{"id":1252,"date":"2009-11-13T02:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2009-11-13T02:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T02:43:00","slug":"spices-speak-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1252","title":{"rendered":"Spices, Speak to Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mistress of Spices<\/a>\"\" is sort of like the wort-cunning herbalist witch archetype, only with (Asian) Indians and a Bollywood star<\/a> whose “acting” is very stylized, mostly about eye makeup.<\/p>\n

We ordered it from Netflix months ago, and it finally reached the top of our queue. <\/p>\n

The whole movie is so stylized that it is more like a music video than a film. Artiness trumps story.<\/p>\n

M. says it reminded her of Chocolat<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

Will the spices win out over earthly love? Three guesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mistress of Spices is sort of like the wort-cunning herbalist witch archetype, only with (Asian) Indians and a Bollywood star whose “acting” is very stylized, mostly about eye makeup. We ordered it from Netflix months ago, and it finally reached the top of our queue. The whole movie is so stylized that it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[25,36],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-herbalism","tag-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-kc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1036,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1036","url_meta":{"origin":1252,"position":0},"title":"Good Meat, Good Spice","author":"Chas S. 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The highly stylized rock engravings, found on what are known as the Pictish Stones, had once been thought to be rock art or tied to heraldry. The new study, published\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"archaeology\"","block_context":{"text":"archaeology","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=archaeology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2983,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2983","url_meta":{"origin":1252,"position":2},"title":"Idolatry 101: Kachina Dolls","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"August 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Robert Cafazzo, antiques-and-art dealer in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, discusses the care and repair of kachina dolls, which can be simultaneously images of spiritual power and art objects made to be purchased by collectors. 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