Four "Movies" to Watch this Valentines Day /Captain Cook Death Day
Took some classic romance films and gave them a decolonisation twist…
It’s Valentine’s! But also, the day Captain Cook died after attempting to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaii.
SO, RE: News asked me to make a comic to commemorate the two, the first thing that came to mind was merging the ongoing discussion of us romanticizing colonial icons such as Cook in monuments and statues, and the shitty English names he gave to coves and bays and towns (Cook himself admitted they were weak simplistic names) with classic Rom-Coms and Romance movies.
It took a lot of walks and showers to think of these parodies, but I hope you enjoy them, I’ll also deep dive into the process behind each one.