many other things -but not that. Before leaving, I practiced some of my rusty French but I'm afraid I wouldn't even know how to ask for that. Just had a really nice picnic in Luxembourg Gardens -wine, cheese, meats, and of course a baguette ..and wine. C'est Bon!

 

[rmm7e]

Just be glad there are no mimes!