Reading Diary B: Week 4 Sita Sings the Blues

1. Sita is banished to the forest even though she is pregnant with Rama's sons. Although he accepted her at first, his people doubted her so he sent Lakshmana into the forest to abandon her. I liked the song they sang about Rama in part of this section. 

2. Dave breaks up with Nina and tells her not to come back to India. Sita prays for Rama everyday because she loves him so much, but she shouldn't because he doesn't treat her right (according to the narrators). 

3. Rama hears two boys singing in the forest and he learns that they are his sons. He asks Sita to prove her purity again. She calls on mother earth to take her back into her womb if she is pure, this proves that she is pure. Sita goes away into the earth.

Sita returns to Mother Earth's womb
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4. Nina is shown reading the Ramayana and the credits roll.

This was a really interesting interpretation of the Ramayana. I loved the style of the artwork and the narration added a lot of character to the story. Overall, I loved Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues.