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"And now on to something completely different." I started with this Monty Python quote even when I wrote about Boots Riley's movie a few months ago Sorry to Bother You, but it is equally relevant to use Nina Paley's animated musical Seder-Masochism. Both because the film is very refreshing and different, and because the legendary British comedy group – and especially the feature film Life of Brian – experienced as a natural reference.
Playful retelling
Animator, director, screenwriter and producer Paley (she also has a number of other features!) Here follows her ten year old full-time animated film Sita Sings the Blues, which was a playful and imaginative adaptation of the ancient Indian heroic poem Ramayana. In the film, this epic story about the Hindu gods Sita and Rama was retold, among other things, from the memory of three modern Indians, with all that entailed of disagreements, inaccuracies and digressions. Typical of Paley's many creative inventions, the three gave voice to their respective animated shadow puppets. This film was also a kind of musical, where the heroine Sita in Betty Boop-like animated version sang out her feelings in the form of jazz singer Annette Hanshaws. . .
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