Origins
According to an article in Magnet magazine:
As a student at UC Santa Cruz, Antony began writing, directing, producing and starring in musical plays. One of his first efforts was a John Waters-influenced melodrama called Sylvie And Meg. A more original production, staged a few years later in New York City, was titled Cripple And The Starfish. It’s set on a styrofoam island at the end of the world, after the land has been washed away by the greenhouse floods. At this point in the far future, humans have evolved into robotic beings, and the plot concerns the only two people left alive who still have hearts. “And they’re dysfunctional and co-dependent,” says Antony.
While the song may have been featured in the above-mentioned stage production, the precise relationship between the two works -- and whether they were created together or if one is derivative of the other -- is not indicated.
Read more about this topic: Cripple And The Starfish
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