Imaginariums in Popular Culture
In The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the thousands of years old mystic Doctor Parnassus runs a nomadic theater troupe where people are led through a mirror that takes them into their deepest subconscious world, where their souls are put to the test.
In television show "Community", Annie comes to live with Troy and Abed only to find her bedroom is a blanket fort in the loungeroom, as Troy and Abed have dedicated the second room of the apartment to an 'Dreamatorium'. The boys frequently visit the space, a blank empty room covered with computer-graphic wireframe-esque strips, to 'unweird' themselves.
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