Extra Credit Reading Notes
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Padley
The film begins by showing many gods, the film has three narrators that take us through the Ramayana, despite their own confusion of the Ramayana. I really liked the use of the narrators in this film, their discussions brought up questions and ideas I hadn't previously thought about. Sita sang a song about being thankful for Rama. The narrators discuss that Ravana might not have been too bad, bringing up the story of him playing the lute with his intestines. Ravana is convinced to capture Sita by Surpanakha and sends Maricha to become a golden deer to distract Rama. Before Sita is taken, she sings a song about how much she loves Rama. As Sita is carried away she drops her jewelry, but the narrators wonder how she had jewelry, since she left Ayodhya with nothing. Rama and Hanuman become allies and Hanuman goes to save Sita, but she refuses to go with him. The narrators discuss why Sita would do this and if her decision to stay until Rama rescues her would cause thousands of deaths. Her decision to stay could have also been an attempt to glorify Rama since she was so devoted to him, she would even pray to him while captured. Sita is saved, but Rama rejects her until she proves herself. Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya and Sita a song about having the rain if you want the rainbow.
During the film, there is a side story about Nina and her boyfriend Dave. Dave gets a job in India while Nina stays in San Francisco. When his new job contract is extended, Nina goes to join Dave in India. When she arrives, Dave wont kiss her in public or at night. They work in the same office, but then Nina returns to New York for a week.
The film begins by showing many gods, the film has three narrators that take us through the Ramayana, despite their own confusion of the Ramayana. I really liked the use of the narrators in this film, their discussions brought up questions and ideas I hadn't previously thought about. Sita sang a song about being thankful for Rama. The narrators discuss that Ravana might not have been too bad, bringing up the story of him playing the lute with his intestines. Ravana is convinced to capture Sita by Surpanakha and sends Maricha to become a golden deer to distract Rama. Before Sita is taken, she sings a song about how much she loves Rama. As Sita is carried away she drops her jewelry, but the narrators wonder how she had jewelry, since she left Ayodhya with nothing. Rama and Hanuman become allies and Hanuman goes to save Sita, but she refuses to go with him. The narrators discuss why Sita would do this and if her decision to stay until Rama rescues her would cause thousands of deaths. Her decision to stay could have also been an attempt to glorify Rama since she was so devoted to him, she would even pray to him while captured. Sita is saved, but Rama rejects her until she proves herself. Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya and Sita a song about having the rain if you want the rainbow.
During the film, there is a side story about Nina and her boyfriend Dave. Dave gets a job in India while Nina stays in San Francisco. When his new job contract is extended, Nina goes to join Dave in India. When she arrives, Dave wont kiss her in public or at night. They work in the same office, but then Nina returns to New York for a week.
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