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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;\u00a0\u201cthis is us, the people, these are our ways, this is what we do\u201d \u2013 modernity looks at this and simply smiles.

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

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shit man you\u2019re the Disney Americana history specialist you tell me

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I don\u2019t have kids, the last Disney-not-Pixar movie I noticed was Lilo & Stitch, which was the previous attempt at a Polynesian princess

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