{"id":1369,"date":"2009-02-08T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/02\/chocolate-elsewhere\/"},"modified":"2009-02-08T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T17:54:28","slug":"chocolate-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/08\/chocolate-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

from the NY Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Chocolate (2008)<\/h1>\n

\"Chocolate\"<\/p>\n

Magnet Releasing<\/p>\n

“Jija” Yanin Vismistananda in the 2008 film “Chocolate,” directed by Prachya Pinkaew.<\/p>\n

Portrait of a Martial Artist<\/span>
\nBy NATHAN LEE<\/p>\n

\u201cChocolate\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is dedicated to \u201cthe unconditional love given to all the special children in the world,\u201d which is a cheeky way to kick off a movie about a little girl with a gift, very special indeed, for kicking grown men in the face.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true that Zen (Jija Yanin Vismitananda), born to a humble Thai woman and a Japanese gangster, exhibits behaviors that suggest autism, or at least some poorly acted simulation of it: abnormal shyness, primitive syntax, rocking back and forth, an extreme aversion to houseflies.<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, she has been endowed with a natural mastery of the martial arts, much of which she appears to absorb by watching \u201cOng-Bak: The Thai Warrior\u201d<\/a> on television.<\/p>\n

[ click to read the full tomato at NYTimes.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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