Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part B

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After the Nina character receives the email from Dave, her boyfriend, breaking up with her there is an extended musical and dance sequence.

There is one main female dancer that uses aspects of classical Indian dance, Bollywood dance, and Western dance. Some elements from classical Indian dance include the hand positions called mudras, and the characteristic body posture called tribhanga composed by bending of the body into an "S" shape.

There is also a segment when the Hindu gods cycle through the video replacing each other showing how they are essentially the same being.

Fire is a common theme throughout the sequence as Nina's rage and grief burn after Dave's cruel breakup, and Agni, the fire god, can be seen riding his vahana the ram at various points in the sequence.

The fire grows and envelopes more and more of the screen until the video is completely engulfed in it. Then the fire disappears and the gods are shown almost like Nina has been so overcome by her emotions that she has left the physical world for the spiritual one.




Bibliography. Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues, Source.

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