
All I know about Branson is the collection of wretched VHS videos
that EverythingIsTerrible.com has been collecting.
It's one of those places that Neil Gaiman described as America's equivalent of the holy spot. Like, if you drive around Europe there are all these 500 year old churches and mystical valleys and spots which drew people there and they had to do something religious.
In America, somebody recognized the inherent holiness of those spots and capitalized on them. They're all road side tourist traps. And places like Branson, which are midway between the two. HOLY LAND USA comes to mind too.