Post #702389 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Dec 17, 2013 9:36 PM

On 2013-12-17 08:29, AceExplorer wrote:
There will likely be the usual marketing tie-ins. Moana happy meals are a no-brainer, right? And the Enchanted Tiki Room -- look out -- changes may be coming. If mythological gods do make appearances in the film, then I can't help thinking of what might be planned for the Tiki Room forecourt (at Disneyland) for marketing purposes. Several aspects of this could get scary. We'll have to wait and see.

I don't know…:

On 2013-12-16 13:38, AceExplorer wrote:
….The film will also include demi-gods and spirits taken from real mythology

It seems to me they are avoiding the term Tiki as it is stemming from an un-p.c. period. And rightly so, the blog's reaction is typical:

Polynesians have a long tradition of having their culture romantically defined by others from the noble savage of the 18th century, through several versions of Mutiny on the Bounty and the stereotype defining musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, South Pacific, which was based on James Michener's book of the same name.

These days South Pacific looks decidedly culturally inappropriate - and even now offends Polynesians, especially those mistaken for the character, Bloody Mary.

WHERE were there Polynesians in South Pacific? And Bloody Mary was Tonkinese, correct me if I am wrong. There is no way nowadays to not offend SOME people. An American museum director was interested in my Tiki exhibition but asked "Can you guarantee me that no Pacific islanders will be offended?" I said there is no reason why they should be, but I cannot guarantee that there won't be one or the other who will. Comes with the territory.