Reading Notes Sita Sings the Blues Part B
Dave breaks up with Nina over email
this part made me really sad, I felt so bad for Niña. I began to see more clearly the parallels between Sita and her stories.
Sita is exiled to the forest
This part also made me sad- the whole montage of Sita being iced out by Rama was a real, for lack of better word, bummer. It even hurt my feelings. Sita in the forest sings the blues again and is found by the people who live there and they take care of her and the twins.
There is debate about Sita’s Purity
the narrators were arguing about how silly it is that Sita still loves Rama, the male ones talking about how she should get some sense, and the woman restating that her love is *unconditional* and that is why she can’t get over Rama. I found myself siding with the female narrator.
Nina is depressed in Brooklyn
Nina dreams of life in San Francisco before Dave broke her heart, I felt for her here- I think that she conveyed just how devastating that would be in a way that evoked that same emotion of devastation from the audience.
Sita gives birth
Years down the line the twins are singing in the forest and Rama finds them
Rama only cares about the sons!
Sita is swallowed by the earth
Once more Sita is tested! I was really angry at this part, even though I already knew what was going to happen. I think that Niña did a good job of making Rama seem shady- because that is how I feel like he was being. I liked her portrayal of him. Sita has finally had enough, she still loves Rama, but enough is enough and leaps into the arms of Mother Earth.
Nina seems to be at peace
She and Sita mirror each other in the end, both have found a sense of ease- and I felt satisfied.
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