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4.0 out of 5 stars
From Michener to MGM: Tahitian Adventures in Paradise,
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This review is from: Tahiti Report: An In-depth, Very Intimate Look at Tahiti Before the Jets Came (1960) and Today (2000). (Paperback)
A short little book that is a bit naughty in places reminiscent of a Tennessee William's play. It does picture the beginnings of modernization in old Tahiti, while hearkening back to earlier times when the only way to Papeete was by boat. A keen insight into the reactions of the Polynesians to the modern world and the beginnings of a hybrid culture that moved from gratis open-sensuality to tourist profiteering, with some rousing tales of an assortment of adventure-seeking free-spirits who sought their own unsullied Eden. The reader is left with the impression that it might have been better if the jets had never arrived and the French had never come--then again--who can keep the handsome beauty of Tahiti from the rest of the world. And for a person that grew up watching Adam Troy in Adventures in Paradise--well, those days are gone forever.
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Tahiti Report: An In-depth, Very Intimate Look at Tahiti Before the Jets Came (1960) and Today (2000). by Austin Peterson (Paperback - September 6, 2000)
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