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Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part B

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In the film, narrators mention how Rama still doubted Sita's purity. (Source: Wikimedia Commons )  In the second half of this film, it really focused more on Sita and highlighted the mistreatment of her by Rama. In her songs, she mentions how she's devoted to him, but yet she feels like he's doubting her and not treating right. Even though Rama accepts her back after being in captivity for so long, his people's concern about her purity and loyalty to him pressures him into sending her into exile. He doesn't want his reputation to be impacted because of her. I liked how this film showed a laundry man comparing his wife to Sita because she was with another man, which lead to Rama's decision to exile his wife. I feel it was a good example of why Rama sent Sita away. It was sad he did that to her because she was pregnant with his children. I hated how when Rama came back to see his kids he asked Sita AGAIN to prove her purity. I really like how this part of fil...

Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part A

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Sita crying and singing her feelings (Source: Wikimedia Commons ) I really like the animation of Ramayana and how it focused on Sita. In the first part, the overall plot was the same from Rama being sent to exile in the forest to him saving her from Ravana, who kidnapped her. When watching this film, I couldn't help myself but laugh throughout it because the narrators were very funny. I thought that was a clever way of telling the story of Sita by adding a little comic relief to it. The graphics were nice too because it made the film fun and interesting to watch. Also, I liked the comparison of a modern couple to the story of Rama and Sita. I think that helped relate the story of Rama and Sita's relationship to a more modern relationship you would hear about nowadays. Plus, I enjoyed the music and Sita's songs describing her devotion to Rama, and her feelings in general when she was going through the abduction and after when Rama saved her. When Rama tested her, Sita...