Oh, I'd definitely say it's "wrong" (but not "evil"). Mostly, I'd say it's just cringeworthy, and a relic of its time. I wonder if nobody realized the "South Seas" are nowhere near Africa (as it seemed the makeup department was trying to approximate an African look, albeit ineptly and offensively), or just figured audiences wouldn't know or care.
Did you also notice that, upon the explorers' arrival, the natives who come out to greet them are immediately deemed "cannibals" (in the dubbed American version, that is; I have no idea how faithful the dubbing is to the original dialogue)? *facepalm* Why? Because people who live on islands are assumed to be flesh-eating savages? (I think the explorers use the word "primitives" more than a few times to refer to the natives.)
I didn't mind the first mention of "washing diapers" -- I thought the dude was just trying to tick off the reporter and make her stand up for herself instead of chickening out -- but at the end, when she says she's going to quit her job, stay home and wash diapers, because she's "a normal woman" (as if only abnormal women work for a living?! this is 1967, not 1927!), the dude looks on approvingly, indicating that his "washing diapers" line was not in jest. I wanted to slap her. LOL
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