This week I have decided to experience another form of the
Ramayana. I thought it would be interesting to check out the story in the
platform of a movie/musical. In this form of the story there are four different
ways that are utilized in the movie to tell the Ramayana. This movie is by Nina
Paley and is called “Sita Sings the Blues.” One of the ways includes a group of
friends talking about the Ramayana, another is a musical version of some of the
main events, another can be compared to a cartoon version of the Ramayana, and
the last is a modern twist to the Ramayana also in cartoon form. It is cool how
the author intertwines each of these different stories into the main plot and
makes it flow so well. No I know why you have heavily recommended it. In this
version of the Ramayana, they portray Ravana more nice and virtuous than in the
Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana.
The modern cartoon form deviates the most from the plot while still
containing similar elements such as Sita not feeling loved after Rama rescues
her, or a couple being separated. Watching half of this movie has helped me
recap on the Ramayana, and it has given me more ideas for different ways to
write the story. Three ideas I have come up with are what if Sita stayed back
at the kingdom and did not go with Rama on his journey, what if Sita just went
back with Hanuman when he came to the Lanka, and what if Sita gave into Ravana
and became his queen.
This is a picture of the cover of "Sita Sings the Blues."
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