Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues Part B
Here's my notes on the continuation of the film Sita Sings the Blues. After the intermission, we go to New York City. This is when Nina discovers that Dave has broken up with her. In an email. We see her feelings portrayed on screen.
We go back to the story of Rama and Sita, and Sita tells Rama that she is pregnant. Some think that Sita was unfaithful to Rama, like the dhobi. Therefore Rama banishes Sita because it casts doubt upon his reputation. We get Sita singing the blues again, now heavily pregnant. Laksmhan, drives poor Sita away and leaves her there. I feel terrible for her. We get a shot of Nina in a small and terrible apartment in Brooklyn.
The narrators talk about how Sita is rescued by Valmiki. We get another song from Sita. Sita gives birth to twin sons Lava and Kusha, who are taught by Valmiki. Meanwhile Sita longs for Rama. Nina asks Dave to take her back.
Eventually Rama comes across his two sons, and of course Sita. Sita is asked to prove her purity again. She says that if she has been pure to him, then let the Earth take her back. Mother Earth takes her back, and she is swallowed up by the Earth.You see Rama shed a tear for her before we switch back to New Your and Nina.
Nina has a new apartment and a cat, and you can see her working hard on the film Sita Sings the Blues. She's reading a copy of the Ramayana. The film ends with, according to the film guide, Chandra the moon god, and Vishnu rubbing Lakshmi's feet (the tables have turned). And the film ends! What a great little film.
Bibliography. "Sita Sings the Blues" by Nina Paley. Web Source.
We go back to the story of Rama and Sita, and Sita tells Rama that she is pregnant. Some think that Sita was unfaithful to Rama, like the dhobi. Therefore Rama banishes Sita because it casts doubt upon his reputation. We get Sita singing the blues again, now heavily pregnant. Laksmhan, drives poor Sita away and leaves her there. I feel terrible for her. We get a shot of Nina in a small and terrible apartment in Brooklyn.
The narrators talk about how Sita is rescued by Valmiki. We get another song from Sita. Sita gives birth to twin sons Lava and Kusha, who are taught by Valmiki. Meanwhile Sita longs for Rama. Nina asks Dave to take her back.
Eventually Rama comes across his two sons, and of course Sita. Sita is asked to prove her purity again. She says that if she has been pure to him, then let the Earth take her back. Mother Earth takes her back, and she is swallowed up by the Earth.You see Rama shed a tear for her before we switch back to New Your and Nina.
Nina has a new apartment and a cat, and you can see her working hard on the film Sita Sings the Blues. She's reading a copy of the Ramayana. The film ends with, according to the film guide, Chandra the moon god, and Vishnu rubbing Lakshmi's feet (the tables have turned). And the film ends! What a great little film.
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Bibliography. "Sita Sings the Blues" by Nina Paley. Web Source.
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