For a theme I would find interesting in recreating a “Cut” style short bit, I have to make a nod to a presentation assignment we just had to present this week for Erik Fadiman’s class. Our assignment was to give a presentation on the worst day ever. This was super impactful on me, and I feel like I got to know my classmates a bit more.
This topic is interesting to me, because classmates had a lot of different approaches. I thought on this scenario pretty hard. I could have presented a very real tale of hardship, or a crappy scenario that happened but in hindsight was a bit comical. I believe a lot of us thought in depth of the tone of our story, some deflected with humor, others were very real and allowed themselves to be more vulnerable with us. I had a few moments where tears welled up in my eyes from the stories, and others I related to deeply.
I think this is also an interesting topic in terms of how it gets others to think. We are all these very multifaceted humans with experiences that shaped us into who we are today. I think it is a good reminder that at the end of the day, we contain multitudes and how we experience individuals sometimes is just the first layer, and there are so many complex layers before you get to the core of a person.
I think this can be an all ages all demographics type of prompt. I could see it being very innocent and hilarious if you were to ask a group of very young children this question. I think it would be interesting to get many ages and see how much variation of content you get from it.