Editing Graceland (section)

== Criticism ==
Critics such as [[Albert Goldman]] write: "Though it cost a lot of money to fill up Graceland with the things that appealed to Elvis Presley, nothing in the house is worth a dime." In chapter 1 of his book, ''Elvis'' (1981), the author describes Graceland as looking like a brothel: "it appears to have been lifted from some turn-of-the-century bordello down in the French Quarter of New Orleans. [[Lulu White]] or the Countess [[Willie Piazza]] might have contrived this plushy parlor for the entertainment of [[Harry Horowitz|Gyp the Blood]]. The room is a gaudy mélange of red velour and gilded tassels, [[Louis XV furniture]] and porcelain bric-a-brac..." And he dismisses the interior as "bizarre," "garish" and "phony," adding that "King Elvis's obsession with royal red reaches an intensity that makes you gag."<ref>Albert Goldman, ''Elvis'' (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981), p. 8.</ref>

In similar terms, [[Greil Marcus]] writes that people who visited the inside of Graceland—"people who to a real degree shared Elvis Presley’s class background, and whose lives were formed by his music—have returned with one word to describe what they saw: ‘Tacky.’ Tacky, garish, tasteless—words others translated as [[white trash]]."<ref>Greil Marcus, ''Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession'' (Harvard University Press, 1999), p. 71.</ref>

According to [[Karal Ann Marling]], Graceland is "a Technicolor illusion. The façade is ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone With the Wind]]'' all the way. The den in the back is ''[[Mogambo]]'' with a hint of ''[[Blue Hawaii]]''. Living in Graceland was like living on a Hollywood backlot, where patches of tropical scenery alternated with the blackened ruins of antebellum [[Atlanta]]. It was like living in a Memphis movie theater... Diehard fans are sometimes disappointed by the formal rooms along the highway side of Graceland. They’re beautiful, in a chilly blue-and-white way, but remote and overarranged." The Jungle Room's "overt bad taste" lets nonbelievers "recoil in horror and imagine themselves a notch or two higher than Elvis on the class scale."<ref>Karal Ann Marling, ''Graceland: Going Home With Elvis'' (Harvard University Press, 1996), pp. 196–197.</ref>