Writers' Room Rejects

On today's episode, we discuss two musicals, an anime series, and a book - what do they have in common? They are about very morally gray, in some instances disturbing, lead protagonists. Our main focus is Jesus Christ Superstar. It is an incredible musical that took a huge risk: Discussing tabboo topics and forcing the audience to grapple with the humanity of Christianity's central figure. We both...

We are kicking off our show with a big one—Jujutsu Kaisen. In the world of JJK, many beloved characters are killed off very suddenly. But, death is not always the end. And this leads us to our main question: From a storytelling standpoint, how impactful is death if some characters just bounce right back? Does it cheapen the stakes? This question will spur even more queries: What if certain charact...