“Shame” is a 3-minute 30-second vertical AI film that parodies the indie game Stardew Valley, critiquing the game’s monogamous marriage mechanics. It is the first of over a dozen planned music videos from “Love with Pain,” an AI Drag Operetta Against Fascism currently in production. The filmmaker wrote the lyrics and developed the music and visuals in collaboration with a variety of AI tools. All characters—the pink and blue AI diva Miz and her three male suitors—are AI variations of the filmmaker in male and female drag. The film explores themes of polyamory, queer identity, and digital relationships while challenging the monogamous relationship structures that predominate globally and are embedded in popular gaming culture.

Directed by Jason Gottlieb (USA)