Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues (Part B)
The beginning of this part started off very grimly, showing the film's author receiving a breakup email from her boyfriend who is in India. Later in the film, she calls him to beg him to take her back and the narrators (who have until this point only commented on the story between Rama and Sita, although at this point it is still a little ambiguous if they are commenting on Nina's situation or Sita's situation) discuss the problems associated with the unconditional love that Sita (and Nina) seem to be displaying. This reminds me of the difference between Sita's unconditional love and Parvati's unconditional love. While Sita is obedient and sadly takes the neglect from Rama, Parvati is angry and demands Shiva to respect her and fix the mistakes that he makes. Parvati and Shiva seem to share a very passionate and mistaken-ridden, yet nonetheless happy and devoted love, while Rama and Sita seem to share a more one-sided love. At the end of the story, Nina is working on this film with her cat and Sita has asked to be swallowed up by Mother Earth's womb in a final act of devotion to Rama, an act that denies Rama to have Sita back. I felt like this ending was very fitting and I really enjoyed this animation.
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| Sita Returns to Mother Earth (Web Source) |
Bibliography:
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley (Web Source)
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