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Sita Sings the Blues  Author: Nina Paley Sita went back home with Rama. Even though she went through a trial by fire for Rama, the people did not see this therefore they were unconvinced of her purity. Due to this, they questioned Rama's pride, how he could take back a woman who was with another other than himself. After this Rama booted Sita out the door into banishment. I enjoyed how the narration portrayed the cruelty that Rama showed Sita upon her return. That he literally kicked her out. I also enjoyed how the narrators went into how Sita must have her own internal problems, for always staying loyal to a man that started to treat her so poorly. Not that she was physically abused in any way, but it could be seen from a certain perspective as a domestic abuse case were the victim keeps coming back to her abuser. Even after she had his children she proved herself once more to this man, although this time she return to mother earth. Rama Seeing Sita's Purity for the Last ...

Sita Sings the Blues  Author: Nina Paley This story was a retelling of the Ramayana through a video. I enjoyed the use of the three narrators arguing with each other and coming to conclusions as to what happened. This helped keep my attention throughout the entirety of the story, although I did not enjoy the addition of a separate story that showed the tale between a modern couple, who's relationship was similar to that of Sita and Rama. Sita and Rama I did find it interesting how this adaption of the Ramayana decided to take out Lakshmana from the group that went out into exile. I did the same when creating a story based off of the Ramayana stories, as I thought Lakshmana was an unessential character to the story. Although the music portions of the story were cool, I thought it took away from the plot of the story. For someone who has has not read the Ramayana before this leaves out some of the story.