Page 13 - PITCH DECK- In the Mouth of the Wolf

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Opening night is a wild success􏰀 The after party is even wilder􏰀 The next morning􏰁 Dee and her primary lover (Wotan) ask a sick Rain to join them in a poly relationship􏰀 Rain rejects and leaves Dee􏰀 His audition looming and with no place to stay􏰁 he calls Douglas􏰁 who doesn’t answer􏰀 Finally􏰁 Rain’s voice teacher Fenice takes him in􏰀 News of the financial crisis emanates from a TV in the background􏰀 That night􏰁 in an erotic dream􏰁 Rain’s lovers appear and pleasure him until finally the wolf finishes him off􏰀 He wakes up and seeks refuge in Fenice’s bed􏰀 Appalled􏰁 she kicks him out􏰀
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in a grand desperate tantrum􏰁 his leg ensnared in a wolf trap􏰁 chained to the piano􏰀
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t of money and with no place to go􏰁 the night before the audition is the worst of his life􏰀 Rain bombs the audition
At rock bottom􏰁 Rain shows up at Douglas’ doorstep only to find Douglas in a similar state—his company has collapsed in the financial crisis􏰀 After a reckoning􏰁 they fall into each other's arms􏰀 But after one emotional kiss􏰁 Douglas sees the wounded animal and turns Rain down􏰀
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receives a surprise call􏰀 Dee is starring at the Santa Fe Opera alongside Magnus Fenrir (Douglas’ ex and Rain’s hero) and offers Rain a ticket􏰀 Dee’s performance as a Diva in full bloom reignites Rain’s artistic fire􏰀 After the show􏰁 while Dee collects her things􏰁 Rain steps onto the stage he grew up worshipping and sings an aria about fool’s love to an empty house􏰀 In the shadows is Magnus􏰁 and in a final act􏰁 he and Rain􏰁 like the animals they are􏰁 turn skyward and HOWL AT THE MOON􏰀
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following summer􏰁 Rain is back home in New Mexico and working for his moms’ landscaping company when he
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