Synopses for Raw (the elevator pitch)

after Danez Smith.we open on a wound. debridement is the wordof the day and the word is drooling. so yes, the herobecomes the villain because we follow the camera into the body — credits roll back like eyes. no, we openon eyes, two of them like eggs drooling on a plate.no, the word of the day. we open on a door that openson a graveyard so you think we’re in a church or the homeof a man who tends to graveyards, also known as a sexton.          yes, we all know about the graveyard shift: the bodies still          alive in coffins ringing their bells on the surface. yes,          we all know about anne sexton’s death wish: to empty          my breath from its bad prison.so maybe we open on a window or an assholeand the whole story spills in. or no, we openon a mouth saying goodbye or virus. or no,we open on a mouth saying i don’t love youanymore. or no, we open on a mouth that openssaying sorry i put you at risk. it’s a think piece.it’s a needle and thread. it’s a classic romance.we open, the camera pulls back to reveala field of men waiting on line for the moviethat might save their life. you know the one,you’ve never seen anything like it before.