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The original story is behind a paywall, but according to All Ears, Bloomberg is reporting that Disney is in talks with the BBC to stream Doctor Who globally on Disney+.
AllEars.net is a great resource for information on Walt Disney World, fronted by a page full of clickbaity blog posts. One of today's listicles is about the gigantic mosaic in the breezeway at Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom. #4 on the list is:
WHOA HEY BACK UP THERE "master-interrogator"???
No, it's not a case of someone doing a quick Wikipedia search and coming up with a different guy with the same name. Here's an LA Times article about him. Scharff was an art student before the war, was drafted into the Luftwaffe and then assigned to be an interrogator, where he became renowned for extracting information through building a rapport with POWs rather than bullying and torturing them.
After the war, he wound up giving lectures to the Air Force about nonviolent interrogation techniques, then eventually immigrated to the US, became a mosaic artist, and at some point got a commission from Disney for an installation at Disney World.
It was made by Hans Scharff, a German mosaic artist. He took Dorothea's dreamy design and made it reality! Prior to being an artist, he was a master-interrogator during World War II. Both Redmond and Scharff are credited on the mosaic.
WHOA HEY BACK UP THERE "master-interrogator"???
No, it's not a case of someone doing a quick Wikipedia search and coming up with a different guy with the same name. Here's an LA Times article about him. Scharff was an art student before the war, was drafted into the Luftwaffe and then assigned to be an interrogator, where he became renowned for extracting information through building a rapport with POWs rather than bullying and torturing them.
After the war, he wound up giving lectures to the Air Force about nonviolent interrogation techniques, then eventually immigrated to the US, became a mosaic artist, and at some point got a commission from Disney for an installation at Disney World.
The ultimate Disney listicle
Jul. 23rd, 2019 05:40 pmAll Ears, my favorite site for Disney World information, brings us "17 Smells Disney World Fanatics Will Recognize Immediately".
One of the smells is "Rome burning". Which, you have to admit, would be a highly memorable smell...
One of the smells is "Rome burning". Which, you have to admit, would be a highly memorable smell...
