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Tribal Fantasies
The natives of Brazil are used to create fantasies for all to see on
the Discovery Channel. Below is the quintessential happy native used
to tell a story of a primitve who still lives in paradise.
The primitive is made into a child-like creature who is innocent and
naive. Below is the creation of a Polaroid picture, which is of the
natives.
The picture is then given to the natives, and we peer over their
shoulder in delite. They are like children who are learning for the
first time what technology is like. They also happen to be in awe of
technology, something we created.
Finally we see the primitive man holding the picture. We feel that he
has learned something. I'm not sure what, but that is no matter.
The native is used because they break our social
taboos. This lets our imagination run free and fantasize, even
sexually , through the stories of the primitives.