Sam
Shepard deixou-nos neste final do mês de Julho, aos 73 anos. O dramaturgo
nasceu a 5 de Novembro de 1943 tendo escrito de mais de 40 peças de teatro,
ainda argumentos para cinema tal como "Paris, Texas", filme de 1987
do alemão Wim Wenders, que contou também com a participação de L.M - Kit
Carson. Foi amigo da cantora Patti Smith pois chegou a tocar bateria com o
agrupamento musical “Holy Modal Rounders”. O seu texto teatral "Burried
Child" venceu o Prémio Pullitzer em 1979. Fez parte da cena psicadélica,
foi preso duas vezes por conduzir embriagado e há vários anos que sofria de
esclerose lateral amiotrófica, doença que o tornou incapaz de ter uma vida
normal. Recordarei para sempre dele este curioso diálogo de “Paris Texas”:
"Travis: I knew these people…
Jane: What people?
Travis: These two people… They were in love with each other. The girl was… very
young, about seventeen or eighteen, I guess. And the guy was… quite a bit
older. He was kind of ragged in, wild. She was very beautiful, you know.
Jane: Yeah.
Travis: And together they turned everything into a kind of an adventure and she
liked that. Just an ordinary trip down the grocery store was… full of
adventure. They were always laughing at stupid things. He liked to make her
laugh. And… They didn’t much care for anything else, because all they wanted to
do was be with each other. They were always together.
Jane: Sounds like they were very happy.
Travis: Yes, they were. They were real happy. And he, he loved her more than he
ever felt possible. He couldn’t stand being away from her, uh… during the day
when he went to work. So, he quit. Just to be home with her. Then he got
another job when the money ran out, then he quit again. But pretty soon, she
started to worry.
Jane: About what?
Travis: Money, I guess. Not having enough. Not knowing when the next check was
coming in.
Jane: Yep. I know that feeling."
