argumate:

and it might just be my imagination, but Disney treats this hybrid Polynesian culture with an awkward delicacy that keeps them at a remove from the viewer, especially in the triumphant final scenes, which actually came across as slightly tragic to me; “this is us, the people, these are our ways, this is what we do” – modernity looks at this and simply smiles.

oh shit was Moana a backdoor Polynesian Village adaptation, like POTC or Tomorrowland?