 "Choking Man" is an intense blend of psychological drama and magical realism that encapsulates the contemporary immigrant experience in America.Jorge (Octavio Gómez Berríos) is a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher toiling away in a shabby diner in Jamaica, Queens run by Rick (Mandy Patinkin).He works all day long in the shadow of the ever-present Heimlich Maneuver instruction poster which hangs in the diner kitchen.