Notes taken on the video: Sita Sings the Blues
The start of part B begins in NYC and Nina. Nina has received an email from Dave that says "Don't come back" with inevitability breaks her heart. Back in the Ramayana story, Sita tells Rama she is pregnant. There is a new story included in this video where dhobi, a laundry man, is explaining how he is not like Rama in the sense that he will not take his wife back since she has slept in another man's house. Because of this story, Rama sends Lakshmana to take Sita to the forest and abandon her. The narrators include that they feel as though Rama always had doubt about how pure Sita was. I think this is interesting since this feeling was not portrayed strongly in the book version.
Back in the U.S. with Nina, she is dreaming of Dave and caught up on him which is similar to how Sita feels with Rama. Both women show loyalty to their men and complete sadness about not being with them anymore. Sita believes she has had Karma put upon her for some wrongdoing. Sita gave birth to her 2 sons in the forest. Valmiki teaches them to praise Rama.
The narrators talk about the similarities between Nina and Sita. Both of them have unconditional love for their men as Nina calls Dave and begs for him to take her back and Sita prays to Rama.
Rama overhears his sons singing, but does not originally know that they are his until he sees them. He wants to take his sons back to Ayodhya, but does not want Sita unless she proves her purity again. She proves this by calling upon Mother Earth to take her back to her womb. After she sings her song, she leaves them into Mother Earth's womb.
Nina is shown reading the Ramayana and working on the film.
Bibliography: Cinema Nirvana. "Sita Sings the Blues." Youtube, 19 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkYOqI3jSM
The start of part B begins in NYC and Nina. Nina has received an email from Dave that says "Don't come back" with inevitability breaks her heart. Back in the Ramayana story, Sita tells Rama she is pregnant. There is a new story included in this video where dhobi, a laundry man, is explaining how he is not like Rama in the sense that he will not take his wife back since she has slept in another man's house. Because of this story, Rama sends Lakshmana to take Sita to the forest and abandon her. The narrators include that they feel as though Rama always had doubt about how pure Sita was. I think this is interesting since this feeling was not portrayed strongly in the book version.
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| (Rama thinking Sita is not pure; Source: Wikimedia) |
The narrators talk about the similarities between Nina and Sita. Both of them have unconditional love for their men as Nina calls Dave and begs for him to take her back and Sita prays to Rama.
Rama overhears his sons singing, but does not originally know that they are his until he sees them. He wants to take his sons back to Ayodhya, but does not want Sita unless she proves her purity again. She proves this by calling upon Mother Earth to take her back to her womb. After she sings her song, she leaves them into Mother Earth's womb.
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| (Sita running to Mother Earth; Source: Flickr) |
Nina is shown reading the Ramayana and working on the film.
Bibliography: Cinema Nirvana. "Sita Sings the Blues." Youtube, 19 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkYOqI3jSM
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