Post #705871 by TikiTacky on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 12:06 PM

On 2014-01-27 11:55, bigbrotiki wrote:
Let's see: All the elements of Polynesian pop were there BEFORE Tiki style. They were the stage that the Tiki appeared on. Without the Tiki they would have been BORING, because they had been going on for generations. In Tiki style, all those concepts were pushed to the peak. Tiki style is the culmination of Polynesian Pop. Mid-century modern, non-bamboo places that used Tikis are called Tiki Modern. If Don's used a Tiki, it was an EXCEPTION to its otherwise Beachcomber look. I never said the Kalua Room was not "Tiki" it was Tiki ahead of its time. IF IT SAYS TIKI ON IT, IT SHOULD HAVE TIKI IN IT!

OK, I think I understand how you're defining it. But you still haven't made clear why the tiki itself was such important an element that it defined the Tiki Era? Couldn't it just as easily have been called the Bamboo Era? Am I understanding correctly that you are claiming that the sole addition of a tiki made poly-pop "unboring" and redefined an entire style?