sita sings the blues

Sita Sings the Blues: Four Connecting Movies in One Sita Sings the Blues is an animated version of the epic Indian tale “Ramayana”. The movie was released on February 11, 2008 and directed, produced, and written by Nina Paley. Sita Sings the Blues uses images and art covering two thousand years of history and culture. The movie is not just an average movie with one plot, but, instead, it is four stories each connecting and showing how ideals about gender roles have changed over time. Paley uses different styles that are key to help the viewer analyze the story being told. The stories are all spread out throughout Sita Sings the Blues, but Paley makes it clear when the story switches. (Wikipedia) (Parispins) The first story is done in squigglevision. Squigglevision is an extremely modern animation technique. The story also uses twentieth century cartoon sketches such as Caricatures with unstable lines. Nina Paley writes this story about a woman in San Francisco and her relationship ending in an unexpected breakup. It is obvious that this story is told in present day because the animation used is a familiar style used today. (Lee) The second story is animated with two different types of animated art. The first type the characters are drawn with watercolors and look as if they are paper cutouts on top of other paintings. The art shows that the story is old. The second type of art used is more modern. Squigglevision is used again and the characters that looked like paper cutouts now look more like modern day animations. The two types of art used together are important because the viewer is able to see how the first and second stories are similar. The second story is about Sita from the Hindu epic “The Ramayana”. The demon king Ravana takes Sita, the wife of Rama. Rama says he has no more use for Sits because she has lived in another man’s house, however she then proves her purity but she is taken back into mother earths womb. (Lee) (Parispins) The third story