Your spices are your tradition, do not let America seduce you!
DUNE, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST and MISSISSIPPI MASALA are all references that one would typically associate with this film but THE MISTRESS OF SPICES is entirely a hybrid film of its own with its magical realism all over the place; equal parts cringy and Hallmark feel-good.
STRAY NOTES• Indian Spices as witchcraft• Zohra Sehgal as all Three Mothers • Jumping into the river only to be washed up at sea• What was racist was the way they tied Jagjit’s turban• Padma Lakshmi being cast in this movie• Gay couple walking into the store• Meeting someone and foreshadowing sex• Spice shoplady and eyebrow lady• Dylan McDermot wig and looking 40• Feeling bad for Celestina • Making sex potions and seasoning yourself like marinate chicken• Sanskari Indian woman to red sequined bikini top sari• ‘This is my home.’ White man looks around the rubble• Sex on a bed of chillies
Your spices are your tradition, do not let America seduce you!
DUNE, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST and MISSISSIPPI MASALA are all references that one would typically associate with this film but THE MISTRESS OF SPICES is entirely a hybrid film of its own with its magical realism all over the place; equal parts cringy and Hallmark feel-good.
STRAY NOTES• Indian Spices as witchcraft• Zohra Sehgal as all Three Mothers • Jumping into the river only to be washed up at sea• What was racist was the way they tied Jagjit’s turban• Padma Lakshmi being cast in this movie• Gay couple walking into the store• Meeting someone and foreshadowing sex• Spice shoplady and eyebrow lady• Dylan McDermot wig and looking 40• Feeling bad for Celestina • Making sex potions and seasoning yourself like marinate chicken• Sanskari Indian woman to red sequined bikini top sari• ‘This is my home.’ White man looks around the rubble• Sex on a bed of chillies
