and it might just be my imagination, but Disney treats this hybrid Polynesian culture with an awkward delicacy that keeps them...
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?
shit man you’re the Disney Americana history specialist you tell me
I don’t have kids, the last Disney-not-Pixar movie I noticed was Lilo & Stitch, which was the previous attempt at a Polynesian princess