Rock Paper Scissors

In her first love letter to Adam, Robin says that reading his screenplay Rock Paper Scissors was like reading secrets he wasn’t ready to share; however, she says, they should never keep important secrets from one another. Even as she says this, she’s concealing important truths from him. How can keeping important secrets doom a relationship from the outset? When big secrets, long kept, are revealed, what effect does it have on a relationship?

Reflecting on Adam’s ability to schmooze with the film-industry people he works with, Robin says that Adam is two different people and that she likes the quiet, shy version of him the best. To what extent are most of us different people depending upon the setting we’re in? Does everyone have one true self without pretense that is their true version of themselves? Do you think that people can live happy, fulfilling lives without being their truest self? Support your views.

On their anniversary, Adam buys Robin a ticket to a play she’s to attend without him. He does this knowing that he’s going to bring the gorgeous star October O’Brien to their home alone while Robin is at the theater. How innocent is Adam’s intention? How should Robin feel when she sees Adam and October in her kitchen?