Reading Notes: Ramayana, Video by Nina Paley

Sita Sings the Blues

by Nina Paley

Rama and Sita in the royal court

• I love the animation style used in this video, it really aids in portraying the whimsical nature of these stories.
• it may just be the influence of all the blues numbers, but I officially like Sita more than Rama now
• I don't quite understand why this troubled couple from San Francisco keep popping up between episodes of the Ramayana
• The 3 shadow narrators are cracking me up with the commentary, I appreciate that the video is addressing some of the stranger parts of these stories in a comedic way
• I'm actually catching a lot of information in these stories that I missed when I was reading, I didn't realize that Hanuman was the reincarnation of Shiva sent solely for the purpose of eventually aiding Rama 
• This video has some really clever humor in it, Sita being described solely with the comparison to the lotus flower was my particular favorite