Photo from " Sita Sings the Blues " by Nina Paley on Youtube. The Sita Sings the Blues : This animated film by Nina Paley is an incredibly creative retelling of the ancient epic in terms of modern themes; I've written up a detailed guide to help you navigate the film, and here is some more information about Nina Paley . I think it's very interesting to see how this plays out in the film. I will comment on the animated work itself. I actually kind of love it. This video is not something I really expected to like since most animated versions of written literature become very tacky and obtuse. Instead, I think the stories were made more fruitful and beneficial to my understanding of what was done and said. I think the introduction of the speakers being equally casual about the story was very helpful for my understanding of how the stories came to be. While the written stories we read in the first two weeks weren't bad by any means, short stories th...