Comment on HBO’s Like Water for Chocolate Is a Lavish Melodrama of Passion and Politics

HBO’s Like Water for Chocolate Is a Lavish Melodrama of Passion and Politics

Like Water for Chocolate is a story submerged in tears. A striking scene from HBO’s new adaptation of Mexican author Laura Esquivel’s classic debut novel sees guests at a wedding banquet weep uncontrollably after tasting a cake infused with the baker’s sorrow. Then a storm rolls in, and it’s as though nature itself is joining in the lamentation.

 

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