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Psycho-Hearts

A world renowned heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients. Her partner, a nurse, from the local penitentiary, finds suitable hearts from Death Row inmates. A satire on the ambiguous transplant business in the USA. And exactly who donated that heart to you? Willingly? A satiric view on the controversial state of modern medicine in America. Hmmm! (Copyright Wash. DC)

Synopsis of: PSYCHO-HEARTS By Micheline D. Birger

Imagine – COMA + BASIC INSTINCT + FRANKENSTEIN = PSYCHO-HEARTS. A satirical, cynical, Slice-O-Modern Medicine in America today…beyond the Mash Series. The backdrop is Any City, USA with a University Hospital. Enter – Queen of Hearts, svelte Dr. Susan Blake, and Head of the Transplant Services. Forty-something. Dyn-O-Mite. A hotshot surgeon. Impeccable character or so the legend goes…In what appears to be a nationwide shortage, she is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts. Almost instantly. Ah, the sweet mysteries of life.

Enter – Nurse Ann Hart. Equally enticing at forty-something, she dedicates her working daze serving the prison population at the State Pen. Yet another modern day saint weaved into the humdrum of the societal fabric.

Ann & Susan have been “friends” since their teenage years. They share a penthouse flat. They are more than just “room-mates.”

Ann & Susan perfected an experimental surgical technique known as “Laser Suction Surgery.” Technically, Ann is as good as a surgeon as Susan for this particular surgical procedure. She just lacks the M.D. Ah - such a frivolous detail in their “moonlighting activities.”

Supply & Demand. This is the basis for any type of Business Empire. Ann & Susan employ several “independent contractors” to assist them in their wealth building activities. Given the type of industry that they master, they are absolute geniuses to be in “business” for as long as they have been without getting caught. After all, they must build up their retirement portfolio.

Enter – SAM TAYLOR, the passionate Prison Warden, deeply committed to his position and to Nurse Ann Hart. He is oblivious to her “secret life.” He is baffled and perplexed on how to solve the mysterious suicidal deaths of DEATH ROW INMATES…on his employment contract.

Enter – INVESTIGATOR CHANG, a “Chinese-American Colombo.” His caseload is never-ending. His manner is sultry. “Unexplained deaths” at the State Pen and murderous acts of transplant recipients occupy most of his time and energy.

In between, there is just madness. Mayhem. Greed. The ending to this dark comedy – Imagine a Cinzano Umbrella in a foreign land - guess who is under it having their favorite beverage?

Script Excerpt
Written by:
Format:
Screenplay
Genres:
Starring Roles For:
Charlize Theron/Julia Roberts/Amy Poehler
Angelina Jolie/B.D. Wong/Cate Blanchett/Tina Fey
Anne Hathaway/Julia Stiles/Scarlet Johansson
In the Vein Of:
Coma/Flatliners/Repo Men
Basic Instinct/MASH/Body Parts
Article 99/The Hospital
Posted:
06/13/2024
Updated:
04/27/2025
Author Bio:
Micheline is a produced playwright and freelance writer. She's also performed stand-up comedy. She is a skilled improv performer. "I love comedy." She is a retired nurse. "I am forced to write comedy because I can't think of anything else better to do." She has several eBooks on Amazon Kindle on various topics. She's had several articles published in various mediums. "We need to laugh at the absurdity of it all!" She was published in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series in 2017 on her chance encounter with meeting Robin Williams in San Francisco in the 90's.

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