Notes - Part B
Opening this section with Nina getting dumped by Dave is really sad. You can tell she was really into him, but that he did not care about her. It is really interesting how much her story mirrors the Ramayana. It's clear how she viewed the Ramayana through the lens of her own experiences and I think that's important for me to remember when writing stories in general - staying true to my experiences is important and can make the story better.
This movie is very trippy with it's flashing color animations and songs in the background as it depicts Sita's struggle. I like the parts that are like this - they are very expressive and somewhat funny.
Rama doesn't trust Sita at all, which is unfortunate. The narrators think that he's just doing it for his kingdom, but if he trusted her then he wouldn't have banished her. Meanwhile Sita loves Rama despite not being trusted by him. This film is about her, so it makes sense that she's the protagonist. The interludes to sing the blues fit well with the story so well, which adds to the entertainment value for me.
I thought the Rama praises singalong was hilarious and provided some insight into the difficulty of his decision making. It was really sarcastic and probably my favorite part of the movie.
The discussion the narrators had on unconditional love is really interesting because it shows two difficult things about love: on one hand you want to love unconditionally, but on the other you have to avoid a toxic relationship that can hurt your health. I might think about modifying it so Sita ends up getting over Rama because of his abuse of her, and lack of trust because that would be an interesting twist.
Source: Sita Sings The Blues by Nina Paley
Opening this section with Nina getting dumped by Dave is really sad. You can tell she was really into him, but that he did not care about her. It is really interesting how much her story mirrors the Ramayana. It's clear how she viewed the Ramayana through the lens of her own experiences and I think that's important for me to remember when writing stories in general - staying true to my experiences is important and can make the story better.
This movie is very trippy with it's flashing color animations and songs in the background as it depicts Sita's struggle. I like the parts that are like this - they are very expressive and somewhat funny.
Rama doesn't trust Sita at all, which is unfortunate. The narrators think that he's just doing it for his kingdom, but if he trusted her then he wouldn't have banished her. Meanwhile Sita loves Rama despite not being trusted by him. This film is about her, so it makes sense that she's the protagonist. The interludes to sing the blues fit well with the story so well, which adds to the entertainment value for me.
I thought the Rama praises singalong was hilarious and provided some insight into the difficulty of his decision making. It was really sarcastic and probably my favorite part of the movie.
The discussion the narrators had on unconditional love is really interesting because it shows two difficult things about love: on one hand you want to love unconditionally, but on the other you have to avoid a toxic relationship that can hurt your health. I might think about modifying it so Sita ends up getting over Rama because of his abuse of her, and lack of trust because that would be an interesting twist.
Sita is so sad that Rama doesn't believe her (Source: Wikimedia)
Source: Sita Sings The Blues by Nina Paley
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