This video was produced in 1961, but I guarantee you that very little about Tahiti had changed between then and my first visit in 1970. The streets looked the same, the vehicles looked the same, the people looked the same. However, in one of the most jarring transitions in the history of video, this one cuts directly from a priest riding a bicycle to a shot of Quinn’s Bar as the voiceover announcer says, “Quinn’s is best known of all Tahiti’s cabarets. It’s more than just a cabaret. It’s a gathering place for everyone….” I don’t know about you, but when I see the word cabaret it conjures up images of worldly sophisticates wearing spats and monocles and top hats while sipping whatever drinks sophisticates … Continue reading Papeete, Tahiti: Quinn’s Bar and the trans-Pacific transvestites