CAST MEMBER CONFIDENTIAL: A DISNEYFIED MEMOIR

Book ID/图书代码： 12844010B35609

English Summary/英文概要： This is the story that Disney would never tell you.

What do you do when everything in your life falls apart? If you’re Chris Mitchell, you run away from home--all the way to Disney World, a place where no one ever dies--and employees, known as Cast Members, aren’t allowed to frown. In this utterly candid account, Mitchell shares the behind-the-scenes story of his year in the Mouse’s army. From his own personal Disneyfication, to what really happens in the hidden tunnels beneath the Magic Kingdom and what not to eat at the Mousketeria, it was a year filled with more adventure--and surprises--than he could ever have imagineered.

Funny, moving, and unflinchingly honest, Mitchell tracks his ascent through the backstage social hierarchy in which princesses rule, and his escapades in the "Ghetto" where Cast Members live and anything goes. Along the way, he learns to love BGM (background music), and commits the forbidden act of SOP (sex on property). Most of all, he unmasks the misfits and drop-outs, lifers and nomads who leave their demons at the stage door as they preserve the magic that draws millions to this famed fantasyland--the same magic that Mitchell seeks and ultimately finds in the last place he ever expected.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是你永遠無法從迪士尼那裡所聽到的故事。當生活開始變得分崩離析，你將要何去何從？如果你是克裏斯.米切爾，你逃離家門 - 徑直奔向迪士尼樂園，那是一個沒有死亡的世界 - 那裡所有的工作人員，你又可以稱他們為「演員」，永遠會對你保持著笑臉，友善可掬。
本書當中，米切爾向我們袒露了自己的心聲，其在米奇樂園中所經歷的那些鮮為人知的故事將被一一呈現在讀者的面前。這裡有米切爾本人的迪士尼經歷，還有魔法王國下面過道中那些不為人知的故事，你還將聽到有關於米奇餐廳內食物的種種玄機，這是他個人充滿冒險的一年 - 當然還夾雜著種種意外 - 如此經歷是米切於早先時候所始料未及的。
風趣、感人、一吐為快，米切爾不僅從後臺一路扶搖直上，還曾在員工生活區內放浪形骸。當然最為重要的是，他向我們揭示了一個充滿了輟學、遊民、長工的團隊，一個從登上舞臺的霎那便會將所有的瑕疵拋擲腦後的團隊，一個成功將數以萬計的遊客吸引至此的團隊 - 以及米切爾所苦苦追求並最終得到的那股神奇魔法。
本書作者克裏斯.米切爾，長於美國洛杉磯，極限運動攝影師、同時還是名新聞工作者。早在加州大學洛杉磯分校期間，他便創辦了自己的首份直排滑輪雜誌，並隨後將其賣於了運動及健康出版集團。短短的幾年間，他在衝浪者集團旗下的五家雜誌間先後任職。迄今，他仍舊於廣大的出版社及媒體網站保持著緊密的合作關係，同時更與ESPN、ASA等著名電視媒體開展過合作。克裏斯在極限運動領域堪稱專家，同時他還為諸多的影視作品提供過特技支援，這其中便包括了電影蝙蝠俠與羅賓等片。(ANDY)

Awards/获奖情况：Mitchell’s contribution to the behind-the-scenes-at-Disney lit tells inconvenient truths and a few heartwarmers about working in Florida’s Disney World. Mitchell confirms a few rumors or urban legends, such as the allure that wearing cute little Disney-character costumes has for “furries” (people who sexualize plush creatures and related anthropomorphic beings). He discusses the alleged existence of a gay hiring cabal that quietly infiltrated Disney after the untoward news several years ago concerning corporate mistreatment of gay employees and guests, and in passing he mentions being “surprised by just how gay” the Disney milieu is. Other highlights include a brief disquisition on how “Christians and conspiracists have long been convinced that Donald Duck is a racist based on a snippet of dialog . . . in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” in which Donald calls Warner’s Daffy Duck a “stubborn nitwit.” And then there’s Mitchell’s furtive initiation into the SOP (i.e., Sex On Property) Club in a storeroom full of Tinkerbell pens and Little Mermaid T-shirts. Good clean fun. ---Mike Tribby, From Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： Chris Mitchell is an action sports photographer and journalist who grew up in Los Angeles. He was a senior at UCLA when he started his first magazine, an inline skating publication, and sold it to Sports & Fitness Publishing. Within a few years, he was working on five magazines within The Surfer Group. He continues to work closely with a number of publications and websites, as well as event and TV production companies like ESPN, ASA Entertainment and Lifelounge. He is a recognized expert in action sports, and as such, has stunt coordinated dozens of productions, including Batman and Robin, Brink! and Airborne. He is also the Chairman of the International Inline Stunt Federation for the advancement of extreme skating as a healthy and safe activity. After spending a year working as a photographer at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, he moved back to Los Angeles, where he currently lives.

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