Genre: Comedy
Logline: A narcissistic man becomes increasingly obsessed with the belief that a famous starlet, Catherine Shaw, is secretly in love with him despite her throwing his severed ear in his face; more proof that he is simply not willing to take no for an answer.
Act 1:
John, a narcissistic man with a mundane job, who becomes infatuated with the enigmatic actress Catherine Shaw after seeing her in a movie. Soon John’s obsession deepens, and he starts to interpret innocent gestures from Catherine as signs of affection.
Catherine, alarmed by John’s escalating behavior, obtains a restraining order against him. John’s obsession intensifies further, leading him to stalk Catherine, evade the police, and even send her bizarre tokens of his affection, including a disturbing package containing his own severed ear.
Act 2:
Catherine, increasingly alarmed by John’s actions, hires security guards and aggressive Doberman dogs to protect herself. John’s delusions continue to escalate, and he manages to evade Catherine’s security measures to confront her directly.
A tense confrontation ensues, during which Catherine’s guards physically subdue John, and he is forcibly removed from the premises. Undeterred, John remains convinced that Catherine’s resistance is merely a facade to hide her true feelings for him.
Act 3:
John, undeterred by the restraining order and increased security, devises an elaborate plan to confront Catherine once again by skydiving into her house in the back yard, only to crash through her roof. The near-death experience seems to knock some sense into John. As reality finally begins to break through, he realizes the depth of his delusion and acknowledges the harm he has caused Catherine. In a poignant moment, he tells Catherine that he is “breaking up” with her, urging her to be strong and suggesting that perhaps years of therapy will help her move on, though in his thoughts, of course, he doubts it.
Act 4:
John wakes up in a straitjacket, in the “rubber room” of a mental hospital. He had been dreaming all along. He breathes a sigh of relief. When he is let out, he sees they are walking in Catherine Shaw, who falls for him at first sight. She starts to follow him around. At first John reciprocates, but then notices she has nasty habits that turn him off; like fucking every male and female patient in the ward, not brushing her teeth, and burping “fuck you” and “eat me” whenever she is downing a meal (she’s really good at it).
He falls out of love for her, but she refuses to let him go. When he leaves the hospital, she shows up at his door. She has the deed to a house she bought him and a new car. John, miraculously, falls back in love with her.
