Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part A

  • The introduction animation and style are amazing...
  • Everyone and everything are so shiny...
  • Why are there clips of an American couple? Are they in some way supposed to mirror Rama's and Sita's relationship?
  • Dasaratha tells his son to go away in a far less elaborate and personal way in this version....
  • Goofy-looking and -acting rakshasa
  • Happy-go-lucky section of Sita and Rama leaving and going into the forest
  • [Insert cheesy pun about how Rama shot a love arrow straight through Sita's heart]
  • Also why is Rama depicted blue in everything? Is that some mark of divinity or just a way to set him apart from everyone else in artwork?
  • Ravana was apparently a good king for some time?
    • intelligent, talented, and a war master
    • explore writing a story about how he became corrupted
  • lotus, Lotus, LOTUS!
  •  With all of the depictions of gods and people having multiple heads... Do they all share the same mind, or do they each have their own personality?
    • if writing about Sita's perspective, could include a scene where Ravana's heads bicker with each other
  • Write a story about Sita's time in Lanka
  • What if Sita managed to escape on her own while being taken to Lanka?
    • A stop is made along the way; Sita creates a diversion and sneaks away
    • Sita survives and traverses the forests on her own and finds Rama with the monkeys before they go to war
    • Causes an anticlimactic ending to Ramayana where everything is settled over tea
  • Shiva incarnated as Hanuman... It seems a bit strange that he would work to defeat one whom you could call his champion...
  •  Sita admits that she herself has powers?
    • What if her inner Lakshmi was awakened?
  •  Army battle depicted in a comedic (albeit still slightly gruesome) way, almost slapstick
  •  ****But what if Sita was just like "Okay" when Rama rejects her. Instead of throwing herself into the flames, she just goes on her way to live on her own angry yet totally fine without Rama. Then maybe Rama comes and tries to convince her to take him back because he was just trying to pull off some publicity stunt or power play, and it backfired.****
 Rama, Hanuman, and Sita in the rain near reflecting pool
Image Source: Fred Miller on Flickr

Bibliography. Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley, link to YouTube video.

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