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Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
54 min | Documentary, History

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Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)

54 min | Documentary, History

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

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37 cast members

Name	Known for
Josh 'Shag' Agle Self Self See fewer	The Donn of Tiki (2024)
Jeff 'Beachbum' Berry Self Self See fewer	The Donn of Tiki (2024)
Drew Birch Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Ultimate Wedding Planner (2014)
Richard Boccato Self Self See fewer	Sofaking (2006)
Tiki Bob Brooks Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Mike Buhen Self Self See fewer	The Donn of Tiki (2024)
Wayne Coombs Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Richard Coyle Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Tim 'Swanky' Glazner Self Self See fewer	The Donn of Tiki (2024)
Harold Golen Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Kat Heinrichs Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Pasefika Iosia Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Conrad Teheiura Itchener Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Kevin Kidney Self Self See fewer	The Donn of Tiki (2024)
Sven Kirsten Self Self See fewer	Billy Joel: We Didn't Start the Fire (1989)
Brian Lease Self Self See fewer	The Yakuza and the Mermaid (2012)
Duda Leite Self Self See fewer	Tikimentary: In Search of the Lost Paradise (2010)
Dave Levy Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Ron Licudine Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Brian Marsland Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Kern Mattei Self Self See fewer	Offbeat Eats with Jim Stacy (2014)
Violette Mayfaire Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
James McDonald Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Marina the Mermaid Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Denny 'King Kukulele' Moynahan Self Self See fewer	Manna (2021)
Angie Pontani Self Self See fewer	Go-Go Robics (2002)
Louise Radeka Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Paul Roe Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Leroy Schmaltz Self Self See fewer	The Donn of Tiki (2024)
Daniel A. Siedell Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Ekaterina Sknarina Self Self See fewer	Across the Universe (2007)
Geoff Sundstrom Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Mireille Thornton Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
Bob van Oosting Self Self See fewer	The Donn of Tiki (2024)
Otto von Stroheim Self Self See fewer	Squeeky's Revenge (2006)
Christie 'Tiki Kiliki' White Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
David 'Basement Kahuna' Wolfe Self Self See fewer	Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)

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