How, without info dump, to explain to non-Caribbean readers that Granny wine isn't an alcoholic beverage.
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How, without info dump, to explain to non-Caribbean readers that Granny wine isn't an alcoholic beverage.
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As someone who is months
As someone who is months away from 40, that particular Granny gives me hope for my old age dancing future. Younger non-Caribbean youths would probably mock Grannie for such things. How do Caribbean youths react to their older relatives cutting a rug? With rolled eyes and embarrassment, or join in with them?
I'm working around to a suggestion of describing it from the POV of people of different ages in the room.
Urh...?
Urh...?
So, I watched the video and
So, I watched the video and was just as confused as the first commenter, but took another bit of regional knowledge that I have (cheerwine is a soft drink), and went in completely the wrong direction. So, yeah, clueless me.
Len Deighton used to add footnotes to his espionage novels. ;-)
cf. Cheerwine.
cf. Cheerwine.
Okay, so I'm your average
Okay, so I'm your average ignorant-but-trying to wake up white Midwesterner now in CA: I love the video but am still confused about granny wine: is it more about the dancing or the soda? I'm leaning towards that unselfconscious enjoyment of the dance...?
Actually, that's really
Actually, that's really helpful. Thanks. "Wine" is "wind," as in twisting and turning. It refers to a certain type of sexualized dancing, Caribbean style, and centres -- though not exclusively -- around hip action (hence "wind"). So "Granny wine" pretty much means an old woman dirty dancing, but in a culturally specific style. Or something.