A Pineapple, a Bunch of Bananas, a Tropical Juice Carton, One Sharp Cleaver and a Tutu. A Question hangs in the air: When did Hospitality turn into Hostility? Tropical Awkward Bastard is a bold provocative rant about ticking all the right boxes whilst being utterly misrepresented in the world. This is about language and etymology, how meaning has evolved and what value systems are promoted. Exploring taught and ?promoted histories’, TAB asks how this feeds the construction of national identities, as well as our idea of ourselves. What happens when we create new language, new classifications?