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With so many characters in a short film that will

Sept. 3, 2018 by Carolyn Mueller

With so many characters in a short film that will be shown this fall in The New Yorker, I decided to check out the original script from one of my favorites, the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy (which was written by a man named Michael Mazzagatti). * x

The "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy (which was written by a man named Michael Mazzagatti) x

 The film opens in a New England town, where there aren't many good bars and restaurants. The narrator, named "Fifty Shades" (later named "Yuki"), is a young man on a mission to kill a bad guy. He finds his mission short, and finds himself in a bar. He's got a few friends, but he doesn't know the guy's real name. So he takes a ride to his friend's house, to a bar called a "Rigby's," and after a few drinks he wakes up in a bar. He's already drunk, and he's out for a cigarette. "Yuki" tells this character he's got to get in trouble with the law for it. He turns down the offer. "Yuki" is a little too nice, because, despite the bar's reputation as a brothel, it's not exactly a bar. "Fifty Shades" x

This is where things get interesting. The story starts out with a young guy (Yuki) who's been in trouble in New England for a couple of years. He's been in trouble with the law for a time and has a few friends. He's got that reputation, but he doesn't know the man's real name either. He gets in trouble for having a bad record here, and is caught up in a civil war, though, in which the two sides are fighting over the rights of the innocent. Yuki then has to decide what to do with his own life, which is pretty much what "Fifty Shades" x

The movie opens with the narrator (Yuki) explaining that he's been in trouble with the law for a while, and has a few friends. He's not sure whether he's the one who's been accused or not