When Elissa emailed me the first few pages she'd written, I commented that the repetition of the lyrics made me think of John Adams' Nixon in China -- specifically what came to mind was Nixon's first aria where he sings "News/news/news/news/news/news/news/news/news/news/news/news/has a/has a/has a/has a/kind of mystery..."
Talking with Rob about it later, I realized that Elissa's opening scene has more in common with Nixon in China than just lyrical repetition: kind of like Nixon, fresh off the plane in a country that until then had been completely closed off from the West, Elissa's creatures have just emerged from the cave they've been living in for centuries (or millennia?) and are trying to make sense of the new world they've found themselves in. Maybe I was making that connection subconsciously?
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