Post #59132 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Nov 9, 2003 1:33 AM

There are good cartoon style Tikis and there are bad ones, these are clearly bad. It's a matter of style, you either got it or you don't, they don't. The mish mash of Pacific Island styles that classic Tiki had is not a free-for-all for abominations like these, or the Jimmy Buffet beer can holding Tikis.

I did not have enough room in the BOT, but I pointed out here before that the use of garish colors on Tikis is a sign of TIKI DEVOLUTION, which began in the 80s when proprietors were loosing business and tried to lighten up the darkness of their godheads.
But primitive art is meant to be dark, brooding, archetypal, not happy and jolly. To add a touch of whimsy is what made American Tiki style what it was, but when there is no trace of the original heritage left, as in this case, it is not Tiki, classic or nouveaux, it's...it's...DISGUSTING @&$#%!!!

Sorry, I lost my intellectual detachment there....