Should Tiki Central be

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:03 PM On 2010-10-23 19:42, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote: Actually, anyone who knows about the era of mid century Tiki, knows that it was very much a part of the times and pertains directly to Tiki in general....So please don't suggest that it should not even be discussed here, It is part of Tiki culture and is revealent to TC. Sorry, I missed that part in the original question. As indicated above, Tiki is by default Non-PC since it is a cultural phenomenon created by the haole with little regard (some cases none) to the source material. I think very few here would attempt any kind of revisionist thinking and try to 'clean up' the image of Tiki and its Non-PC-ness and those that try should be stripped of all of their rum. So to answer your question, yes. We should acknowledge where and when Poly-Pop was created, why, and how and under what circumstances. We don't need to 'be nice' about it, nor do we need to apologize for our love of it. Our job is to learn from it, share the knowledge with others if they are interested, and generally preserve what we can of the culture, idols, ephemera, all of it.

On 2010-10-23 19:42, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Actually, anyone who knows about the era of mid century Tiki, knows that it was very much
a part of the times and pertains directly to Tiki in general....So please don't suggest that it should not even be discussed here, It is part of Tiki culture and is revealent to TC.

Sorry, I missed that part in the original question.

As indicated above, Tiki is by default Non-PC since it is a cultural phenomenon created by the haole with little regard (some cases none) to the source material. I think very few here would attempt any kind of revisionist thinking and try to 'clean up' the image of Tiki and its Non-PC-ness and those that try should be stripped of all of their rum.

So to answer your question, yes. We should acknowledge where and when Poly-Pop was created, why, and how and under what circumstances. We don't need to 'be nice' about it, nor do we need to apologize for our love of it. Our job is to learn from it, share the knowledge with others if they are interested, and generally preserve what we can of the culture, idols, ephemera, all of it.

Post #562587 by Chip and Andy on Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:03 PM