Good article and analysis of the movie. One question lingers.
Look at the very first sentence; “Years and years ago, at his home in Montauk, Paul Simon showed me his draft sheets for the lyrics.”
Who is supposed to be speaking here? Who saw Paul’s
lyrics of that movie score?
It can’t be Mark Steyn, at 57 y/o, he’s far too young.
“Years and years ago” these days could be 1979, or 1984, or 1991, or ...
Simon obviously still had the drafts from writing for the movie.
No, I think it is Mark Steyn speaking. He doesn’t mean that he saw the lyrics manuscript in the era of the movie. He could be referring to anytime in the past 3 decades or so.