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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 7:22 PM Whadda ya mean, "romanticized" !? That is how G.I.s lived in the islands !! The Pacific War was all one big party! :wink: After all, in the Amazon description of the "Book of Tiki" we can read thus: "Tiki is the manifestation of exotic visions of island culture borrowed from tales told by American soldiers stationed in the South Pacific during World War II: trees loaded with exotic fruits, sleepy lagoons, white-sand beaches, and gorgeous people wearing grass feathers as they danced half-naked during all-night orgies of food and music" What it really should read is that after WW II nobody (including many G.I.s) wanted to hear the horror stories about blown-up bodies and burned-out beaches, and everyone silently agreed to do a big "South Pacific" sing-along, and pick up right where the Polynesian pop cliches had left off before the war.

Whadda ya mean, "romanticized" !? That is how G.I.s lived in the islands !!

The Pacific War was all one big party! :wink: After all, in the Amazon description of the "Book of Tiki" we can read thus:

"Tiki is the manifestation of exotic visions of island culture borrowed from tales told by American soldiers stationed in the South Pacific during World War II: trees loaded with exotic fruits, sleepy lagoons, white-sand beaches, and gorgeous people wearing grass feathers as they danced half-naked during all-night orgies of food and music"

What it really should read is that after WW II nobody (including many G.I.s) wanted to hear the horror stories about blown-up bodies and burned-out beaches, and everyone silently agreed to do a big "South Pacific" sing-along, and pick up right where the Polynesian pop cliches had left off before the war.

Post #668914 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 7:22 PM