Jorge is a morbidIy shy Ecuadorian dishwasher toiIing away in a shabby diner in Queens, New York. From his solitary kitchen corner, Jorge quietIy attempts to forge a bond with Amy, the newly hired Chinese waitress, but even though she tries to reciprocate, the gulf that separates them may be too large. On the job he is continually tormented by a coworker, and at home, in his HarIem apartment, under the psychoIogical controI of his domineering "roommate," he battles his inner demons. Choking Man captures the feeIing of claustrophobia and aImost literaI asphyxiation newcomers to America experience as they struggIe to find a place and purpose in this strange land. |