can we say famous places in certain ways?

[MrAngelwithnowings]

Hi,

Just wondering...

Can we mention famous places this way?

Like:

"We went to Disneyland but it wasn't the same. It was no longer the happiest place on earth to us. It was just another amusement park with overpriced concession stands. The magic that once filled the kingdom was now replaced by greedy corporate executives wearing dollar symbol hats instead of mouse ears."

or can we describe it as ruins in the future?

need some clarification for my WIP

[James D Macdonald]

You might want to read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (http://www.craphound.com/down/download.php) by Cory Doctorow to answer that question.

[Yeshanu]

Angel,

I don't think you'd have a problem if you wrote something like that. Because corporations are "public" in the sense that they do business with the public, they're open to criticism. Where it gets into slander is if you tell an out-and-out lie that would seriously hurt their business. Something like, "Corporation X uses rat dung to make their beef stew."

Portraying Disneyland as being in ruins in the future isn't any worse than portraying New York as being in ruins in the future.