Sunday, February 7, 2016

Week 4, Reading Diary 1, Sita Sings the Blues


The first part of the animated tale is awesome. I like how there is a mixture of tales happening at once. The couple in San Francisco and Rama and Sita. The layers parallel with the Vishnu and Lakshmi avatars. I love the colorful art and blues music. The people in the background that are narrating the stories are priceless because they are showing the different variations of the story with their comments, even commenting on what may be original to one story. I think some of my favorite parts of the story are when they are using modern expression like, " don't let the door hit your ass on the way out".


Image source: Rama and Sita with Brahma, Agni, and Shiva; from Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues

Bibliography: 
Author: Nina Paley
Title: Sita Sings the Blues
Year: 2008

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