Sita Sings the Blues
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1:17 - 1:21Moanin' Low, my sweet man I love him so
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1:21 - 1:25though he's mean as can be
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1:25 - 1:31He's the kind of man needs
a kind of woman like me -
1:31 - 1:33a woman like me...
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1:33 - 1:35a woman like me...
a woman like me... -
1:35 - 1:37a woman like me...
a woman like me... -
1:37 - 1:52a woman like me...
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6:45 - 6:50Rick wants to hire me!
He's at a new studio. -
6:51 - 6:53Where is it?
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6:56 - 6:57India!
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7:02 - 7:04When?
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7:04 - 7:05I don't remember what year...
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7:05 - 7:06there's no year...
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7:06 - 7:08How do you know there's a year for that?
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7:08 - 7:11I think they say the 14th Century.
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7:11 - 7:13The 14th Century was recently.
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7:13 - 7:14No, but...I don't know...
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7:14 - 7:17That's when...the Moghuls were ruling,
Babar was in India -
7:17 - 7:17The 11th then?
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7:17 - 7:20It's definitely B.C.
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7:20 - 7:22It's B.C. for sure
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7:22 - 7:26and I think it's Ayodhya,
where Ram was born -
7:26 - 7:28I know that because they
razed that temple. -
7:28 - 7:31They say that Ram was born there.
Which I don't believe - -
7:31 - 7:32- but that's what they say.
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7:32 - 7:36And Ayodhya is in
the state of Uttar Pradesh. -
7:36 - 7:38It's right there!
Therefore the story has to be true. -
7:38 - 7:43It's probably based on as real as event
as the Bible is based on. -
7:43 - 7:46You want to know the whole story?
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7:46 - 7:50Oh, because Ram's father had 4 wives.
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7:50 - 7:51-3 wives.
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7:51 - 7:523 wives?
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7:52 - 7:53-4 sons.
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7:53 - 7:544 sons, 3 wives. OK.
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7:54 - 7:57I know the names of the sons by the way.
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7:57 - 7:58Kausalya...
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7:58 - 8:00No, that's the wife, that's what I meant.
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8:00 - 8:04Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi.
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8:04 - 8:07And Kausalya's son was Ram
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8:07 - 8:09Sumitra's son was Laxman
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8:09 - 8:11Kaikeyi's son was Bharat
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8:11 - 8:12I'm so impressed!
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8:12 - 8:13Yes, and
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8:13 - 8:17Shatrughan I think was Laxman's brother
which means he had to be, uh -
8:17 - 8:19Sumitra's son.
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8:19 - 8:21Sita was Ram's wife
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8:21 - 8:25Right, and Sita I know also,
Sita's father was Janaka. -
8:25 - 8:28Sita has many names,
Sita only being one of them. -
8:28 - 8:29Yeah.
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8:29 - 8:30Janaki! Janaki!
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8:30 - 8:32Janaki also.
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8:32 - 8:35And Vahish, Vahish, uh...
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8:35 - 8:37-I saw a play...
-Vaidehi. -
8:37 - 8:42Vaidehi, I saw a play called Vaidehi, right,
which I learned was another name for Sita. -
8:42 - 8:46Ram was about to be crowned
by Dasharatha as the king -
8:46 - 8:49and Kaikeyi went to him and
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8:49 - 8:52Because she had done something really good
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8:52 - 8:54I think she had taken care of him
when he was really sick. -
8:54 - 8:55Yes.
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8:55 - 8:58And so at that point he had said to her,
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8:58 - 9:02"You have one Boon.
Anything you ask of me I will do." -
9:02 - 9:05and so she went and asked him
to send Ram away for 14 years -
9:05 - 9:08thinking that was a long enough time,
that if you go away for 14 years, -
9:08 - 9:11you're pretty much out of sight,
out of mind. -
9:28 - 9:33Rama my son, today I wish to crown you
King of Ayodhya -
9:33 - 9:36but my evil scheming wife Kaikeyi-
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9:36 - 9:37Grrr...
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9:38 - 9:41-just reminded me of an
ancient vow I made. -
9:41 - 9:45To honor this vow, instead of
crowning you king, I must -
9:45 - 9:48banish you to the forest for 14 years!
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9:49 - 9:54Goodbye, dear boy. You are noble and good.
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9:54 - 9:56The embodiment of righteousness.
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9:56 - 9:58A brave warrior prince.
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9:58 - 10:00Joy of Heaven and Earth.
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10:00 - 10:02The Ideal Man.
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10:02 - 10:05May the Gods be with you.
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10:05 - 10:09Don't let the door hit your ass
on the way out. -
10:09 - 10:13That's what she asked for
and Dasharatha was heartbroken -
10:13 - 10:17but given that all Indian men
are true to their word... -
10:17 - 10:21He had to... do that.
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10:21 - 10:23And then he died? Didn't he die?
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10:23 - 10:24No, I don't think...
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10:24 - 10:25He died eventually...
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10:25 - 10:30No, but all those Ram Leelas
I've seen when I was a kid... -
10:30 - 10:32He died right away?
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10:32 - 10:34There's this big scene, very dramatic
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10:34 - 10:37he's having a heart attack
when his son is going away. -
10:37 - 10:40I do think he was unwell...
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10:40 - 10:41Yeah that's true.
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10:41 - 10:43And he also has a huge issue, right?
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10:43 - 10:46He's like ravaged by guilt,
because Ram is such a good son. -
10:46 - 10:48And Ram, when he was told to go away,
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10:48 - 10:51actually said he would. He didn't create
any problems, he didn't say, -
10:51 - 10:52"why?"
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10:52 - 10:53He just said,
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10:53 - 10:56"If that is your wish Father, I shall go."
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10:56 - 10:57And then he went.
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10:57 - 11:00And Sita said, "If you go, I go."
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11:00 - 11:02No, Sita.
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11:02 - 11:06The forest is beset by Rakshasa demons.
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11:06 - 11:11They harrass our Wise Men
and desecrate their ritual fires. -
11:11 - 11:15I must fight them... alone.
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11:15 - 11:19But Rama, a woman's place is
next to her Husband! -
11:19 - 11:21I will accept any hardship.
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11:21 - 11:23I cannot live without you...
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11:23 - 11:31I cannot live without you...
I cannot live without you... -
11:44 - 11:51I hate to think what might have been
if we had never met -
11:51 - 11:57Why should I suppose that this could be?
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11:57 - 12:03The weary days, the lonely nights,
are easy to forget -
12:03 - 12:09since I am here, and you are here with me.
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12:10 - 12:16Here we are, you and I
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12:16 - 12:23let the World hurry by
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12:23 - 12:30Even while I waited, somehow, dear, I knew
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12:30 - 12:37You'd find me, I'd find you
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12:37 - 12:44Here we are, alone together
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12:44 - 12:50what matter whether, we wandered far?
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12:51 - 12:55And though we haven't got a bankful,
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12:55 - 12:58we can still be thankful
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12:58 - 13:04that here, that here we are!
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13:33 - 13:40Here we are, you and I
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13:40 - 13:47Let the World just hurry by
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13:47 - 13:54Even while I waited, somehow, dear, I knew
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13:54 - 14:00you'd find me, and I'd find you
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14:01 - 14:07Here we are, alone together
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14:07 - 14:14what matter whether we wandered far?
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14:15 - 14:19and though we haven't got a bankful,
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14:19 - 14:23we can still be thankful
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14:23 - 14:29that here we are!
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14:31 - 14:32That's all!
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14:41 - 14:42I'll miss you.
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14:42 - 14:47It's only a 6-month contract.
I'll be back before you know it! -
15:01 - 15:06Ravana was the evil king of Lanka
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15:06 - 15:11and he just stole Sita.
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15:11 - 15:14He was an incredibly learned man.
From what I understand, Ravana was... -
15:14 - 15:17Actually the only bad thing
he seems to have done... -
15:17 - 15:19...is capture Sita.
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15:19 - 15:23Which is kind of interesting because
everything else about him seems to be, like -
15:23 - 15:25he was this really learned guy,
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15:25 - 15:26he knows all these weapons
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15:26 - 15:28he prays to the right Gods...
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15:28 - 15:31so all this stuff!
He's like this Good King. -
15:31 - 15:35Except that, over time, we've been
led to believe he's this complete... -
15:35 - 15:38that he's like Mogambo.
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15:38 - 15:41That's right, he lived on an island also!
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15:41 - 15:45He was a devoted Shiva-bhakta.
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15:45 - 15:47and he plays -
-all these instruments... -
15:47 - 15:50Veena with his intestines.
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15:50 - 15:52With his intestines?
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15:52 - 15:54Yeah, for Shiva.
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15:54 - 15:58There's this whole thing about
how devoted a fan he was -
15:58 - 16:02and he's asking Lord Shiva for some wish
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16:02 - 16:08and, you know, he is basically
playing Veena with his intestines. -
16:08 - 16:11It's hard to fell someone
like that in battle, because -
16:11 - 16:13what is pain to a man who
plays Veena on his intestines? -
16:13 - 16:15Nothing much.
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16:15 - 16:18What I'm really impressed with is
he was the king of Sri Lanka. -
16:18 - 16:21No, he was the king of Lanka.
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16:21 - 16:24It was Lanka. It's called Ceylon.
It's the same country I think. -
16:24 - 16:26Well the point is that's what we think.
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16:26 - 16:27They built the bridge.
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16:27 - 16:31The bridge still exists,
so NASA images say. -
16:31 - 16:36Really? NASA? It must be true then!
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16:36 - 16:39Maybe they saw it
when they were on the moon! -
16:39 - 16:43Isn't the Suruphanaka story -
Suruphanaka right? -
16:43 - 16:44Surphanaka.
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16:44 - 16:47I'm messing up her name.
God, they're gonna be after me -
16:47 - 16:49Surphanaka is the one
with the really ugly nose. -
16:49 - 16:52Surphanaka. But she was Ravana's sister.
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16:52 - 16:57Ravana! Rama has slaughtered your Rakshasas
in the forest. You must take revenge! -
16:57 - 17:02Don't do it, Master. Rama is powerful.
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17:02 - 17:07Sister, do not bother me
with your petty concerns. -
17:09 - 17:14Dear Brother Ravana,
have you seen Rama's wife Sita? -
17:14 - 17:18She is the most beautiful
woman in the world. -
17:18 - 17:22Her skin is fair like the lotus blossom.
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17:22 - 17:24Her eyes are like lotus pools.
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17:24 - 17:28Her hands are like, um, lotuses.
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17:28 - 17:33Her breasts like
big, round, firm, juicy... -
17:33 - 17:35Lotuses!
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17:35 - 17:38Mmmm, ahhhh...
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17:38 - 17:43Make Sita your wife, Ravana.
Steal her from Rama! -
17:43 - 17:46Don't do it, Master!
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17:46 - 17:51I'll hear no arguments from you, Mareecha.
You must help me at once. -
17:52 - 17:58Transform yourself into
a beautful golden deer to distract Rama. -
17:58 - 18:03While Sita is unguarded, I'll grab her!
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18:03 - 18:09Sita WILL be mine! Hahahahahaaa!
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18:20 - 18:24What a beautiful golden deer!
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18:24 - 18:27Oh Rama, won't you capture it for me?
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18:27 - 18:30I don't know, Sita. It could be a trick!
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18:30 - 18:32Oh Rama, pleeeaaase?
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18:33 - 18:38All right, Sita. You ask for so little
and give me so much. -
18:38 - 18:43But promise you won't leave the hut
while I'm gone. The forest is dangerous. -
18:43 - 18:47I promise! Oh Rama, I love you!
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18:47 - 18:50I love you, Sita.
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19:22 - 19:26Love was blind to me, now it's kind to me,
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19:26 - 19:30Love has opened my eyes.
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19:30 - 19:34Since it came to me, life's a game to me
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19:34 - 19:38with the sweetest surprise.
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19:38 - 19:42I never knew how good it was to be
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19:42 - 19:48a slave to one who means the world to me.
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19:48 - 19:53I loved that man from the start,
and way down deep in his heart -
19:53 - 19:58I know he loves me, Heaven knows why
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19:58 - 20:04and when he tells me
he can't live without me -
20:04 - 20:08what wouldn't I do for that man?
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20:08 - 20:13He's not an angel or saint,
and what's the odds that he ain't -
20:13 - 20:18with all his faults I know he'll get by
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20:18 - 20:24I'll be so true to him,
he'll never doubt me -
20:24 - 20:28What wouldn't I do for that man?
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20:28 - 20:37Oh, when he lets me lean my,
my weary head on his shoulder -
20:38 - 20:47I close my eyes right there
and wish I never grow older -
20:48 - 20:53I'll never leave him alone,
I'll make his troubles my own -
20:53 - 20:57I love that man as nobody can
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20:57 - 21:03I'm just no good when
his arms are about me -
21:03 - 21:07What wouldn't I do for that man?
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21:07 - 21:13Oh, what wouldn't I do for that man?
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21:32 - 21:37I'll never leave him alone,
I'll make his troubles my own -
21:37 - 21:42I love that man better than I do my self
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21:42 - 21:48I'm just no good when
his arms are about me -
21:48 - 21:51What wouldn't I do for that man?
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21:51 - 21:58Oh there's not a thing
I wouldn't do for my man. -
22:00 - 22:03That's all!
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22:03 - 22:07But you know what Sita does then?
How she is able to tell these people where she - -
22:07 - 22:09She drops her jewelry
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22:09 - 22:11along the way.
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22:11 - 22:16And that's how they were able to find her.
It went all the way up to Lanka. -
22:16 - 22:19How many times did she drop the jewelry?
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22:19 - 22:22She was wearing a whole lot
of jewelry in the forest. -
22:22 - 22:26I mean, no, remember, she's not wearing
any jewelry 'cause she left everything -
22:26 - 22:28before she left Ayodhya and she came -
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22:28 - 22:30Oh, she left everything?
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22:30 - 22:32Right, she just came
in her Sanyasi clothes. -
22:32 - 22:34Don't challenge these stories.
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22:37 - 22:39She's gone.
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22:39 - 22:41I told her not to leave the hut!
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22:41 - 22:44Oh how will I ever find her?
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22:45 - 22:47Sita!
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22:47 - 22:49Sitaaaaaa!
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22:50 - 22:53Oh Sita, what has become of you?
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22:55 - 22:58Actually, the origins of Hanuman...
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22:58 - 23:00All these demons were attacking the Earth
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23:00 - 23:04and supposedly all the Gods
and everyone went to Vishnu and said, -
23:04 - 23:06"Please help us, please help us!"
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23:06 - 23:09So Vishnu said that he was
gonna be born on Earth as Ram. -
23:09 - 23:11But he was born as Krishna also,
this is very confusing. -
23:11 - 23:13That's dasavatar, 10 incarnations.
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23:13 - 23:19So... the 10th one is the last one,
not come yet supposedly. -
23:19 - 23:21So anyway, he said what we'll do is,
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23:21 - 23:25Shiva will be born as
someone who helps him. -
23:25 - 23:29So Shiva was actually...
Hanuman is an incarnation of Shiva. -
23:29 - 23:31Oh I didn't know that.
- I didn't know that either. -
23:31 - 23:35Yup. And, so Hanuman is actually
born with the sole purpose -
23:35 - 23:39of eventually meeting up
with Ram and helping him. -
23:39 - 23:41Like that was the reason for his birth.
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23:42 - 23:44(sobbing, crying...)
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23:52 - 23:55I will help you.
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23:55 - 23:56Who are you?
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23:56 - 24:02I am Hanuman, the Monkey Warrior!
Son of the Wind! -
24:03 - 24:07I am Rama, Prince of Ayodhya.
Let us be allies. -
24:07 - 24:11I shall be your servant forever.
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24:11 - 24:14Now go, find Sita!
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24:49 - 24:50Hello?
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24:50 - 24:51It's me.
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24:51 - 24:53Dave! Where are you?
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24:53 - 24:56Trivandrum, silly. At home.
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24:56 - 24:58You have a home phone?
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24:58 - 24:59Of course.
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24:59 - 25:02You've been gone a month and you
never e-mailed me your phone number. -
25:02 - 25:06I didn't?
Well, I have some good news. -
25:06 - 25:09They've extended my contract another year!
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25:09 - 25:13What? Another year?
You said you'd be back in 6 months! -
25:13 - 25:15But I like it here.
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25:15 - 25:19What about me? What about Lexi?
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25:19 - 25:21What about our apartment?
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25:21 - 25:22Uhhhh...
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25:22 - 25:24What about US?
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25:27 - 25:29Don't cry, Nina.
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25:30 - 25:32I love you.
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25:34 - 25:36You could come here...
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25:38 - 25:39She sits under a tree.
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25:39 - 25:41And she weeps.
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25:41 - 25:45And thinks of Ram. And prays to Ram.
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25:45 - 25:49And all these evil people, you know all
these movies and all these shows we've seen -
25:49 - 25:53all these evil people come and sort of
scare her, and she prays to Ram. -
25:53 - 25:57But the thing is that the women,
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25:57 - 25:59whatever, the women-demon,
who are supposed to protect her, -
25:59 - 26:03are amazed, by her devotion to Ram.
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26:04 - 26:05And so Ravana also comes and says,
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26:05 - 26:09"what can Ram do for you,
blah blah blah, that I can't?" -
26:09 - 26:12but she's still, "Ram will come here
and you still have one last chance -
26:12 - 26:15"because once he comes here, you know,
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26:15 - 26:16"your ass is grass."
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26:19 - 26:23I love you Sita. You must be my wife.
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26:23 - 26:26Never. I love only Rama.
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26:29 - 26:32I am the chaste and
virtuous wife of another man. -
26:34 - 26:38I belong to Rama as the
rays belong to the Sun. -
26:40 - 26:44Give me back to Rama, or you
shall soon hear his mighty bow -
26:44 - 26:47that resounds like Indra's thunderbolt!
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26:52 - 26:58The more a man speaks sweetly to a woman,
the more she insults him! -
26:59 - 27:03You have two months to decide,
lovely lady. -
27:04 - 27:07Then you shall share my bed!
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27:08 - 27:15If you do not marry me, my Rakshasas
will slaughter you for my breakfast. -
27:17 - 27:22Your ugly yellow eyes should fall out of your head
as you stare at me so lustfully, Ravana. -
27:23 - 27:27The only reason I do not reduce you
to ashes with my own blazing power -
27:27 - 27:30is because Rama has not
ordered me to do so. -
27:34 - 27:36Grrrrowl!
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27:51 - 27:56When night is creepin', and
I should be sleepin' in bed -
27:58 - 28:03if you were peepin', you'd find
that I'm weepin' instead -
28:05 - 28:12My lovin' Daddy left his baby again,
said he'd come back but he forgot to say when -
28:12 - 28:18Night after night I'm cryin',
Daddy won't you please come home? -
28:19 - 28:25Daddy won't you please come home,
I'm so lonesome -
28:26 - 28:29No one can fill that vacant chair
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28:30 - 28:33Home isn't home when you're not there
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28:33 - 28:38No need to knock, the door is open for you
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28:39 - 28:40Please, Daddy
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28:40 - 28:47Even the clock keeps tickin',
Daddy won't you please come home? -
28:47 - 28:53Daddy do you have to roam so very long?
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28:53 - 28:58There's lots of other new sheiks
who would like to be sheikin' -
28:58 - 29:01haven't slipped yet but
I'm liable to weaken -
29:02 - 29:07Daddy, Daddy won't you please come home?
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30:04 - 30:05Please, Daddy
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30:05 - 30:11Even the clock keeps tickin',
Daddy won't you please come home? -
30:12 - 30:18Daddy do you have to roam so very long?
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30:18 - 30:23There's lots of other new sheiks
who would like to be sheikin' -
30:23 - 30:27haven't slipped yet
but I'm liable to weaken -
30:27 - 30:32Daddy, Daddy won't you please come home?
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30:34 - 30:35That's all!
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30:38 - 30:41She also made her own share of mistakes,
in fact she should've just gone back with Hanuman. -
30:41 - 30:44The whole idea of
"my man has to come to save me," -
30:44 - 30:46it's like oh,
you're one little tight thing. -
30:46 - 30:51Jump on the monkey's back, go back,
chill out, hundreds will be fine. OK? -
30:51 - 30:54But is it possible she didn't
trust the monkey altogether? -
30:54 - 30:56It is possible.
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30:56 - 31:00No. I think she absolutely
trusted the monkey -
31:00 - 31:02but she wanted her man to come.
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31:02 - 31:04OK that's another thing, it's like,
"You gotta prove it to me baby!" -
31:04 - 31:07But not only that, she also wanted -
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31:07 - 31:08Sorry, go ahead -
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31:08 - 31:13but she also wanted the evil king to be
defeated, like my husband should come and - -
31:13 - 31:18OK, why don't you go back, so the evil king
doesn't have a hostage, and then do it? -
31:18 - 31:23But it's almost like she was trying to
glorify Ram through this whole process. -
31:23 - 31:27You know, like, "my man will
come and he is capable of this -
31:27 - 31:31"and he's virtuous,
and he will kill Ravan, and..." -
31:31 - 31:33She's a bloodthirsty woman.
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32:03 - 32:05But my question is, were they monkeys?
Because they actually - -
32:05 - 32:06-They could fly
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32:06 - 32:12not monkeys, um, from what I understand
it's different from monkeys, they're... -
32:12 - 32:16Like from what I understand
monkeys are one kind of... one species -
32:16 - 32:20and then, the Vanars were another species.
They were half man, half monkey. -
32:20 - 32:23OK. Because they had tails though.
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32:23 - 32:26Correct. But they're not...
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32:26 - 32:28Like, yeah. I definitely
think the tail and the... -
32:28 - 32:31They were half... they were
definitely half monkey, if not more -
32:31 - 32:32Yeah but that's what
the army was. -
32:32 - 32:35Because otherwise there were these two
brothers, they didn't have any army. -
32:35 - 32:38These two brothers and then all of
Sugriv's big army, all the... -
32:38 - 32:41The Vanar Sena.
-The Vanar Sena, right. -
32:41 - 32:45Hanuman! Assemble the Monkey Warriors.
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32:45 - 32:48We shall cross the sea
to Lanka and rescue Sita. -
32:49 - 32:53Yes, my Lord. We march at once!
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33:20 - 33:24Who's that knockin'?
Don't stand outside there, come on in here! -
33:25 - 33:29I just had a sort of feeling this morning
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33:29 - 33:33something good was gonna happen today
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33:33 - 33:37Now there comes a sound
without any warning -
33:38 - 33:42I just know it's good luck coming my way!
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33:42 - 33:46Goodness gracious, can it be?
Someone's coming back to me -
33:47 - 33:51Who's that knocking at my door?
-
33:51 - 33:55I've been waiting oh so long,
I'll just die if I'm wrong -
33:55 - 33:59Who's that knocking at my door?
-
33:59 - 34:04I know it can't be the mailman, the coal man,
the ice man, they've been here today -
34:04 - 34:08can't be the grocer, the butcher,
the baker, they don't knock that way -
34:09 - 34:13If my sweetie's there outside,
my arms and my heart are open wide -
34:13 - 34:16Who's that knocking at my door?
-
34:53 - 34:57Me oh my, my oh me,
guess I'm having company -
34:58 - 35:01Who's that knocking at my door?
-
35:02 - 35:06See the time? Eight O'Clock.
Sounds like a familiar knock -
35:07 - 35:10Who's that knocking at my door?
-
35:10 - 35:15I know it can't be the milk man, the gas man,
the bread man, who always collects -
35:15 - 35:19I hope that it isn't that butter and egg man,
who writes out those checks? -
35:20 - 35:24If it's my sweet used-to-be,
gonna lock him in, lose the key -
35:25 - 35:28Who's that knocking at my door?
-
35:47 - 35:51Can't be the plumber, the peddler,
the parlor, cause I've paid those bills -
35:52 - 35:56I hope that it isn't the doctor,
the dentist, they can't cure my ills -
35:56 - 36:00If it's someone that I've known,
gonna make him feel at home -
36:00 - 36:05Who's that knocking at my door?
-
36:05 - 36:06That's all!
-
36:24 - 36:26Dave!
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36:31 - 36:33Mmm, Dave!
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36:33 - 36:36We're in India.
Uh, no... kissing in public. -
36:38 - 36:39Let me take your bag.
-
37:00 - 37:03Well, here you are.
-
37:04 - 37:05Good night.
-
37:22 - 37:27Oh gosh. Later I know what he did.
What did he do when he saw her in Lanka? -
37:29 - 37:30Hug her and kiss her...
-
37:30 - 37:31No I don't think so...
-
37:31 - 37:33No I don't think so. He was very cold.
-
37:34 - 37:36Why was he cold to Sita?
-
37:36 - 37:39Actually I don't remember.
To be honest I'm very shaky on this point... -
37:39 - 37:41You can make it up...
-
38:24 - 38:28You have lived in another man's house
so you are unfit to be my wife. -
38:29 - 38:30What?
-
38:30 - 38:35I have done my duty in rescuing you from
the enemy and avenging the insult to myself. -
38:35 - 38:39I have terrible suspicions
about your character and conduct. -
38:39 - 38:41Ravana was aware of your beauty.
-
38:41 - 38:45He cannot have kept you in his
house for so long without touching you. -
38:45 - 38:48The very sight of you is painful.
-
38:48 - 38:51You are free to go wherever you want.
-
38:51 - 38:53I have no more use for you, Sita.
-
38:54 - 39:00If I had known this, I would have killed
myself before and spared you this war. -
39:00 - 39:04Build me a funeral pyre.
I cannot bear to live. -
39:04 - 39:08Despite my virtues,
my husband has rejected me. -
39:08 - 39:12He's obviously doubting her, um, pureness.
-
39:12 - 39:15I find the whole pureness thing
really... odd. -
39:15 - 39:19I find it really weird that no one is
commending Ravan for not forcibly... -
39:19 - 39:21I mean I know we shouldn't
commend somebody for that, but... -
39:21 - 39:23What if he raped her?
-
39:23 - 39:24Yeah but in terms of villians, right?
-
39:24 - 39:25Yeah...
-
39:25 - 39:27I mean, we expect villains
to be villain-ous. -
39:27 - 39:31This is a guy that's like, "if you don't
come to me willingly, I will not touch you." -
39:31 - 39:32Right...
-
39:32 - 39:34"I will not force you in my house."
-
39:34 - 39:35"I will not force myself on you..."
-
39:35 - 39:37Well he never had sex with her, did he?
-
39:37 - 39:39No. As Sita proved over and over again.
-
39:39 - 39:41By trial of fire.
-
39:54 - 39:55You're mean to me
-
39:56 - 39:59Why must you be mean to me?
-
39:59 - 40:02Please honey, it seems to me
-
40:02 - 40:07you love to see me crying.
I don't know why -
40:07 - 40:12I stay home each night
when you say you'll phone -
40:12 - 40:15you don't, and I'm left alone
-
40:15 - 40:18singin' the blues and sighin'.
-
40:19 - 40:25You treat me coldly each day in the year
-
40:25 - 40:29You always scold me
-
40:29 - 40:33whenever somebody is near, dear
-
40:33 - 40:40It must be great fun to be
mean to me, you shouldn't -
40:40 - 40:45Oh can't you see what you mean to me?
-
41:39 - 41:46Sweetheart I love you, think the world of you,
but I'm afraid you don't care for me -
41:46 - 41:52You never show it, don't let me know it,
everyone says I'm a fool to be -
41:52 - 41:59pining the whole day through.
Why do you act like you do? -
41:59 - 42:04You're mean to me,
why must you be mean to me -
42:04 - 42:10Aw gee, honey, it seems to me,
you love to see me cryin' -
42:11 - 42:12Please tell me why
-
42:12 - 42:18I stay at home each night
when you say you'll phone -
42:18 - 42:24You don't, and I'm left alone
just singin' the blues and sighin' -
42:25 - 42:31You treat me coldly each day in the year
-
42:31 - 42:39You always scold me
whenever somebody is near, dear -
42:39 - 42:46It must be great fun for you,
can't you see what you're doing to me -
42:46 - 42:51Please tell me why you're so mean to me!
-
42:53 - 42:54That's all!
-
42:55 - 43:01And he's still not convinced, seemed like,
after she went through the trial by fire -
43:01 - 43:03I mean it's almost like-
-
43:03 - 43:05No but I thought he was convinced.
He then, it was peer pressure- -
43:05 - 43:07-later with the washerman...
-
43:07 - 43:08yeah, because the washerman-
-
43:08 - 43:10He was convinced,
it wasn't like he doubted her -
43:10 - 43:11He kind of like was "OK, you are pure."
-
43:11 - 43:15And I think he did hug her and then
flowers fell from the heavens or something -
43:16 - 43:19Whoops. I guess you were pure after all.
-
43:19 - 43:22Will you forgive me, Sita?
-
43:22 - 43:26Of course, Rama. I live only for you.
-
43:45 - 43:50Hey, they want me to attend this meeting so much
they're gonna fly me all the way to New York. -
43:50 - 43:525 days, all expenses paid!
-
43:52 - 43:56That's great. It'll be fun for you.
-
44:07 - 44:09See you next week.
-
44:22 - 44:27No no no, it's a flying chariot, the Gods sent the chariot.
I don't know, it's something about - -
44:27 - 44:28-a Japanese train!-
-
44:28 - 44:33I'm finding it, I found it to be totally cool. It was like the world's first airplane or something.
-
44:33 - 44:35It was like the first - like they actually flew back.
-
44:35 - 44:36I think it was on a bird.
-
44:36 - 44:38Was it on a bird?
-
44:38 - 44:41I think it was actually a flying thing of some kind.
-
44:41 - 44:42They rode a carpet like Aladdin.
-
44:42 - 44:44No, it was like an elaborate structure.
-
44:44 - 44:45Pushpakha!
-
44:45 - 44:49That's what they came back on. The flying chariot.
-
44:49 - 44:51That was one of the Air India jumbo jets also.
-
44:51 - 44:55And there's a movie, a silent movie
-
44:55 - 44:57But that's what I mean, it was this thing.
-
44:57 - 45:00It wasn't a bird -
-Pushpakha Vemanum.
-Yeah. -right. -
45:00 - 45:05I guess what is happening was the 14 years were finishing and they had to find a quick way to get back.
-
45:23 - 45:29What does it matter if rain comes your way
-
45:29 - 45:33and raindrops patter along?
-
45:33 - 45:38The rain descending should not make you blue
-
45:38 - 45:44The happy ending is waiting for you
-
45:44 - 45:51Take your share of trouble, face it and don't complain
-
45:51 - 45:58If you want the rainbow, you must have the rain.
-
45:58 - 46:05Happiness comes double after a little pain
-
46:05 - 46:12If you want the rainbow, you must have the rain.
-
46:12 - 46:20What if your love affair should break up, as they sometimes will
-
46:20 - 46:27When you kiss and make up, boy what a thrill!
-
46:27 - 46:34Sadness ends in gladness, showers are not in vain
-
46:34 - 46:41If you want the rainbow, you must have the rain.
-
46:41 - 46:48Look for brighter weather, oh watch for the Sun again
-
46:48 - 46:55If you want the rainbow then you must have the rain.
-
46:55 - 47:01Pull yourself together, whistle a happy strain
-
47:01 - 47:07If you want the rainbow then you must have the rain.
-
47:07 - 47:15So if your lucky star deserts you, and if shadows fall
-
47:15 - 47:22Even though it hurts you, laugh through it all
-
47:22 - 47:29Be a cheerful loser, you have the World to gain
-
47:29 - 47:38If you want the rainbow, why, you just must have the rain.
-
47:52 - 47:53That's all!
-
54:54 - 54:56Rama, I'm pregnant!
-
54:56 - 54:58That's wonderful, darling.
-
54:58 - 55:03Maybe they joined the Mile High Club. On the Pushpakh Veman.
-
55:03 - 55:04We don't know exactly when she got pregnant -
-
55:04 - 55:11Very soon thereafter, which is why it is conceivable that she wasn't pregnant because of Ram.
-
55:11 - 55:12But I think it was Ram.
-
55:12 - 55:15Blasphemy. It is Ram.
-
55:23 - 55:28I'm not like Rama, who would take a woman who's slept in another man's house!
-
55:29 - 55:34No but that happens with the dhobi.
-there's a dhobi story. -
55:34 - 55:38You know the dhobi, the launderer -
yeah, the dhobi says that - -
55:38 - 55:41The dhobi's wife, she's with somebody else and when she comes back
-
55:41 - 55:44he goes, "What do you think I'm like Ram, to take somebody back now after she's -
-
55:44 - 55:48You know what a dhobi is right? He's a washerman -
-and when news of that hits Ram - -
55:48 - 55:53Ram says, "I cannot rule if my subjects don't respect me and so you'll have to..."
-
55:54 - 55:57Actually that's when he banishes her, sorry.
-Right. -
56:00 - 56:04Uh, say, Sita, would you like to take a trip?
-
56:04 - 56:05But we just got here.
-
56:05 - 56:07Yeah great. Get packing.
-
56:10 - 56:15Brother Laxman, my wife's dubious reputation casts doubt upon my own.
-
56:15 - 56:18You must drive Sita to the forest and abandon her there.
-
56:18 - 56:20I cannot have her in my kingdom.
-
56:21 - 56:25I think basically as a king, he had to sort of do...
-
56:25 - 56:30If the common man was doing that to their wives then why should the king treat his wife any differently kind of a thing.
-
56:30 - 56:33Like I felt that he let her go not because she was impure,
-
56:33 - 56:38but because he said that to be a king, he needs the respect of his subjects, and he can't be considered -
-
56:38 - 56:39I don't think he let her go because -
-
56:39 - 56:42I felt that he alwsys had this element of doubt
-
56:42 - 56:48I mean it coupled with, of course, his virtue that everybody spoke of
-
56:48 - 56:53and you know that he kept his word to his Dad, and then his subjects, his... Kingdom,
-
56:53 - 56:57but I felt like he always had this doubt, that she might not be pure.
-
57:06 - 57:15I feel too bad, I'm feelin' mighty sick and sore
-
57:15 - 57:23So bad I feel, I said I'm feelin' sick and sore and
-
57:23 - 57:30so afraid my man don't love me no more.
-
57:32 - 57:41Day in, day out, I'm worryin' about those blues
-
57:41 - 57:49Day out, day in, I'm worryin' about bad news
-
57:49 - 57:56I'm so afraid, my man I'm gonna lose.
-
57:58 - 58:07Moanin' low, my sweet man I love him so, though he's mean as can be
-
58:07 - 58:13He's the kind of man needs a kind of woman like me
-
58:17 - 58:24Gonna die if sweet man should pass me by, if I die where'll he be?
-
58:24 - 58:32He's the kind of man needs a kind of woman like me.
-
58:34 - 58:42Don't know any reason why he treats me so poorly, what've I gone and done?
-
58:43 - 58:51Makes my troubles double with his worries when surely, I ain't deservin' of none
-
58:51 - 58:59Moanin' low, my sweet man is gonna go, when he goes oh Lordy
-
58:59 - 59:06He's the kind of man needs a kind of woman like me.
-
59:45 - 59:54Don't know any reason why he treats me so poorly, what've I gone and done?
-
59:54 - 60:02Makes my troubles double with his worries when surely I ain't deservin' of none
-
60:02 - 60:12Moanin' low, my sweet man is gonna go, when he goes, Lordy!
-
60:12 - 60:20He's a man that needs a woman just like me.
-
61:19 - 61:24I must have committed a terrible sin in a previous life to deserve such suffering.
-
61:24 - 61:30Were I not carrying Rama's sons, I would throw myself into the river.
-
61:32 - 61:37She's always shown to be pregnant -
-afterwards -
61:37 - 61:41No, when she's banished and she's gone into the forest again.
-
61:41 - 61:45And there she meets that... teacher.
-Valmiki.
-Valmiki. Sorry. -
61:45 - 61:49So that's how Valmiki wrote the Ramayana, because Sita told the story to him.
-
62:06 - 62:13I'm just a woman, a lonely woman, waitin' on a weary shore
-
62:13 - 62:20I'm just a woman, that's only human, one you should be sorry for.
-
62:20 - 62:24Got up this morning, along about dawn
-
62:24 - 62:28Without a warning, I found he was gone.
-
62:28 - 62:34Why should he do it? How could he do it? He never done it before.
-
62:34 - 62:41Am I blue, Am I blue
-
62:42 - 62:48Ain't these tears in these eyes tellin' you
-
62:49 - 62:57Am I blue, You'd be too
-
62:57 - 63:04If each plan with your man done fell through.
-
63:04 - 63:12Was a time, I was his only one
-
63:12 - 63:20But now I'm the sad and lonely one, Lordy.
-
63:20 - 63:27Was I gay, til today
-
63:28 - 63:33Now he's gone, and we're through, am I blue!
-
63:37 - 63:40As blue as the sky blue
-
63:40 - 63:49You're wondering what do these tears in these eyes tellin' you?
-
63:52 - 63:56No one feels like I do
-
63:56 - 63:57Boo hoo,
-
63:57 - 63:57Boo hoo,
Boo hoo, -
63:57 - 63:59Boo hoo,
Boo hoo,
Boo, hoo... -
63:59 - 64:05Each plan with my man done fell through.
-
64:06 - 64:14Was a time, I was his only, only, only one
-
64:14 - 64:21But now I'm the sad and lonely one, Lordy!
-
64:22 - 64:25Was I gay - oh Lord was I gay!
-
64:25 - 64:29Til today - that man went away!
-
64:29 - 64:35Now he's gone, and we're through, am I blue!
-
64:47 - 64:53Anyway, so Luv and Kush, or Luva and Kusha, were born to Sita in the forest
-
64:53 - 65:00and were taught by Valmiki, who taught them all these songs praising Ram.
-
65:07 - 65:13Luv, Kush, let us sing the praises of Rama.
-
65:14 - 65:20Rama's great, Rama's good, Rama does what Rama should
-
65:20 - 65:25Rama's just, Rama's right, Rama is our guiding light
-
65:25 - 65:30Perfect man, perfect son, Rama's loved by everyone
-
65:30 - 65:36Always right, never wrong, we praise Rama in this song
-
65:57 - 66:02Rama's great, Rama's good,
Rama does what Rama should -
66:02 - 66:08Rama's just, Rama's right, Rama is our guiding light
-
66:08 - 66:13Perfect man, perfect son, Rama's loved by everyone
-
66:13 - 66:19Always right, never wrong, we praise Rama in this song
-
66:58 - 66:59Hello?
-
66:59 - 67:02Please take me back! Please please please!
-
67:02 - 67:05I'll do anything! PLEASE!
-
67:05 - 67:13If you had a girlfriend who was being treated really badly, by like her ex or her current boyfriend
-
67:13 - 67:21and she kept saying, "no, every day I'm gonna make sure I cook for him and send him a hot lunch at noon"
-
67:21 - 67:24Aren't you going to be like, "listen, he doesn't like you or talk to you.
-
67:24 - 67:28"you've got to move on. Something's wrong." OK?
-
67:28 - 67:33Sita's doing this pooja every day... I mean, I feel, I feel...
-
67:33 - 67:37Like this whole "good" and "bad" thing? That we always want people to be either all good or all bad?
-
67:37 - 67:40I think Sita also has her own issues. Like she didn't go back with Hanuman
-
67:40 - 67:43she would have saved hundreds and thousands of people from being killed
-
67:43 - 67:44Monkeys especially.
-
67:44 - 67:45Yeah, what about animal rights?
-
67:46 - 67:51And, and then she prayed for this guy every day,
-
67:51 - 67:52come on!
-
67:52 - 67:55But also at that point of time it was just that Unconditional Love
-
67:55 - 67:57You know, for her, she was like, ok,
-
67:57 - 67:59"this man, he loves me."
-
67:59 - 68:01-This is the part of the female perspective I disagree with.
-
68:01 - 68:05Because it's like then you can say, "oh yeah, 'cause she loves him so she did this"
-
68:05 - 68:06you know it's like, yeah but she shouldn't love someone who doesn't treat her right.
-
68:06 - 68:07-who treats you so badly.
-
68:07 - 68:10OK? That's her mistake.
-
68:10 - 68:13That's HENCE unconditional love.
-
68:25 - 68:28You went away, I let you
-
68:28 - 68:32We broke the ties that bind
-
68:32 - 68:39I wanted to forget you, and leave the past behind.
-
68:39 - 68:49Still the magic of the night I met you seems to stay forever in my mind...
-
68:49 - 68:54The sky was blue, and high above
-
68:54 - 68:58the moon was new, and so was love
-
68:58 - 69:02This eager heart of mine was singing,
-
69:02 - 69:07"Lover where can you be?"
-
69:07 - 69:12You came at last, love had its day
-
69:12 - 69:16That day is past, you've gone away
-
69:16 - 69:25This aching heart of mine is singing, "Lover come back to me," when
-
69:25 - 69:30I remember every little thing you used to do
-
69:30 - 69:35I'm so lonely
-
69:35 - 69:40Every road I walk along, I walked along with you
-
69:40 - 69:45No wonder I am lonely
-
69:45 - 69:50The sky is blue, the night is cold
-
69:50 - 69:55the moon is new, but love is old
-
69:55 - 70:02and while I'm waiting here, this heart of mine is singing,
-
70:02 - 70:08"Lover come back to me."
-
70:30 - 70:39Sky is blue, night is cold, moon is new, but love is old
-
70:39 - 70:46and while I'm waiting here this heart of mine is singing
-
70:46 - 70:54Lover come back to me!
-
70:54 - 70:55That's all!
-
71:02 - 71:05And when Ram was in the forest he heard these two boys singing,
-
71:05 - 71:07he didn't know who they were but he came up and he was just like,
-
71:07 - 71:08"who are they, who are you?"
-
71:08 - 71:11and that's when he finds out that
-
71:11 - 71:13Sita's there and those are his children.
-
71:13 - 71:15My sons!
-
71:15 - 71:16Father?
-
71:16 - 71:20Return to Ayodhya Palace to rule with me for eternity!
-
71:20 - 71:25But then, he wants to take Luv and Kush back,
-
71:25 - 71:27but he's still hesitant about taking her back.
-
71:27 - 71:32Sita! Well, yes, of course, Sita...
-
71:32 - 71:36All Sita has to do is prove her purity. Again.
-
71:36 - 71:39Another trial by fire, perhaps?
-
71:39 - 71:44Or we could try trial by water. You know, see if she sinks or floats.
-
71:44 - 71:47If she sinks, she's pure. If she floats -
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71:47 - 71:52No, wait, if she floats she's pure, if she sinks...
-
71:52 - 71:55And he asks her to prove her purity one more time - I think,
-
71:55 - 71:58actually I don't know if he asks her or whatever - but she says,
-
71:58 - 72:01I shall prove my purity to you.
-
72:01 - 72:04If I have always been true to Rama,
-
72:04 - 72:06if I have never thought of another man,
-
72:06 - 72:10if I am completely pure in body and soul, then,
-
72:10 - 72:15may Mother Earth take me back into her womb!
-
73:07 - 73:12I'm flying high, but I've got a feeling I'm falling
-
73:12 - 73:18falling for nobody else but you
-
73:18 - 73:23You caught my eye, and I've got a feeling I'm falling
-
73:23 - 73:28show me the ring and I'll jump right through.
-
73:28 - 73:34I used to travel single, we chanced to mingle, oh now,
-
73:34 - 73:38now I'm a-tingle over you
-
73:38 - 73:45Hey Mr. Parson, stand by, for I've got a feeling I'm falling
-
73:45 - 73:50Falling for nobody else but you.
-
74:35 - 74:41Oh honey, oh honey, I never felt this way,
-
74:41 - 74:45romantically I'm up in the air
-
74:47 - 74:52It's funny, so funny, me taking it this way
-
74:52 - 74:58Don't know if I should, but gee it feels good!
-
74:58 - 75:03I'm flying high, up in the sky, but I've got a funny feeling that I'm falling
-
75:03 - 75:08Falling for nobody else but you
-
75:08 - 75:09and you know it too
-
75:09 - 75:15You caught my eye, baby that's why, I've got a funny feeling that I'm falling
-
75:15 - 75:19show me the ring and oh boy I'll take it from you
-
75:21 - 75:26I used to travel single, oh we chanced to mingle, oh now,
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75:27 - 75:31now I'm a-tingle over you
-
75:31 - 75:35Oh Mr. Parson stand by, don't leave me now
-
75:35 - 75:38I've got a feeling I'm falling and how
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75:38 - 75:46Falling for nobody else but you!
-
75:47 - 75:48That's all!
- Title:
- Sita Sings the Blues
- Description:
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"Sita Sings the Blues" is based on the Hindu epic "The Ramayana". Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina Paley is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of torch singer Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told." It is written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley.
"Sita Sings the Blues" was released in 2008 only after long negotiations with the copyright holders of the 80-year-old songs recorded by Annette Hanshaw. Following the experience of almost having her film blocked from distribution, Nina Paley released it freely under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, and now devotes a significant portion of her time to free culture activism. She is Artist in Residence at the non-profit QuestionCopyright.org.
If you'd like to help pay off the $50,000.00 loan she took out to pay the music monopoly fee, you can donate to the Sita Distribution Project (tax-deductible in the US) at http://questioncopyright.org/sita_distribution#donate . Donations to that project go exclusively to that purpose and other expenses Nina incurred in releasing the film. You can also purchase DVDs, prints, shirts, and other Sita-related merchandise at http://questioncopyright.com/sita.html ; revenue is shared with Nina Paley.
For more about the film and about Nina Paley's other work, see http://sitasingstheblues.com .
For more about how retroactive copyright restrictions almost prevented the release of the film, see this interview with Nina Paley: http://questioncopyright.org/nina_paley_sita_interview .
For more information about QuestionCopyright.org and its projects, please see our web site: http://questioncopyright.org .
QuestionCopyright.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and donations are fully tax-deductable to the extent permitted by law. You can support our work at http://questioncopyright.org/donate .
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- Film & TV
- Duration:
- 01:21:32
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