Contest Entry: Chocolate

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Chocolat Masson/ Chocolat Mexicain, 1897/1898



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Comments

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

I'm a little confused as to why what I presume to be a Native Mexican is portrayed with red hair. Oh well, I guess nothing should stand in the way Mucha's color palette.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Maybe the white girl made her 'pretty'. :D

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

Pretty in a really masculine way!

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

What, that's NOT a man?!

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I think that's a dude. If that's a woman, she's been hitting the 'roids pretty hard or something.

At least the ad makes a nod at the Mexican origins of chocolate.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I think we'll have to settle for "androgynous" - why else would he have a top held up by a necklace over his chest? and that prissy leg position? I agree though, good swinging arm for that stone club.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

The one thing that's throwing me off is the covering of the chest. If it's a man, why worry about covering the chesticals? Show off that gloriously hairless Mesoamerican chest! As for the sitting position, maybe s/he just drank a lot of hot chocolate and really has to pee! Or, if it was prepared the traditional Aztec way with chilies, maybe do more than that! I've never tried it that way, but I have to think it's an effective way to clean the pipes. ;)

[write-light.livejournal.com]

nah, chiles don't clean the pipes but they do make chocolate taste yummy (er) :D

Maybe our Idle Woman found a buddy and played dress-up with him?

[moem]

Yep. That totally looks like a man to me. The clothes are probably what is meant to pass for traditional native dress.

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

So much for clothes making the man.