"HORI AND DAD"
Sir,-The sparkling rivers of humour flow pleasantly from the taps of Radio Roadhouse, but there is one act which regularly causes a good deal of displeasure and pain. I refer to "Hori and Dad," who are obviously pakeha imitators of the "poor Maori" of twenty or thirty years ago, and lacking in subtlety, understanding and good taste. Few Maoris today are as stupidly cunning as the "Hori" and "Wiremu" of Pat Lawlor’s Maori Tales in the 1920's, The Maori is no longer ‘a clown, and is usually puzzled and hurt by the very false assumptions made about him and his people in this comedy show, It would be a relief to hear a couple of true Maoris imitating the conceited pakeha. Perhaps in a few more years we shall, and the medicine will do us a great deal of good. Meanwhile, let us give the newly emerged, rather shy and sincere Maori a fair hearing.
J.McL.
H.
(Whakatane).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 890, 24 August 1956, Page 5
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161"HORI AND DAD" New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 890, 24 August 1956, Page 5
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