 And it felt really important," Reid said in an interview with NPR on April 15th, 2019.The opera took a total of 4 years of grueling self-reflection to accurately depict the emotional impact of sexual and emotional abuse.Despite being written before the #MeToo movement took the internet by storm, this kaleidoscopic opera took on greater significance as a result of the movement, which sought to raise awareness of how prevalent sexual harassment and sexual assault is in society and to help survivors reach out to each other in mutual understanding of their experiences.