"Monolithic" pop culture references #12

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

Seattle Times:
Pop-Polynesian style rears its (Easter Island) head again

New Zealand Herald:
The repetitive hard stuff is meant to convey that the Triton is still tough, backed up by a Get Hard strap line and a couple of Easter-Island-type figures called "Rock" and "Hard Place" who talk to each other in a Kiwi working-bloke sort of way.

Capital Press:
There were past civilizations that did not adapt to climate changes or may have fostered disasters - the Vikings in Greenland, the Mayans in Mexico, the inhabitants of Easter Island, and others.

Independent:
By the Sixties he was a major star, living in Chiswick (with a seaside retreat at Eastbourne), happily married, and the nation's most imitated performer, loved as much for his Easter Island face as his daft jokes ("I went to the doctor.