{"id":2695,"date":"2009-05-16T21:44:46","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T10:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2009-05-16T21:55:11","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T10:55:11","slug":"of-snakes-and-women-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/16\/of-snakes-and-women-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Snakes and Women! (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Following on from <a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/01\/of-snakes-and-women\/\" target=\"_blank\">Of Snakes and Women! (Part One)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiiisss-jennifer-lynch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2696\" title=\"hiiisss-jennifer-lynch\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiiisss-jennifer-lynch.jpg\" alt=\"hiiisss-jennifer-lynch\" width=\"262\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiiisss-jennifer-lynch.jpg 262w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiiisss-jennifer-lynch-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Hisss! <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The mythology of the snake woman, at least in its Asian aspect, is the subject of a new film by Jennifer Lynch, director of <em>Boxing Helena<\/em> (1993) and <em>Surveillance<\/em> (2008). Lynch is probably tired of being referred to as &#8220;daughter of film auteur David Lynch&#8221; &#8212; but, you know, you can&#8217;t escape your family, especially when one of them is famous and you decide to work in the same field. Interestingly, she made history in 2008 by becoming the first woman to win the Best Director award in the history of the New York City Horror Film Festival, for <em>Surveillance<\/em> &#8212; which, oddly enough, is more crime than horror. (We should perhaps ignore the Worst Director Razzie Award she won in 1994 for <em>Boxing Helena<\/em>.) She appeared in her father&#8217;s surreal nightmare film <em>Eraserhead<\/em> (1977) at age 9 and was production assistant on his <em>Blue Velvet<\/em> (1986). She also wrote the bestselling <em>Twin Peaks<\/em> tie-in novel <em>The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer<\/em> (1990).<\/p>\n<p>Her latest film veers into full-blown fantasy-horror territory, but uniquely she is directing it in India, working with two of Bollywood&#8217;s biggest names &#8212; <span class=\"text8\"><span class=\"text8\">Mallika Sherawat, who headlines as the shapeshifting naga, and leading man <\/span><\/span><span class=\"general\">Irrfan Khan, who recently appeared in <em>Slumdog Millionaire<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/irrfankhan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2703\" title=\"irrfankhan\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/irrfankhan.jpg\" alt=\"irrfankhan\" width=\"252\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"general\">The film is called <strong>Hisss!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"general\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss-poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2698\" title=\"hisss-poster\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss-poster.jpg\" alt=\"hisss-poster\" width=\"349\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss-poster.jpg 434w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss-poster-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"general\"><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"general\"> <!--\tINSERT CONTENT HERE-->The Curse of the Cobra Goddess &#8211; anytime man desecrates or violates the cobra, they are doomed to suffer the petrifying curse of the snake woman, of death and infertility. Only respect and worship can keep the population safe and the women fertile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over 4000 years ago the inhabitants of the Indus Valley sculpted the image of the shapeshifting snake. These half cobras, half human creatures were said to inhabit an awesome, mysterious temple, made of material unknown to mankind, deep within the jungles, far, far away in the legendary spice forests of the Malabar Coast. Children grew up hearing about the story recounted to their grandfathers, by their forefathers about an ancestor, who had journeyed to the edge of the world, and came back to recount a frightening story about the Snake Goddess and her mate&#8230;. and from here the legend travelled across India, and the far east along the silk route &#8211; passed on from generation to generation for thousands of years until this day.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"general\">It is the year 2008, an American man, named George, packing high tech gear, and evil intentions, makes the arduous journey into the heart of the forbidden forest. He captures a male cobra the size of a large python when he&#8217;s at his weakest, while mating. Little does he realize when they embark on testing this mysterious creature in their high-tech lab, what horror and destruction awaits him&#8230;. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hisssthemovie.com\/synopsis.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Official website<\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"general\">From all appearances the film is set to be as sexy as it is creepy, with the beautiful <\/span><span class=\"text8\"><span class=\"text8\">Mallika already known as a sex goddess in her own country. The excellent make-up SFX of <\/span><\/span><span class=\"general\">Robert Kurtzman &#8212; who has worked on a slew of genre films, in a history that includes genre classics\/favourites from <\/span><em>Evil Dead II<\/em>,<em> <\/em><span class=\"general\"><em> From Beyond<\/em>, <\/span><em>A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child<\/em>, <em>Bride of Re-Animator<\/em>, <em>Tremors<\/em> and<span class=\"general\"> <em>In the Mouth of Madness<\/em>, through to <em>Thir3een Ghosts<\/em>, <em>Bubba Ho-Tep<\/em>, <em>Undead or Alive<\/em>, Ang Lee&#8217;s <em>Hulk<\/em> and much else besides &#8212; transforms Mallika from this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"general\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikasherawat62.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2709 aligncenter\" title=\"mallikasherawat62\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikasherawat62.jpg\" alt=\"mallikasherawat62\" width=\"330\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikasherawat62.jpg 400w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikasherawat62-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"general\">into this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"general\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss_mallika.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2701 alignnone\" title=\"hisss_mallika\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss_mallika.jpg\" alt=\"hisss_mallika\" width=\"330\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss_mallika.jpg 479w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss_mallika-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"general\">and from this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"general\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2707\" title=\"mallika-sherawat\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat.jpg\" alt=\"mallika-sherawat\" width=\"319\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat.jpg 319w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"general\">into this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"general\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-nagin-hisss.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2705\" title=\"mallika-nagin-hisss\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-nagin-hisss.jpg\" alt=\"mallika-nagin-hisss\" width=\"200\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"general\">Pressed to describe the film, Kurtzman said: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHISSS is a real Hindi horror movie! Mallika transforms from a serpent into a human in order to find her lover. She needs to mate to carry on her kind, basically, and it\u2019s sort of like CAT PEOPLE in that sense. She goes from being a serpent to a beautiful woman, and then she experiences the real world through human eyes\u2014seeing big cities and stuff like that. But she comes across some evil people in her journey to find a lover, and gets rid of them in all sorts of odd and interesting ways.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangoria.com\/home\/news\/9-film-news\/1246-robert-kurtzman-talks-jennifer-lynchs-hisss.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fangoria<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"general\">The newly released official trailer gives every indication that the film will be unique, with a Lynchian sensibility transposed into a Bollywood mystique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"general\">Trailer:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JgkD-lHCZ4M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JgkD-lHCZ4M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Several creepy and effective shots of Mallika as the naga have appeared, giving a strange surreal quality to the image of the film that pre-publicity is creating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss051409.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2700\" title=\"hisss051409\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss051409.jpg\" alt=\"hisss051409\" width=\"439\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss051409.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss051409-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss051409-1024x570.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-nagin-look.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2706\" title=\"mallika-sherawat-nagin-look\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-nagin-look.jpg\" alt=\"mallika-sherawat-nagin-look\" width=\"440\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-nagin-look.jpg 443w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-nagin-look-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All it all, the film looks like one we can anticipate as being a classy and unique experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloody-disgusting.com\/news\/16197\" target=\"_blank\">Bloody Disgusting<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchfilm.net\/site\/view\/behold-jennifer-lynchs-snake-woman-the-trailer-for-hisss-with-mallika-shera\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangoria.com\/home\/news\/9-film-news\/1246-robert-kurtzman-talks-jennifer-lynchs-hisss.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fangoria<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hisssthemovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2695 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikasherawat62.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikasherawat62-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikargvnodedisplay.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallikargvnodedisplay-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-nagin-look.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-nagin-look-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-sherawat.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-nagin-hisss.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mallika-nagin-hisss-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/kurtzmanb.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/kurtzmanb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/irrfankhan.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/irrfankhan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiss_224x300.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiss_224x300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss_mallika.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss_mallika-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hisss-poster-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiiisss-jennifer-lynch.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hiiisss-jennifer-lynch-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from Of Snakes and Women! (Part One) Hisss! The mythology of the snake woman, at least in its Asian aspect, is the subject of a new film by Jennifer Lynch, director of Boxing Helena (1993) and Surveillance (2008). &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/16\/of-snakes-and-women-part-two\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,26,63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2695"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2724,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}