Week 4, Reading Diary 2, Sita Sings the Blues

Image source: Sita and Valmiki, from Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues

The music is mesmerizing, it really pulls me in. I really enjoy this movie and the music. Rama and Sita are just so dysfunctional. Sita has the heart of a saint. In the ending and she jumps into mother earth, I would probably have ended it more violently. Paley is nice in her ending of the story. 

Sita Sings the Blues

Author: Nina Paley

Title: Sita Sings the Blues

Year: 2008

Week 4, Reading Diary 1, Sita Sings the Blues

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

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Author: Nina Paley

Title: Sita Sings the Blues

Year: 2008