Our room will be focused on exploring weirdos, underdogs, degenerates, and/or otherwise imperfect characters. Why is it that these characters can be some of the most compelling? What allows us to empathize with otherwise unlikable characters? What is the importance of representing some of these unlikable traits? Do we have to like a character in order to love them? 

These are some of the questions we will focus on in our journey to create a nuanced, multidimensional, and overall flawed character (or characters). By giving light to their underrepresented personality traits or life experiences, we hope to unlock a surprising, unusual, and unique story. Through more structured means, we will attempt to collectively create a scene and/or script that explores internal conflict, unconventionality, and underrepresented characteristics. In doing so, we hope to unlock deeper empathy, access new understandings, and target wider audiences with a story that illuminates the more shadowed areas of our being. 

• Do you have to like a character to love/empathize with/understand them? 
• What value is there to exploring characters with shaky morals or unconventional personalities?
• What good comes from giving these characters a platform/representation?
• What allows us to empathize with otherwise unlikable characters?
• Can anyone be fully “good” or “bad”?
• Why do you think audiences connect with characters with ambiguous morality?