Tikis in films - General Tiki

T tikilongbeach Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX Joined: Aug 05, 2011 Posts: 1686	T tikilongbeach Posted posted on Wed, Dec 18, 2013 8:20 AM On 2013-12-17 21:36, bigbrotiki wrote: 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. Maybe you could run the tiki exhibit idea past the people at the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum in Long Beach and see what their opinion is? The people that work and volunteer there are from all over the Pacific.

On 2013-12-17 21:36, bigbrotiki wrote:

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.

Maybe you could run the tiki exhibit idea past the people at the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum in Long Beach and see what their opinion is? The people that work and volunteer there are from all over the Pacific.

Post #702433 by tikilongbeach on Wed, Dec 18, 2013 8:20 AM