Talk:Like Water for Chocolate (film)

Article split?
The lede is about the novel, the infobox is a film infobox; shouldn't this article be split into separate ones for the novel and the film as is The Color Purple (The Color Purple (film), The Color Purple (musical))? It would make it easier to feel more comfortable adding things like Category:Films about cooking to the article. AU Tiger » talk 01:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, the article should be split.--RossF18 (talk) 05:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The Articles were split. --RossF18 (talk) 05:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Metaphor/Simile
Using the word "like" qualifies as a simile, eh? I'll change it, you can revert if you want --Kektk was lazy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.88.184.138 (talk) 02:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Major Edit
I just watched this movie and decided to give the wikipedia page a major edit to correct some inaccuracies. I also added a few key scenes that I thought were important to the film. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaoshiang (talk • contribs) 08:05, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't had a chance to review all the changes, but WP:WAF gives guidelines for writing about fiction. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 13:14, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Title origin?
(I haven't read the novel, so perhaps it makes the title meaning clearer.)

I had assumed that "like water for chocolate" meant having to settle/substitute for a more insipid, colorless life, as Tita and Pedro did, rather than embracing a fuller, richer one represented by the emotional sensuousness of chocolate. However, I seem to recall reading somewhere that "like water for chocolate" referred to the hot water in a double boiler meant for melting chocolate and representing the boiling undercurrents of the tale. Does anyone have a source that explains the meaning the author intended? (Hmmmm, I'm suddenly salivating!) Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 09:19, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Plot in need of untangling from "themes and analysis"
The plot is still today more of copy-pasted literature minor exam, then a comprehensible plot outline. Feeble sourced analysis of the script's magic realism/themes is jumbled around inside this section, named Plot, not Themes/Anlysis.

Arcsoda (talk) 13:56, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Passage removed from plot section
This passage was in the plot section but with a hidden note:
 * Tita’s entrance into the dovecote signals her entrance into the liminal state that precedes her transition out of the oppressive grasp of Elena. French anthropologist Arnold van Gennep, concerned with the transitional rites that predictably accompany the passage of an individual from one state to another, divides these transitional rites into three subcategories: rites of separation, rites of transition, and rites of incorporation. The rite of separation is characterized by the removal of self from normal, daily life, which is then followed by the rite of transition, which is characterized by a secession from society alongside a mentor who instills knowledge unto the protagonist. Lastly, the rite of incorporation is characterized by the reintegration of the protagonist, now possessing the knowledge needed to complete the transition, back into society.

Pasting here in case anyone wants to incorporate the text elsewhere, if appropriate. -- Zim Zala Bim talk 02:06, 8 July 2022 (UTC)