Documentary Description
When white women flock to Jamaica for a little fun in the sun, the
R&R they’re often looking for is not “Rest and Relaxation” but to
“Rent a Rasta” according to director J. Michael Seyfert. His
eye-opening expose’ of the same name sheds light on a barely
acknowledged form of sex tourism, namely, white women who visit the
Caribbean Islands to get their groove back with the help of black
locals. This documentary claims that, each year, as many as 80,000
females from a variety of relatively-wealthy Western nations descend on
Jamaica alone.
Most of those inclined to indulge their Island Fever
with wanton abandon are apparently middle-aged and/or overweight
spinsters. Ignored by white men, and afraid to date blacks openly due
to the social taboo, they look for satisfaction at remote resorts
amidst the anonymity offered by a virtual paradise. These decadent
dames safely lure their boy toys with money, electronic gadgets,
designer clothes, baubles, or whatever material item it takes to get
uncomplicated sexual favors in return along with the strict
understanding that like in Las Vegas, “What happens in Jamaica, stays
in Jamaica.” As one satisfied customer, a 45 year-old spinster from the
Midwest explains her addiction to her hedonistic getaway, “A girl who
no one looks at twice gets hit on all the time here.
All these guys are paying her attention, telling her she’s really
beautiful, and they really want her. It is like a secret, a fantasy,
and then you go home.” While this glimpse of the lucky ladies’
rationale for their no-strings liaisons is certainly informative, the
picture is actually far more interesting when chronicling the history
of Jamaica, winding its way from the slave days through the rise of the
Rastafari to the present. Framed from this perspective, we suddenly see
a persistent pattern of utter subjugation and economic inequality, with
islanders providing stud service only being the latest form of
exploitation.
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