Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues: Part A

The introduction portion does an excellent job of setting up the scope of the characters amidst a celestial background, as well as showing how Sita, despite being as beautifully animated as Rama, is stuck rubbing the knots out of his feet. The music is beautiful.
The transition to Present Day is well done: In future stories, I plan to use a simple tag in between transitions (e.g. Honolulu, 1998).
I love the contrast between animation style and background.
The cat provides so much humor to the scene- in my writing perhaps I'll add an animal sidekick for a moment or two of comic relief.
The arguing of the narrators is reminiscent of the three muses of Hercules. Perhaps adding an omnipresent narrator could spice a story up.
The movie does a great job of visually associating characters with names, so that the reader understands who is who as the story goes on.
"Brave boy, embodiment of an ideal man" to "Don't let the door hit your a** on the way out" LOL
"I cannot live without you" into the first jazz number. I love the incorporation of music! The animals flying in time and the upbeat nature of the song make watching it so much fun. Maybe in future stories I can choose a specific song to write to.
The duality of Ravana's character is presented in that "he's a good king" but also the villain.
"Big round fat juicy LOTUSES".
The second musical number with the background dancing butterflies is so cute!
"Your a** is grass" and the following use of sound effects to underscore how emphatic Sita is in her devotion to Rama is hilarious.
The following song's showing of the passage of time is creative and ingenious. In a story I hope to try new ways showing time going by. In a similar way the passage of distance is shown, with the Indiana Jones-esque airplane flight.
"Ooo There's Knocking at my Door" in conjunction with the rakshasa battle and blood going everywhere also makes for a funny scene.
Gosh the cinematography with Rama's arrow was NICE.
In the next jazz number, a lot of time is given to the background monkeys- a reminder to look into side character backstories as well?
The beautiful rainbow is a reminder to give some acknowledgement to the settings of stories.
The intermission is a well-timed break to give the audience a moment to breathe.

Image Info: Cover photo for Sita Sings the Blues DVD.
Source: Link.

Bibliography:Paley, Nina. Sita Sings the Blues. 2008. Link.