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a chamber opera in one act

Libretto by Rob Handel

2019

Looking at YouPERUSALSCORE

Music by Kamala Sankaram

Story by Rob Handel, Kamala Sankaram, and Kristin Marting

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Looking at You

for chamber opera in one act

Music by Kamala Sankaram

Libretto by Rob Handel

Story by Rob Handel, Kamala Sankaram and Kristin Marting

LOOKING AT YOU originally

Performance Notes

Rhythmic speech is indicated by stick notation.

Performers should place the stressed parts of the sentence (indicated in bold) on the larger metric beats of the measure. The notated rhythms within the larger beats are suggestions for how the text may be performed, but do not need to be adhered to strictly, as long as the word stresses match the metric stresses.

Text in brackets indicates information to be data-mined from the audience using the system built by Alessandro Acquisti and Ralph Gross of Carnegie Mellon. i. e. [NAME]

Tablet Chorus is pre-rendered and can be triggered using the tablet software and database developed for the show by Joe Holt and Daniel Dickison of Bandcamp.com. Each tablet sings one line of the notated choral part. The chorus should consist of at least 18 tablets, which will allow the thicker harmonies to have at least three on a part. Ideally, tablets should be distributed around the space so that tablets singing the same part are not next to each other.

Opening Sequence

Spectators find themselves inside the company headquarters of Rix, a technology company. This place is designed so that employees will never want to leave. We get the sense we are on an upper floor in a cylindrical building. A circle of stations — conference room, casual work lounge, health club, CEO office with shower, etc. — surround a shiny bar, not unlike a Genius Bar but with actual cocktails. The Rix logo mark and typeface are much in evidence

Spectators take their seats at small bar tables. Each table is equipped with one rotating touchscreen tablet, like the ones for ordering food at airport cafés. The screens offer a free drink to each spectator in exchange for entering their email address and clicking “Agree” to a bunch of small print under the title “Terms of Service.”

This information then begins to be used by the backstage data-mining team, who are gathering information on targeted spectators, matching email addresses with faces using a combination of cameras in the space, facial recognition software, and the names under which ticket reservations were made.

Drinks are brought to the tables. When everyone has had an opportunity to be served, the music and ensemble transition into the opening number.

The top nerds in the universe are celebrating at their in-office saloon. Present are RAJ, who runs the company; his staff of GEEKS (ANNINA, BROOKE, and CHARLIE); and a newcomer, DOROTHY. RAJ grabs a mic.

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Performing Forces

Dorothy ......................................................................................................................................................Mezzo-soprano a coder, new CTO of Rix

Ethan ...........................................................................................................................................................................Tenor a coder turned whistle blower

Raj .................................................................................................................................................Baritone with a pop belt head of the Rix

Annina ....................................................................................................................................................................Soprano a geek / Agent

Brooke............................................................................................................Soprano or Mezzo-soprano with a pop belt a geek / Journalist / Agent

Charlie ..........................................................................................................................................Baritone with a pop belt a geek / Agent

The Tablettes ...........................................................................................................................................................Chorus a chorus of computer-generated faces on the tablets at spectator tables. They seem to be the result of the marriage between a helpful digital personal assistant and a chipper musical theater kid.

Piano

Alto Saxophone

Tenor Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

Pre-recorded Electronics

First printing, March 2024

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They're

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from thetime that you wereon -ly

from thetime that you wereon -ly from thetime that you wereon -ly from thetime that you wereon -ly

three. You were stup-efied - at

three. You were stup-efied - at three. You were stup-efied - at three. You were stup-efied - at

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steps ahead, - your fu-tureis our past.

steps

steps ahead, -

Once

Once we criedin-to our mi-cro brew - beer.

Once therewas noplace for

Once we criedin-to our mi-cro brew - beer.

Thisiswherewe'refixing - theworld. Aswebike toworkinthe rain.

Thisiswherethewiners

brain.

Thisiswherewe'refixing - the world. As we

brain. Thisiswherewe'refixing - the world. As we brain. Thisiswherewe'refixing - the world. As we brain.

Thisiswherewe'refixing - the world. As we

bike

phone's

work and play and drink here

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work and play and drink here

Then

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Then

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Thisiswherethewiners

Dr. brain.

Thisiswherewe'refixing - theworld. Aswe

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brain.

Thisiswherewe'refixing - theworld. Aswe brain.

Thisiswherewe'refixing - theworld. Aswe

bike

Thisiswherethe

Thisiswherewe'refixing - the world. As

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the

Thisiswherewe'refixing - the world. As

RAJintroducesCHARLIE, whoistextingonhisphone. Charlieglancesuppleasantly.

guesswe'llseeittomor- -row?

DOROTHY RAJ

Pno. Synth.

Dr.

showmeanide- -athatwillblowthetopofmyheadoff. Gotit?

ThepartyfadesfromDOROTHY’sawareness.

AllI

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AllI ever - wanted - was the co ver - of

Everyone'sphonestartschirpingatonce.AlltheGEEKSbegin swipingandtappingmadly.

Tabletteschatteronthischord

Breakingnews:Onepointsevenmilliondocumentsliberated.

Tabletteschatteronthischord

WasitLeaker - -Net?

Sto-len docu --mentsfromthirteen - governments. - No.

Someone - onthe

Theytrackev'ry - -whereI go. Thirteen -

Raw,unfil - -tereddat-a. Raw,unfil - -tereddat-a.

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Allyourinfor

PinspotonDOROTHYabsorbingthenews onherownphone. 3 3

Ethan - Sny-der Ethan - Sny-der This? ThisishowIfindout?

eyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteeneyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteeneyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteeneyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteen -

Tabletteschatteronthischord

EthanSnyder:ThirteenEyes

Tabletteschatteronthischord

CHARLIE

Thisway? Atthis moment? -

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TABLETTES Pno.

eyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteen - eyes, thirteen -

Tabletteschatteronthischord

AllI ever - wanted - was the truth. AllI ever -

eyes, thirteen - eyes, eyes, thirteen - eyes, eyes, thirteen - eyes, eyes, thirteen - eyes,

Tabletteschatteronthischord

TABLETTES

Tabletteschatteronthischord

Thisway? Inthis moment? Buttonight'snotabout - you. It's myturn. It's

Thisiswherewe'refixing - the world. Aswe bike to workin the

He'sgoingtomake a state-ment!

Synth.

Onthescreens,alivefeedoftheheadofETHAN.

ANNOUNCERVOICEThisisLeakernet. StandbyforastatementfromwhistleblowerEthanSnyder. EthanSnyderisinanundisclosedlocation,butjoinsusonasecurevideolink.

Dr. The infor - -mation's - outthere. Theysaid, The

Synth. infor - -mation's - outthere. Tofindthementhatmeanusharm: That'swhytheycameto

Synth. meforaid. Tohelpthemtap in-to theplans whiletheplansarebeing - laid. They

Synth. toldme,"thebadguysare wining. - Wemustfind supe - -ri-ornerds." They

Synth. said theyweredrowning - in data: - a deluge - ofnumbers - andwords. I

Synth. builtthemabeauti --ful fil-ter. But theyonly - usedit to hoard. There'sno

shortcut - towinning - achessgame, butit's easy - tostealthewholeboard. You're

Synth. ne ver - alone. - You're always - onstage. - Don't answer - thephone. Don't

Synth. visit - thatpage.There'snoshadeonyourwindow, - yourdoorisajar. - Youdon'tknowhow

Theythinkthatyoudon't

carethatthey'rewatching. - You'vegotnothing - tohide, soit'sfine. Andthey

Synth. need ev'ry - word thatyouspokeonthatcall onthatnight in July - of '0

Synth. 9. You're ne ver - alone. - You're always - onstage. -

Synth. Don'tanswer - thephone. Don't vi-sitthatpage. There'snoshade onyourwindow, - your

dooris a-jar. Youdon'tknow how naked - youare.

Synth.

Youdon'tknow

Youdon'tknow how

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ANNINA BROOKE CHARLIE

Lightsupagainimmediately;transitiontoamiddle-of-the-nightfeel. DOROTHY,inaloungechairontheroofgarden,scrollsbackthrougholdmessages. PerhapsspectatorsalsoareabletoseeDorothy’sandEthan’savatarsandtextbubbles.

Whydon'tyouanswer? - Whereare you? Whoareyouwith?

Pno. ten. Going - straightto bar.Minetoo.Meeting - over. - Iwouldwithyou

Pno. too Ethan. - Iwouldwithyou Dor'thy. - Idon'tknow,doyou? Do

DOROTHY

Pno. you want that? It'snormal - towantthat. Nothing. - Whatdoyoumean?

Ilikewhenyoutypemyname. Ifeltthatwaytoo,Dor'thy. -

FIRSTDAYATWORK

Morning.ANNINA,BROOKE,andCHARLIEarriveatwork,stillexchangingnewsandrumors comingacrosstheirscreens.TheTABLETTESaregossipingaswell.

Theycanlisten - toyourphone even - whenit's off.

He'sinEcuador.No,he'sinParaguay.No,he'sinRussia.No,he'sinBerkeley.

Even - whenit's off.

Even - whenit's off. Theycan

q=110

Even - ifyoudelete. it.

Even - ifyoudelete - it.

seeyourbrowser - histo - -ry even - ifyoudelete. it

Snyder - isinHongKong.

EnterDOROTHYwithatravelmug,carryingabikehelmet. Shefindsherworkspaceandtriestoignorethechatter.

Leaker - -Netcanhidehim He'sapply - -ingfora-sylum. - Whatabout - his girlfriend? -

Leaker - -Netcanhidehim He'sapply - -ingfora-sylum.He'sapply - -ingfora-sylum. -

Whatabouthisgirlfriend?

No, hehadnoone. He's not a real person.No, hehadaboyfriend. -

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

Ev'ry - -one listen - up. Welearnedalot yes-terday. - Thanks to

E than - Sny der. - Welearnedalot of o-thercom-panies - were

cust-omers. - Butthat's not Rix.You'renotheretoservethego-vernment. - You'rehereto

ICheckUOut. Snap. The al-gori - -thmmatches - yourface.The

R: yourretweets. - The al-gori - -thmfinds value - S: yourcre-dit. The

Itfindsanumber.

WhatwouldSteveJobs do? Did Stevejustwant tobreakthings? Idon't

Wemake thingstobringpeople - closer. - Like we

thingsthatcele - -bratemoments. - Likethis moment. I need

DOROTHY RAJ

Pno.

Synth.

Dr.

ifyouwanttotalk a-bout other - con-texts, wecoulddothattoo, but

DOROTHY RAJ

Pno.

Synth.

Al so - there's cof fee, - ex ce - llent - co ffee - from

- there's

llent

there's

pri-vatestock beans in handthrown - clay dem-i-tasse cups.

DOROTHY

TABLETTES

Pno. Is thiswhereI reboot - my life? Is thiswhereI re726

DOROTHY

TABLETTES

Pno. write my code? Fuck you, Leaker - -net, fuck you, 733

DOROTHY

TABLETTES hack ti - -vists, fuck you E than.

I don't on-ly live in my head. Iown

know how to work andI'll learnhowto play and I

need you. This compan - -yneedsyou. You need

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Assomeday - itmayhappen - youneed todisap - -pearcomplete - - ly:

Breatheasneeded.Freelyalternatebetweenstraighttonesandcolortrills

Yourbody - dies. Gone withoneswipe. Tran sit.

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swipe. Tran sit. Gone withoneswipe. Tran sit.

You'vegotone too?

knowme I knowwhoyou are. Iknowwhoyou are.

DOROTHY,inworkoutgear,usesthehealthclubareaofRixheadquarters. Sheridesanexercisebikeasthewallsaroundhersimulateaforestofgiantredwoodszoomingby, withDOROTHY’sheartrateandotherstatisticssuperimposedundertheheading“FitBikeStats.” TheFitBikewallsalsoprovideatechnewstickerandinter-companycommunications.

Texttone.Shepullsoutherphone,still pedaling.Thetextmessagepopsupon thewall: Unknown:Usethelogin

me? You wanished - with-out a word. You

let me talk about - child . -ren When all thetime youwereplanning - this.

We need someoneon - theinside. - The bat tle - has on-lyjust be-

Scene5 GHOSTING

Note:Thissectionisaleatoric.Eachmeasureiscuedbytheconductor. AsDorothysweepspurposelythroughtheRixPlex,ripplesofdatapassby,everywhere. Atthesametime,DOROTHYispursuedbyinstantmessagesthatappearbrieflyanddisappear:

INSTANTMESSAGES(DISPLAYED)

Unknown:Dorothy?Unknown:usethistoreachme

Unknown:yourheartrateplusyourbirthday

Unknown:timesthedatewemet

Unknown:pleaselisten

Unknown:Ijustneedonething

Unknown:usethenameofthewaiteratourplace

Unknown:plustheanswertoourjoke

Unknown:jesusdude

Unknown:areyoughostingme Unknown:they’rewatchingyou Unknown:they’rewatchingyou Unknown:they’rewatchingyou

CUE1

Startofvideo

Unknown:Dorothy?

CUE2

Grainscrossscreen

Airnoise,withand withoutfluttertonuge. Trytomimicstatic-no pitch.

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Addpoppingsounds: Slaptonuge,keyclicks,etc. Nopitch.

CUE2

Playeitherofthesenotes inanyoctave.Staccatolines, bursts,noise, butshortandspare.

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Unknown:Ijust needonething

Playanyofthesenotes inanyoctave.Alternate between longtonesandshort bursts,cleanandnoisy. CUE3

Scalargestureinanyoctave, alternatespeeds,alternate between cleanandnoisy,legatoand staccato CUE4

CUE5 Areyoughostingme?

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Grainscrossscreen

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Increasespeed. Scalargestureinanyoctave. Alternatebetweemcleanandnoisy, legatoandstaccato.

Increasespeed. Scalargestureinanyoctave. Alternatebetweemcleanandnoisy, legatoandstaccato. CUE5

Tablette:CanIhelpyou?

Scene6 FLASHBACK

I'm going - towork.

About

We'vegottogetpaid. Ifyouwerebeing - real.

Wherewetakeayearoff

Bari.Sax. go around - the world. It'sO-K ifyou 1088 go around - the world.

curi --tyclearance. - Youcouldget fired. Youwouldtakeayear off?

ExitDOROTHY.Immediately, JOURNALISTappears,standingin themiddleofanairport.

Ten.Sax.

followed - yourinstruc - -tions. Changedtheprivate - key. Dis-soci - -ated - meta --data, - what

ever - thefuckthatmeans. Ipersuad - -ed mypaper - thatthisstor-y wasgold.

ingoodfaiththatyou/rereal. O-K Mister - Mystery, - Mister - orMissMystery,1127

Something - has come up.

Areyou in dan-ger?

I'mnotsureIcangothroughwiththis. I justneedsometime.

You'rekidding. -

person - -al. To get... tolet Person - -alstuff. I'mnotaperson - tobet.

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Idon'thavetimeforthis.

Whereareyou? Ihopeyouwentbacktobed.

Don'ttext

Iceland! - WheretheyshotIceStation - Zebra. -

IceStation - Zebra. -

- Mystery, -

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Youwill.

Tuni - siawheretheybuiltTatoo - -ine.

Pno.

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

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Bucka --rooBonzai. - Ihaveproof. I'ma Areyoureally - aspy? Oristhisa fanta - -sy?

Pno.

way. Maybe - Icouldbe anon - -ymous.Thisisn'twhatwetalkedabout. -

Yousaidthey'llknowit

ThenHaLongBay.

Ev'ry - -thingisready. - Makeup yourmind.

I'll go an-ywhere - with you. Where noone - knowswherewe

Make up your mind.

are. Where noone - knowswherewe are.

Areyoustillatmyplace?

docu - -mentshavetogettothepressandthepublic - allatonce.

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Whereare you?

There'ssomuchtoprepare - and wehavetodo it all.

Thosewereyour rules: noone - else involved. -

Where are you,

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Noone - else in-

Whereare you?

volved. Therewas,

Where areyou, Whereare you?

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TheGEEKSatwork. Astheybicker,imagesofplacesgraduallyappearontabletsandmonitors,formingacity. Theyareallofplacesassociatedwithspectators’onlinedata,minedfromsocialmedia, propertyrecords,etc.Individualizedimagesstreamtothetabletswherethetargetsaresitting.

Synth. Dr. Freakedout? Iwouldn't1230 out is all. They're fo-men-ting hy-ster-i-a.

Synth. Dr. saythatthey'refomen

1232 Wejustdidn'tknowthatourphones

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V's areon allthetime, our thermo - -stats areconnec - -tedtoourwatches - andour

Synth.

Dr.

Thekitchen - hasthetea ready - for Captain - Picard! - Thebathtub - has the

getit. It'safeature, - notabug. Iwastyping - an

Synth. Dr. AndI know, I know, I knowthatIshouldcare that 1258

Synth. Dr. some-thing's reading - my words. AndI know, I know, I 1261 BROOKE

Synth. Dr. knowthatIshouldcare itknows me as wellasmy mom, but 1264

Synth. Dr. hide. Iwasgetting - dir-ec tions1270 BROOKE

Synth.

Dr. To myballet - barre work out My G P S 1273

BROOKE

Synth.

said makethesecond - left tofind thele-otards - youlike. 1276

Synth.

Synth. Dr. preg nant - I said I'm not, it said"sweet." 1282 BROOKE

Synth. Dr. Causewe'vebeentracking - whatyou eat. AndI 1285

BROOKE

1288 BROOKE

Synth.

Dr. it knows somuchabout - me but I've got nothing - to

Synth.

Dr. hide. I've got no-thing to hide. 1297

Synth.

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. shocked,shocked. shocked, shocked. Ev'ry - eighteen - months 1306

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. somenoble - soulcomesforward - togoonthenews anddropa giant - bomb. There's 1309

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. someone - keeping - trackofwhatyou'redoing - onyourphone andI'm shocked,shocked, shocked, 1312

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. Andtheysay., theysay we'rever-yconcerned - andthe 1315

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. facts are still un learned. So you update - yourpassword - then 1318

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. they update - theterms. We all share these con cerns. - Andthey 1321

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. say., theysay we'rever-yconcerned - andthefacts are still un 1324

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. learned. So you update - yourpassword - thentheyupdate - theterms. We 1327

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. all share these con-cerns. Ev'ry - twenty - seven - minutes1330

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. youchecktheheadlines. - SeeGoogle - gobble - up a-nother - appyouuse. But 1333

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. you'vegotprivate - browsing - onand youcanclearyourhist'ry - andI'm shocked,shocked. 1336

CHARLIE

Synth.

Dr. shocked, Andtheysay., theysay we'rever-yconcerned - andthe 1339

Synth.

Dr. facts are still un learned. So you update - yourpassword - then

Synth.

1345 they update - theterms. We all share these con cerns. - Andthey

I know I should care something's - reading - my words

say.,

Synth.

Synth. Dr. I know I should care something's - reading - my

learned. Soyouupdate - yourpasswrd - thentheyupdate - the terms. We

CHARLIE

Synth. Dr. words I've

all sharethesecon-cerns.

- to hide.

Synth. Dr.

Synth.

Soyou'refreaked out byall the spying - that'sbeenun veiled. - Butthe 1362 ANNINA

Dr.

Synth.

Dr. problem - isn't - them, it's you. You'renota-customed - to be-ingsur1366 ANNINA

veilled. So... Soyou'reoutraged - thatyou werespeeding - andyour

Pno.

Synth.

Dr.

Pno.

carhadyoujailed.Thepro-blem's notyour car. It's you. You'renota1375

Synth. Dr.

ANNINA Pno.

Synth. Dr. customed - to being - surveilled. And youwonder - whereyour 1379 ANNINA Pno.

Synth. Dr.

went towhich youareentailed. Butthepro-blem is be 1382

causeyou'rewhite,because - you'rewhite. You're not acus - -tomed

DOROTHYcirculatesthroughtheRixPlex,checkingtheGEEKS’work,evenleaning overthemandtypingontheirkeyboardstomakecorrections. Meanwhile,thealgorithmiscollectingdatafromspectatorsanddisplayingit.

ditscore.

I'vegot a patch forthat.

conduct. - Crea --tingricher - pro- files. Not justwhether - youwould

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Bari.Sax.

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AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

ev-'rywhere - at onceandI've got nothing - to hide.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

Ten.Sax. Bari.Sax. row. - We'vegot to thinkofto-mor row.

1592

Bari.Sax. Of

Bari.Sax.

Bari.Sax. cares, Ethan, - noone - careswhattheydecide. - They care what 1609 We'vegot to thinkofto-mor

Bari.Sax. we decide. - This iswherewe run things.

Bari.Sax.

Bari.Sax. life. Youcanthinkofto-morrow. - I'vegottoliveforto 1633 We'vegot to thinkof to mor - row. -

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

DOROTHY

Pno.

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax. shin-y life. I've got nothing - tohide. 1644 ground. E-venif itmeans wetakethisshin-y life and burn

Pno. AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax. I've

Bari.Sax.

Youdon'tbe

Bari.Sax. ruptors - inthenarci - -sisstspacewiththe merce - -nary - monsters - attheparty - inthe

Bari.Sax.

Bari.Sax. focused. - I'll be out-side whereit's real.

Heleaves.

Youcan'tseewhat'sreal. Youcan'tseewhat'sreal.

If thisis a trick, it'snotworking. - Youwantmeto

thinkyou'regoing - toGuanta

-namo. - You wantmetothinkyou'llbetried fortreason. -

Youwantmetothinkyou'llbe killed.

Don'ttryany

We'vegotalltheex-its covered. -

We'vegotalltheex-its covered. - Stand up slow-

We'vegotalltheex-its covered.

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Wereyou

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girl friend?

Wait. Dor 'thy... -

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Weneed a roomwith a door.

TheAGENTShavesecured

DOROTHYintheemptyconferenceroom.

Now. Dor'thy. - Ihavehereinmy hand a

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DOROTHY ANNINA

That'stheMarx-ist Tea Shop. 1789

Readingfromherphone.

Proper - -ty is theft.

Pno.

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

DOROTHY

Pno. TheoneonWest Street. Theyserve Eng-lish Tea. It'sajoke. It'scalled 1791

Typingonphone.

I didn't - know whathewasplanning. - Ididn't - knowwhathewasdoing. -

DOROTHYsnatchesathis phone,unsuccessfully

Thatis pri-vate. He had

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saidyouwouldhave his child. That is funny.

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Those are jokes.

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Pno.

Wecanhelpyou. Telluswherehe is.

Pno.

He never - told me. He 1834

Wecan helpyou. What'stheplan?

Whereis Ethan - Snyder?

Pno. never - toldme. 1837 What'stheplan?

Whereis Ethan - Snyder? - Whereis Ethan - Snyder?

Henever - told me!

Theyreturn

Pno. I'mfree? 1846 Youarefree. Forthemoment. - Ihavehereinmy hand a

Pno. 1850 list ofseven - words thatcouldputyouinprison, - on thatyoucanrely.

CHARLIE

knows. He knowsalread - -y. On thatyoucanre-ly.

Scene10 INTHEEXECUTIVEOFFICE

Areyouo-kay?

I'mfine. Except - you'reabout - tofireme.

EthanSnyder'sgirlfriend.Whatisshedoinghere?WhataretheyplanningWhatisshefeedingthem?Isthishernexttrick?

Ishouldhavetoldyou I usedtodateE-thanSny der. -

AmIfired? No?

Whyareyouco-v'ringforme?

NooneknowsHome-landSecur- -ity - washere. I need you.

Pno.

HeholdsTransitouttoherinhispalm. Surprised,sheacceptsitandreplacesit inherear.

I trustyou. Youstill work forme. And

Pno.

Dr. we have a launch dead-line. Didwe 1884

Pno. Dr. kill themo-therfuck - -ingmice? No-bod-y goeshome. 1886

Synth. Dr. AltoSax. Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax. then get back towork!

Pno.

Synth. Dr. AltoSax. Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax. 1892 ?bb

Wenever - talkedabout - this. I

askedme whoelse knows Isaid noone. He toldmeI'mgetting - araise.

Pno. Synth.

Dr. in-nocence.1991 Because - it'ssubtle, - right? It'snota... Itdoesn't - havea...

Pno.

lieved that we don'tmakemoney, - wemakechange. You

Dr.

up The losersare users - like you. We turnyourtiniest - feelings - into -

Bari.Sax. pennies - addupandthebillions - addup. The pennies - addupandthebillions - addup. 2041

Ten.Sax. Bari.Sax. We buildthemachines - thatmake mo-neywhileyou sleep. That 2045

Bari.Sax.

DOROTHY

Bari.Sax. noone - hastowonder - whythe shiny - toolsarefree. The product's - notthetool. 2054 DOROTHY Pno. AltoSax.

Pno.

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

2057

Bari.Sax. The

winners - end up We're fix-ing the priceof theworld.

DOROTHY

Pno.

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax. right. I'm notforsale. I'm not for 2072

DOROTHY ANNINA

Pno. Synth. Dr. AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

salean-y-more

Butwhatarewegonna - do?

Theproduct - launch.

Let'sshowtheworldwhatwemade. Let'sintro - -ducethem. Meet the 2079 DOROTHY Pno. Synth.

Bari.Sax.

cam'ra - inyourphone. It turns on the cam'ra - atyourjob. 2087

Pno. Synth. Dr.

notconnect - -edtoany --thing.

Wefliptheswitch. We letitconnect. - The

Pno. Synth. Dr.

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax. feedsyoutoICE. Theal-gori --thm narcsyouout. Weneedto 2102

DOROTHY

Pno. Synth. Dr. show thisthingthatwe'vemade. Weletthealgo - -rithm - dowhatitdoes. 2106

Dr. Weletitdo whatit does. Weshowthemwhatit does. Weshow the

whole world. Sowecanstopmaking - tools likethis.

Dr.

Runtheprogram - onev'ry - guest un-tilyoutrigger - the a-lert box.

Runtheprogram - onev'ry - guest until - Itrigger - thea-lertbox. That'sour target -

surethey're

Bari.Sax.

- -ty istheft. Andthere'sapossi - -bi-li-tythat nothing - elseisleft. You're

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Thankyoufor trying - tohelp me, but yourencryption - sucks. Thankyoufor

Synth. try-ing to help me, but you'reout in the o pen.

AltoSax.

Ten.Sax.

Bari.Sax.

Allaround,onmonitorsandtablets,data-mined photosofspectatorsbegintoappear.

Iseethemev'ry - -where. Theirzombie - fa-ces. Inever - wantto

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Bari.Sax.

Nowhere - to run to,bab-y, Ruby's - off therails.

Dor'thy - checkedinatInN'Out. Dor'thy - wishedBobahappybirthday. -

DOROTHY

Pno.

Dor'thy - likedProper - Tea isTheft. Dor'thy - liked Proper - Tea is 2184 Ruby's - offthe rails.

Synth.

DOROTHY

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Pno. Synth. Theft.

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CHARLIE

Gladwell. - Dor'thy - liked Vis-by.

Malcolm - Gladwell. -

TABLETTES

Bucka --rooBonzai - likedyourphoto.

Dor'thy - liked Ice Station - Ze-bra.

Patrick - McGoo - -hanliked IceStation - Zebra. -

Something

Dor'thy - likedbacon m s v pkey temp

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Dor'thy - checkedin.

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Dor'thy - checkedin.

Dor-thy add-ed Ma-chu Pic-chu Vis-by.

Dor-thy add . -ed Ma-chu Pic-chu Vis-by

Dor-thy add . -ed Ma-chu Pic-chu Vis-by.

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Ba-con Shibbo - -leth Ze-bra Ze-bra Zea-land Bucka --roo Ba-con.

Ba-con Shibbo - -leth Ze-bra

-bra Zea-land Bucka --roo Ba-con.

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Ba-con Shibbo - -leth Ze-bra Ze-bra Zea-land Bucka --roo Ba-con.

In-t'rested - in Rix Pro-ductLaunch. Go-ing to Rix Pro-ductLaunch.

Int'rest - -ed in Rix Pro-ductLaunch. Go-ing to Rix Pro-ductLaunch.

Weareso stoked to launchthetoolthatisabout - tochangethelife of

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Sostoked! Sostoked! Sostoked!

tabletotablewiththeirphonesasifsnapping picturesofspectators.

You wereon ly - wait ing - for this product.

You wereon ly - wait ing - for this product. -

You wereon ly - wait ing - for this product.

look-ingatyourin-come andyourbirth-placeandyourage. Itsaysyour

youhavecertain - closerela - -tionships - thatworry - mealot. - [PET_NAME]

makeaconnec- -tionwithsome-onerightaway - thatfeltlikeitwouldlastfor-e-ver?

Smile forme. Youknowyou'repho-to ge - -nic. There'snoneedtoactlikeyouand

I'm gonna - Check U Out. Yes you. 2318

I'm

Pno. Synth.

next time youshouldcall me and I'll re-commend - a sit-ter. 2321

Bari.Sax.

Pno. Synth.

Iwon'tsaythecat'saway - orwhatthemouseisdo-ing but Idon'tthink[CHILD_NAME] 2322

Bari.Sax.

RAJuseshisphonetotakeherphoto.Herimageappearsonthepressconferecescreen andonesecondlaterishighlighedinaflatteringgreen.

IfIshouldtalktoyou,yourfaceturnsgreen.IfIshouldmoveon,your...

DOROTHYrelievesRAJofhisphone. Shechoosesamalespectator.

Dr. tractive - ManinBar. The algo - -rithm - findsvalue -

ItappearsthatDOROTHYhaschosenthismalespectatoratrandom,butactuallyitis aspectatorthathasbeenidentifiedbythebackstagedata-miningteamduringtheshowassomeone withalotofunsecureddataoutintheopen.Nowthatdatabeginstosurroundus:photos,words,locations,etc.

Bari.Sax.

You'remaking - amistake.

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Don'ttry

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Dor'thy, whatareyoudoing? -

row. - We'vegottothinkoftomor - row. - Theproduct's - notthetool.

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Bari.Sax.

Theproduct's - you. Theproduct's - me. But I'mnotforsale.

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DOROTHY ETHAN

Theremaycomea day we need tomoveinthe shadows. - Theremaycomea q=80 2465

Theremaycomea day we need tomoveinthe shadows. - Theremaycomea

DOROTHY ETHAN day we need tomeetinthedark. Maybe - not to-day. Maybe - not to2471 day we need tomeetinthedark. Maybe - not to-day. Maybe - not to-

DOROTHY ETHAN

morrow, - butmaybe - soon. Maybe - very - soon. There'sapartofme nobod - -yknows. 2477 morrow, - butmaybe - soon. Maybe - very - soon. There'sapartofme nobod - -yknows.

There'sa part that be-longsjust to me. And that means 2482

DOROTHY

There's a part that be-longsjust to me. And that means

I've gotsomething - to hide. I've gotsomething - to hide. 2485 I've gotsomething - to hide. I've gotsomething - to hide.