Emma's character, Chanel No. 1, was inspired by an email that went viral a couple years ago from the executive board of the Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Maryland. In the letter, a sorority sister conveys how upset she is with her sisters for slacking off—in the most gloriously offensive, F-Bomb-laden way.
"It was jaw dropping, the language that this particular young woman used," Scream Queens creator Ryan Murphy said of the letter. "She was pretty much a despicable person. And we were interested in mirroring that idea, but, unlike that girl, who apologized, sort of bringing our queen bee character to some sort of awareness about her behavior and why she is doing these things." You can read the full letter here.
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