Synopsis of The Death of Tintagiles Death
• This is a surrealistic, dark urban fantasy, magical realism (labels are such slippery little devils) story about a puppeteer named Kyle and his marionette Tintagiles.
• The setting is contemporary Detroit, MI.
• The inciting incident/motivation/conflict for Kyle is the recent seizure and subsequent coma for his beloved wife, Moira; for Tintagiles, it is his awakening with the delusion that the operating puppeteer is the evil Queen.
• Kyle's primary obstacle is his alcoholism hindering his ability to make the necessary decision to remove Moira, who has been in a vegetative state, from life support.
• The climactic moment is the ending when Tintagiles on stage breaks from the script by drawing his sword, cutting his back string, climbing up it, and slaying who he perceives to be the evil Queen.
Synopsis of The Death of Tintagiles Death
A surrealistic, dark urban fantasy, about a puppeteer named Kyle and his marionette Tintagiles. For a Detroit, MI puppet theatre, the newly created marionette will be playing the lead in an upcoming marionette play: The Death of Tintagiles, written by Maurice Maeterlinck.
Kyle's beloved wife, Moira, suffers a seizure and subsequent coma. His alcoholism hinders his ability to make the necessary decision to remove Moira, who has been in a vegetative state, from life support. Meanwhile, the marionette he is making is coming to life.
The climactic ending has a fully-awakened Tintagiles on stage for a rehearsal of the marionette play. Lost in the world of the play, it is under the delusion that the operating puppeteer is the evil Queen, and breaks from the script. It draws its sword, cuts its back string, climbs up it, and slays the monstrous Queen.
One Line Pitch
If the puppet master controls the puppet, who controls the puppet master?
