Review of Sita Sings the Blues (2008) by Colleen P — 24 Dec 2014
Billed as "the greatest break-up story ever told", this is the story of Sita and Rama told in different ways, but primarily through love-sick blues. (The basics, according to the movie: Ram is a warrior-prince incarnation of Vishnu who is married to Sita; Sita is stolen by an evil king and desperately wants to get back to Ram, but then he can't trust her virtue after living in another man's house.
) I'm not a fan of blues, but it's so well used here. In fact, mixing the blues with Sita's story is a pretty brilliant cultural mashup. The use of different styles of animation to present different aspects of the story is a nice touch too (even though I didn't actually like all the styles-Sita looks a bit like Betty Boop when she's signing the blues).
My favorite part is probably not the coolest part of the film; it's the 3 people trying to remember the story to explain it. They clearly value the story, but they also make fun of it a bit. It's especially amusing to listen to the 2 men interpret the story in a modern context and talk about how Sita should have just moved on because Ram didn't treat her well.
This review of Sita Sings the Blues (2008) was written by Colleen P on 24 Dec 2014.
Sita Sings the Blues has generally received very positive reviews.
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