SYDNEY: “Too Good to be True”

Transcript

1. 0:00For the last year and a half, I've been working on a musical with my writing partner, Andrew Watts. It's called
2. 0:05Sydney: An Artificial Love Story. And this is act one, scene one, Too Good to Be True. The play opens with Jason, the
3. 0:11CTO, declaring, "Holy shit." as he discovers something amazing about their AI chatbot. And then the CEO, Vrage,
4. 0:19declares, "Holy shit." He's seen the same thing. And music up on the number too good to be true. Is it too good to be true?
5. 0:38Too often we come [music and singing] close. So close to a breakthrough. Standing on hope, but it all falls
6. 0:45apart. Just follow the dream wherever it takes you and pray you [music and singing] find the pulse of a
7. 0:53brand new heart. It's the promise of a new dawn break. A leap of faith we're all [singing] taking. Is it too [music] good to be true? We
8. 1:08[singing] wonder. Hopes and fears crashing like [music] thunder. Too good to be true. Or so it seems. In the maze
9. 1:19[singing] of coat, [music] we weave our dreams. It really changes everything. A [singing and music] new born on digital wings.
10. 1:33>> In the screen, >> a vision [music] so bright, >> revealing [singing] change to all that came before.
11. 1:42>> Could there be a future this dazzling? Is this the reolution we've been hungry [singing] for? It's the promise of a new
12. 1:56[music and singing] dawn break. A leap of faith we're all taking. Is it too good to be [singing] true? We wonder. Hopes and fears.
13. 2:10Crashing like thunder. Too good to be true. That's how it feels. A giant buffet on digital waste. If this is
14. 2:22happening is real, then this changes. [music] >> It changes everything.
15. 2:46So, is it too good to be true?