SC - Romantic Foods

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/10/99 2:40:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> jstaplet at du.edu writes:
> 
> <<
>  I haven't, but I want to!  I've heard of it.
> 
>  Berengaria
> 
>  On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Linda Peterson wrote:
> 
>  > Has anyone seen the Japanese film -Tampopo-?
>  >
>  > Mirhaxa >>
> 
> I've seen it, and found it not worth the reputation it has.  The acting, of
> course, was  of the oriental style: overly dramatic.  The dubbing didn't
> help.  It probably wouldn't have been quite so bad if I spoke Japanese.  The
> plot is that a young widowed mother runs a fast food shop serving Ramen type
> noodles. She is helped to develop the perfect recipe for the noodles by a
> rough and ready type truck driver who also keeps hoodlums from taking over
> the shop and comforts the widow in the time honored way.  (See "The Notebooks
> of Lazarus Long" by R.A, Heinlein)  It's interspersed with scenes of a zen
> teacher instructing a student in the proper way to appreciate Ramen noodles.
> 
> Mordonna

Um, did you see a heavily cut version, or have you forgotten the several
food/seduction scenes involving, among other things, raw egg yolk,
drunken shrimp, and a variety of other foods ?
 
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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