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Tiki Central / General Tiki / Official Plastic Paradise Documentary Thread

Post #710830 by Atomic Tiki Punk on Tue, Mar 11, 2014 9:18 AM

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I finally had a chance to watch it, then had a discussion with Bosko about it on Saturday
I voiced my opinion why Bosko wasn't interviewed for it & thought he should have been
and though Bamboo Ben was mentioned he should have also been interviewed.

It did perpetuate some of the old myths, The inaccuracies others had voiced like
Returning WW2 service men being responsible for the advent of the Tiki craze.

Vietnam Vets not wanting to have anything to do with Tiki Bars etc. (A Vietnam Vet was standing
next to us and said it was quite the opposite)

When mentioning that many of the folks responsible for the Tiki revival came out of the Punk Rock scene
Crazy Al was brought up as one of them, but this is not true according to Crazy Al himself.

So it was a bit off on the facts, but I would still say it was a good introduction to the Tiki revival
and showed us in a good light, except for that Sven guy :lol: