Endless lines in sweltering heat. A ticketing website that crashed. And an artist who was physically removed from the site for staging a protest. Banksy's "Dismaland" is supposed to be a grim parody of theme parks like Disneyland, but it is sounding almost like the real thing. (Disneyland too has interminable lines, along with a very limited tolerance for protest.)
The British street artist, who first became known more than two decades ago when his playful stencils of rats, surveillance devices and policemen kissing began to emerge on streets around Bristol, has in recent years, gone ever bigger.