Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part B


(A picture of the cover title. Photo by Fred Miller)

 In the first part of Sita Sings the Blues, I did not get the correlation between The Ramayana storyline and the San Francisco couple storyline. In the second part, Dave breaks up with Nina and the correlation is that both Sita and Nina have this love for their men that they refuse to let go, so they both mope around waiting for their men to take them back. Unfortunately for Nina, Dave never came back to her.

 In part B, the story is really focused on Sita's pregnancy and her depression that was caused by Rama splitting up with her. One thing I found interesting in this version versus the version I read, was that Rama actually knew about Sita's pregnancy, and in the book he did not. This version also gave insight that the twins, Sita had birthed, were taught to praise Rama. With all that going on, Sita refused to give up hope that Rama was done with her for good. Eventually, Rama comes through the forest that Sita was exiled to and decided that if she can prove her innocence once again, then he would take her back. Therefore, Sita proved her innocence once again via the water test. It was not so clear if Rama and Sita got back together, but from context I would say they did, and that is how the film ended this storyline.

 The film overall was really entertaining. The video sort of hit on the sections of the book that were vague. The movie also was very fast pace. I think reading The Ramayana, and then watching the film as a review was a good option. My favorite part of the film by far were the narrators; they were so funny!  

 Bibliography:
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley. Web Source

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