Easel Kill Ya story
Jack Craig, an artist and recovering alcoholic with a temper who can't seem to sell any of his work, ends up accidentally killing a neighbor. Finding inspiration, Jack photograph the corpse, paints the scene, and sells the painting to Malcom Mayflower, a collector of morbid artwork who promises to pay him large sums of money for similar paintings, which leads Jack down a dark and dangerous path. Directed by: John Harrison. Story by: Larry Wilson.
16 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| painting | choice | The story turns on the struggling artist Jack painting the death scenes of his murder victims. |
| the visual arts | choice | A central theme of the story is that novel art can be created by an artist being pushed into a dark emotional place. |
| alcohol abuse | major | One component of Jack's many problems was that he was a recovering alcoholic. |
| anger management issues | major | One component of Jack's many problems was that he had temper tantrums. In the opening scene, Jack fantasized about bashing in an old female patron's head in with a hammer. |
| humans in pairs | major | Jack was commissioned to paint morbid scenes of death by his wealthy patron, Malcolm Mayflower. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Jack tried to kill an innocent man in order to save his lover Sharon, but through an ironic twist of fate he ended up killing the one brain neurosurgeon that could have saved her and then through a further twist of fate he found that she had died anyway. |
| killing to save a loved one | major | The story lead up to the following ethical dilemma for Jack: should he let his lover Sharon die, or should he go out and kill someone innocent so he could produce a masterpiece and get enough money to hire the brain surgeon that could save her? |
| murder | major | Jack ended up committing several murders in order to inspire himself to create very dark, but incredibly valuable, paintings. |
| romantic love | major | Jack and Sharon had some romantic intrigues and did the nasty. |
| struggling artist character | major | Jack struggled to make ends meet with his mostly commonplace paintings, while staying off the hooch and managing his anger. |