Post #386736 by TikiPhil on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 9:06 PM

On 2008-06-11 11:33, bigbrotiki wrote:

I LIKE traditional Tiki

I LIKE mid-century Tiki

I LIKE Tiki revival Tiki

I am critical of new Tiki that has no actual Tiki references in it.

This is the part that always confuses me. Where is the criticism of OLD Tiki that has no actual Tiki references in it. I have tried to give examples on other threads in the past, and others have tried in this thread (Mr. Smiley, Tiki Bob). But you always find a way of justifying everything that was done "in the day". I think that what some people are saying is the argument that "it is inexorably linked to Polynesian pop by its history and context in the 1950s" could be expressed in the future as "it is inexorably linked to Polynesian pop revival by its history and context in the 2000s".

Just once I would like to read a BigBro post that starts out with: "Oh my God, what was Victor Bergeron thinking" or "The little known failures of Stephen Crane" :)