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 * I disagree with "the whole Polynesian/Melanesian distinction as a European artifact." It mattered then and it still matters now; which is why many current productions have made Bloody Mary and her daughter negroid, not Polynesian. There is an acceptance of Polynesian-white intermingling in white American society, but still there is a problem with black/white relations (ergo few kisses between black and whites on film or stage. Polynesians on the other hand have been seen as desirable -- CF. the days of Gaugin, The Bounty, etc. Talk:South Pacific (musical)

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