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THE OUTING

THE OUTING
By Nate Rymer

GENRE: Thriller, Comedy
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Trapped in a reclusive designer's isolated country home, five closeted queer men are given a twisted ultimatum: come out to their loved ones, or have a life-destroying secret from their past revealed to the world. THE BOYS IN THE BAND meets GET OUT. 

SYNOPSIS:

Tasha Lewis

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Constantin Weber

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Jeff Rosenberg

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Nathaniel Baker

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Itai Adam Vagner

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Matthew James Sheridan

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Roberto Negron

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Rob Staggenborg

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Angela Cristantello

I would watch this in two seconds. Love this, Nate!

Lowrix Wilson

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Michelle L. De La Garza

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John Broadhead

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Matthew Walker

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Christian McDonald

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Renata Elis

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Bianca Y. Michaels

Mmm, I don't know... It gives me mixed feelings. On the one hand, it's such a great insight into the difficulty of coming out to your family, but on the other hand, what does the designer get out of it? The sick satisfaction of watching (what I assume to be fellow) gay people suffer an angst they already have to deal with? And all of this in a thriller COMEDY?

This sounds more like a sadistic horror movie in the same category as Saw or any movie where people are trapped in a sick mind game.

Nate Rymer

I can understand the mixed feelings: it's a tricky tone to balance in terms of pathos AND humour, especially with such a difficult and resonant theme for many people. However, I DO have quite a dark sense of humour, and toxic masculinity in the gay/queer community is a consistent theme in what I like to write, so a bit of quasi-sadistic satire just felt right for me with this idea :)

Bianca Y. Michaels

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Øyvind Helland Aanderaa

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Tony S.

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Alicia Renee Norman

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Alicia Renee Norman

I love the extremely unique thriller premise -- would be interesting to see the choices each character would make and why.

Nate Rymer

Thanks Alicia! Glad you like the premise, a unique twist is something I was aiming for -- the choices these characters make are honestly quite awful, especially to each other as the story progresses in one location :D

Natlie Pitt

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Ras Lazarus Nazari

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Jennifer Milne

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Jennifer Milne

Great title, clever!

Nate Rymer

Thank you Jennifer! :)

Keshia Thomas

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Elise Marenson

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Mark Giacomin

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John Cooney

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Alex Troxler

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Zakiya Raines

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Nate Rymer

Thank you Zakiya! :)

Benjamin King

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Sarah Kennedy

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Nate Rymer

Thank you so much Sarah! :D

Jim Kowalski

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Nate Rymer

Thank you Jim! :D

Paul Check

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Nate Rymer

Thanks Paul! :)

Nate Rymer

Thank you Paul! :D

Lee Hawkes

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Nate Rymer

Thank you Lee, much appreciated! :D

Marcel Nault Jr.

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Marcel Nault Jr.

A mixed bag for me too. Not because of the themes and the concept, but because of the outcome.

Nate Rymer

Hi Marcel, thank you for your rating :) The themes at play can be a bit tricky to pull off in a darkly funny way, given their serious nature; the outcome of the story itself will depend on how the themes develop throughout, though will likely go in a similar direction tonally, i.e. black comedy thriller

Marcel Nault Jr.

Nate Rymer If you're taking the dramedy route, it makes more sense.

Travis Johns

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Nate Rymer

Thank you so much Travis! :D

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