Post #806317 by SouthSeasKat on Sun, Nov 6, 2022 9:03 AM

The question is whether a change seems like a reasonable evolution or whether it seems like it was shoe-horned in. I think MrFab is on the right track here. I think Tiki as a subculture is very much a real subculture, but it's one driven, ultimately, by aspects of fantasy combined with commercialisation of bits and pieces of whatever was viewed as "exotic" in the mid-century. Over the waves of Tiki, borders have continued to be porous. I think we recognise a still general framework of Tiki, but the borderlands means we see small changes to that framework and a blurriness in certain areas (pirates, general nautical, the influence of Disney given Boomer and X memories of the Enchanted Tiki Room, Pirates of the Caribbean, Adventureland in general, and films like Treasure Island and Swiss Family Robinson).

Since so many recent infusions in the current wave are driven by Xers and even a few late Boomers, I fail to understand the purpose of bringing up Millennials and Zoomers. True, there are increasing members of Millennial and Zoomers in the tiki space, but this current wave is driven by X. The involvement of Disney, Transformers, Horror, Star Wars, etc, etc, etc... That's not Millennials or Zoomers. That's Xers.