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Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession

(Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession)
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Original Title : Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession
Time : 54 Min
Genre : Documentary, History
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2013
Director : Brett O'Bourke
Writer : Gaspar González
Producer : Gaspar González, Brett O'Bourke
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : Plastic Paradise is the first documentary to chronicle the rise, fall, and resurgence of tiki, or Polynesian pop, one of the defining cultural trends of postwar America. Think South Pacific, candy-colored, rum-infused cocktails with names ...See morePlastic Paradise is the first documentary to chronicle the rise, fall, and resurgence of tiki, or Polynesian pop, one of the defining cultural trends of postwar America. Think South Pacific, candy-colored, rum-infused cocktails with names like the Shrunken Skull and the Missionary's Downfall, crazy Hawaiian shirts, exotica music, and a nonstop party scene inhabited by self-styled nonconformists. That was then. Today, tiki has been embraced by a coast-to-coast underground hipster subculture of former punk rockers, vintage junkies, and escapists. Featuring historians and hula dancers, master mixologists, mermaids, and more, Plastic Paradise is your ticket to this little-known, fascinating scene, including a pilgrimage to the famed Mai-Kai Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale for Hukilau, an annual anything goes celebration that draws Polynesian popsters from all over the world. Written by Anonymous See less Read more: Plot summary

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