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Fool for Love - Acting Edition (1984)

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0822204150 (ISBN13: 9780822204152)
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Fool For Love - Acting Edition (1984) - Plot & Excerpts

May, Eddie, and the Old Man are on stage when the lights come up—the Old Man separated physically from May and Eddie either on a different platform or another dividing convention of the set. In a low-budget motel room on the outskirts of the Mojave Desert where May has been living, Eddie and May sit without speaking to each other—she with her head between her knees over the side of the bed, and he in a chair. The only sound is that of Eddie fidgeting with his glove and bucking strap. The Old Man sits in rocking chair next to a bottle of whiskey. Though he eventually talks to the actors, the Old Man only exists in May and Eddie's minds.Eddie tries to get May to speak to him. He talks soothingly to her and offers to get her something soothing to drink. He reassures May that he is staying with her and will not leave her again. May hold on to Eddie's legs desperately but will not speak. He tries to gently push her off of him and she lashes out on him punching his chest with her fists. May is torn between wanting Eddie to leave and to stay. She accuses him of having an affair with a wealthy woman. Eddie denies it. Eddie asks for sympathy from May by telling her how far he drove to see her and that he missed her desperately. May is slightly moved by his feelings but then remembers his affair with the woman she calls "the Countess." Eddie admits taking the Countess out to dinner twice. May accuses Eddie of sleeping with the Countess regularly. Eddie denies this but May does not fall for it, saying she will believe the truth because, "It's less confusing."

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El escenario es un destartalado y decadente motel de carretera situado en medio de ninguna parte en el oeste más profundo, un oeste plagado de perdedores y anacronismos como cowboys rudos que participan en rodeos intentando que ni se les caiga el sombrero. Los protagonistas son dos animales heridos y orgullosos, un hombre y una mujer. Orgullosos porque prácticamente el orgullo es lo único que les queda, con lo cual sólo dejarán ver sus heridas si esto sirve como arma arrojadiza contra el otro. Parece que algún día se quisieron, pero ahora hay entre ellos demasiados reproches como para que puedan volver a quererse. Les queda el odio y se aferran a él para sentirse menos solos. Esta obra de Sam Shepard me recuerda a Harold Pinter con un toque de Tennessee Williams y Samuel Beckett, pero con un estilo totalmente personal; una obra primaria y visceral que habla de amor, odio y sexo, y también soledad. Escrita con un ritmo impecable, un ritmo al que bailan los dos protagonistas, porque más que actuar lo que hacen es acercarse y alejarse como si estuvieran ejecutando una coreografía hipnótica. No hay ningún giro innecesario en la trama, pero la revelación final atorga a toda la obra un sentido más profundo aún si cabe y claramente trágico, que parece que nos quiere decir que los humanos estamos condenados a ser víctimas de la pasión y que somos un animal que siempre tropieza con la misma piedra. Totalmente recomendable.
—Núria

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