One day I watched True West on television. It wasn't planned. It was just the best thing on that moment. I became a fan of Sam Shepard immediately. He was a versatile man, a talented playwright, and actor. True West still remains my favorite but Curse of the Starving Class is pretty amazing as well. It's about an alcoholic father and mother selling the family's farm behind each other's back. The mother's having a fling with Taylor, a lawyer who also sold some worthless land to the father. The two seem to not care about their two children Emma a girl just turning into a woman and their son Wesley. Wesley desperately tries to fix things in the play without success. The father tries to turn his life around but is it too late? This play is ultimately about family and the selfish choices that sometimes family makes. It would have been interesting to see the original production with Pamela Reed and Olympia Dukakis.
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