Title: Turn to Stone
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
Logline: A modern take on the myth of Medusa, as a young woman struggles to find love when all her partners turn to stone. Can Dear Abby or a dating app for ugly women, “Medusa”, help?
Synopsis: In a comedic narrative of true loneliness and eternal hope, Samantha Walker struggles with the guilt of the past lovers she has accidentally turned to stone., and a search to escape the confines of a self-imposed exile.
Act 1:
Samantha, a young woman with dark glasses and a tichel to hide the snakes on her head, nervously walks through her basement, which is filled with statues of men, all frozen in stone. She gazes at them sadly, a poignant testament to her cursed love life. A montage of her life would reveal Samantha’s unsuccessful attempts at finding love. Each time she lets her guard down, her lovers turn to stone, leaving her shattered.
Samantha meets Michael, an understanding and patient man who falls for her, quirks and all. Their relationship blooms with predefined boundaries, as Samantha must always keep her sunglasses and tichel on during intimate moments.
Michael, trying to break down Samantha’s barriers, decides to surprise her by showering together. However, when he looks into her eyes accidentally, he instantly transforms into stone. Samantha, brokenhearted, isolates herself from the world, seeking solace in the anonymous advice columnist, DEAR ABBY.
Act 2:
Samantha visits a therapist to seek help for her heartbreaking situation. Unfortunately, the insensitive therapist ridicules her, triggering her to remove her glasses, turning the therapist into stone.
Feeling hopeless, Samantha writes a scathing letter to Dear Abby, blaming her for the therapist’s demise. In response, Dear Abby reports her to the police.
The police discover countless statues of men in Samantha’s basement, assuming she carved them. They bring in a geologist who determines that the statues are made of real stone, nothing human.
Samantha, defeated by her experiences, decides to live in complete isolation and resorts to pen pals for human connection. She befriends a prisoner and cultivates a unique bond.
Act 3:
In a dystopian America led by a power-hungry dictator who has diminished basic human rights, Samantha attends one of his rare public appearances. Determined to make a difference, she catches the dictator’s attention and removes her glasses, gazing into his eyes.
The dictator turns to stone, but the Secret Service agents overlook Samantha’s involvement due to their shock and confusion. Samantha contemplates her newfound power and realizes that her curse might be a gift, a means to right the wrongs in the world.
Samantha, carrying the burden of her past, walks away as an unexpected hero, fully aware of her potential to make a positive impact on the world. Maybe it was a gift after all?
