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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 7827
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
|  Posted: 2006-08-04 12:36 am
With easy image uploading coinciding with the below image arriving in my e-mail today I decided it would be time for this. Now I know we all have to be nicey nicey here on TC, not offend anybody, and be supportive and positive....but:
We also have an educational responsibility. Every week hopeful seekers get washed ashore on this website, new and starry-eyed, looking for Tiki. They have to be warned of the nowadays numerous misuses and transgressions of the concept. There is no easier way to do that now than post a picture of these visual crimes committed in the name of the god of the artists, such as this:
Now what is wrong with this picture? (some folks might suggest "EVERYTHING!")
Is it the nudity? Certainly not. Female frontal nudity (National Geographic eroticism) was an integral part of Tiki style, and thus should never be hidden, hindered, or even made excuses for on Tiki Central.
Is it the Transvestite concept? No. Although not part of 50s Tiki culture, most Pacific native cultures have traditionally had a fully integrating and accepting attitude towards the fairy members of their group, and Tiki Central does not discriminate on the basis of religious, political or sexual orientation.
Is it the cheesy 50s exploitation movie title concept of the invite? No...and yes. Though Tiki partially IS cheesy 50s exploitation, it does not need to parody itself, it stands alone and pure in its innocent naivete. Any overdone kitsch satire is unnecessary and crude.
Is it the "orange crate" style of the whole rendering that reeks of "nostalgic" Tommy Bahama products? Well yeah, but:
What really turned my stomach is the MASK! This abomination has no basis in Tiki style, the hair, the colors, the concept are JUST WRONG! It reminds me of those horrible Tiki Toys (someone post a pic?) that came out a while ago. AND the fact that she is wearing it. Don't do that. It is un-Tiki.
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TIKI DAVID
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Joined: Apr 07, 2004
Posts: 1504 | Posted: 2006-08-04 03:40 am
the "BOOK of TRANNIES" ?
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4169
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2006-08-04 06:25 am
Or, Wayne Coombs suggestion, "The Book of Tacky"
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 674
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2006-08-04 06:41 am
Is there a tiki mug that goes with this event?
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freddiefreelance
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Joined: Feb 15, 2003
Posts: 2908
From: San Diego, Ca.
| Posted: 2006-08-04 07:02 am
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On 2006-08-04 06:41, naugatiki wrote:
Is there a tiki mug that goes with this event?
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Yeah, a Lingam with double Coconut Cups, with a straw hole in the lid.
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cheekytiki
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Joined: Mar 09, 2004
Posts: 1034
From: The Haole Hut, London, UK
| Posted: 2006-08-04 07:30 am
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On 2006-08-04 00:36, bigbrotiki wrote:
What really turned my stomach is the MASK! This abomination has no basis in Tiki style, the hair, the colors, the concept are JUST WRONG! It reminds me of those horrible Tiki Toys (someone post a pic?) that came out a while ago. AND the fact that she is wearing it. Don't do that. It is un-Tiki.
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Thats not a mask, thats a transvestite 
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Tiki Chris
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1542
From: London
| Posted: 2006-08-04 09:13 am
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On 2006-08-04 07:30, cheekytiki wrote:
Thats not a mask, thats a transvestite
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Yeah, it's just a really ugly dude with bad make up.
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teaKEY
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Joined: Nov 09, 2004
Posts: 3382
From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2006-08-04 09:50 am
Butter Face
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limptiki
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Joined: Mar 26, 2003
Posts: 137
From: bay area
| Posted: 2006-08-04 10:18 am
How can you argue with "cross dress - get in for less." Shouldn't it be ho's though instead of hoes?
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pablus
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Joined: Jul 23, 2003
Posts: 2011
From: www.crazedmugs.com
| Posted: 2006-08-04 10:41 am
Yeah there's a lot of that going around these days.
A bit too much of it right here in our little corner of the web.
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Humuhumu
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3509
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2006-08-04 10:52 am
What's particularly "un-tiki" about it, to me, is "Hula Hoes." A big part of the fun of exploring your savage side at a Trader Vic's or other tiki temples was the lovely, barely clothed wahines, and the general air of sensuality. But calling someone a "ho" isn't savage in a fun way, it's savage in a cruel, ungentlemanly way, and should get someone tossed out on their okole.
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Tikiwahine
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3236
From: Victoria, Canada
| Posted: 2006-08-04 10:53 am
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On 2006-08-04 10:52, Humuhumu wrote:
What's particularly "un-tiki" about it, to me, is "Hula Hoes." A big part of the fun of exploring your savage side at a Trader Vic's or other tiki temples was the lovely, barely clothed wahines, and the general air of sensuality. But calling someone a "ho" isn't savage in a fun way, it's savage in a cruel, ungentlemanly way, and should get someone tossed out on their okole.
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well said.
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Kava King
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Joined: Sep 20, 2002
Posts: 217
From: Kensington-on-Avondale
| Posted: 2006-08-04 11:12 am
Last time I heard someone use "Lei" as a pun I had to turn my TAZER on them in disgust.
But at least THAT was funny!
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limptiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2003
Posts: 137
From: bay area
| Posted: 2006-08-04 11:34 am
Granted i'm not very PC but I can't really see the harm in a bunch of male transvetites referring to themselves as "hoes."
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freddiefreelance
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Joined: Feb 15, 2003
Posts: 2908
From: San Diego, Ca.
| Posted: 2006-08-04 11:46 am
I hate all that Tiki Sex SPAM I get in my email!
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