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Overwhelmed by the Power of the Polynesian Culture While Watching Moana 2 refers to a deleted viral video of an ecstatic blonde white woman passionately screaming during a showing of Moana 2 because she was "overwhelmed" by the Polynesian culture on display. The original video's POV caption read, "POV: You’re Just a White Gal Who Got Overwhelmed by the Power of the Polynesian Culture While Watching Moana 2." The original video was posted to TikTok by TikToker Kat Kamalani (@katkamalani) in November 2024. Kamalani was widely mocked akin to cultural appropriation criticisms and cringe felt by viewers of the video. People also used her caption like a phrasal template by replacing words and certain phrasing to match other scenarios. The drum song used in the original video also became a TikTok sound used by others for their memes.

Origin

Sometime on or before November 22nd, 2024, TikToker^[1] Kat Kamalani (@katkamalani) posted a video with a caption reading, "POV: You're just a white gal who got overwhelmed by the power of the Polynesian culture while watching Moana 2." Kamalani is a blonde white woman who is wearing a pink and orange blouse in the video. The video was later deleted.

A mostly unedited version of the original video was reposted by TikToker^[2] @feet5666 on November 25th, who only added an extra caption about Holding Space (shown below).

However, Kamalani's video was posted on or before November 22nd, 2024, per the earliest known video mocking it which was shared by TikToker^[3] @000.aga.000 on November 22nd, in which he reenacted the video with the original caption added in text overlay. His video received over 3.1 million plays and 452,600 likes in 11 days (shown below).

Spread

In the following days, others shared videos as a part of the trend. For instance, on November 25th, 2024, TikToker^[4] @_kitokoo shared a cropped version of the original video with a new caption reading, "Me after trying Hawaiian BBQ for the first time," gaining over 4.5 million plays and 103,800 likes in eight days (shown below).

Also on November 25th, TikToker^[5] @hawktuasimulator posted a video, mocking the original TikTok by using a Don Pollo sound, gaining over 827,700 plays and 166,300 likes in eight days (shown below).

On November 27th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @madison.humphreyy posted a video of herself with a POV caption reading, "POV you're just a white girl who got overwhelmed by the power of Hispanic culture while eating a tortilla chip," gaining over 25.3 million plays and 4.2 million likes in six days (shown below).

On December 2nd, TikToker^[7] @nicolo_vasquez posted a similar video with a caption reading, "POV: You're a young, scrappy, and hungry Filipino who got overwhelmed by the power of American culture," amassing over 1.3 million plays and 357,600 likes in a day (shown below).

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