We need to talk about your kitsch problem... - General Tiki

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Sun, Jul 30, 2017 12:41 PM Thought-provoking questions! Tiki "happened" or "developed" in our American culture. It was organic, playful, and never intended to poke fun at anyone. Pure and innocent escapism is what it was, and it grew organically, even more so after WWII. So I often wonder if we have any right to complain when someone today decorates with painted clown tikis, or with monsters in a tropical/tiki context, or with surf music. They seem to be doing the same thing --- escaping, and decorating, and celebrating life, innocently and playfully but in a "new" way. Seems dang close to the same thing that happened when tiki originaly was developing. I need another drink... I'm actually sipping on an Old Fashioned right now. Not really tiki, but tastes damn fine, so go ahead and flame me, lol. Cheers! "Iss confusing." --Inspector Sydney Wang, in Neil Simon's "Murder by Death"

Thought-provoking questions! Tiki "happened" or "developed" in our American culture. It was organic, playful, and never intended to poke fun at anyone. Pure and innocent escapism is what it was, and it grew organically, even more so after WWII.

So I often wonder if we have any right to complain when someone today decorates with painted clown tikis, or with monsters in a tropical/tiki context, or with surf music. They seem to be doing the same thing --- escaping, and decorating, and celebrating life, innocently and playfully but in a "new" way. Seems dang close to the same thing that happened when tiki originaly was developing.

I need another drink... I'm actually sipping on an Old Fashioned right now. Not really tiki, but tastes damn fine, so go ahead and flame me, lol. Cheers!

"Iss confusing." --Inspector Sydney Wang, in Neil Simon's "Murder by Death"

Post #778348 by AceExplorer on Sun, Jul 30, 2017 12:41 PM