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Estranged brothers Austin and Lee have reconnected at their mother’s house while she is in Alaska. Lee stopped by on his way to visit their father in the desert, Austin is house-sitting and working on his screenplay. Austin secured a Hollywood producer, Saul, but during their meeting, Lee strong-armed his way into a game of golf with Saul the next morning. Lee has an idea for a Western that he wants to sell to Saul. The night before, he dictates his ideas and Austin types them up. Lee is
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Start: Lee: All right, now read it back to me.
Austin: I’m not reading it back to you, Lee. You can read it when we’re finished. I can’t spend all night on this.
Lee: You got better things to do?
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End: Lee: And they keep ridin' like that straight into the night. Not knowing. And the one who's chasin' doesn't know where the other one is taking him. And the one who's being chased doesn't know where he's going.
Citation: Sam Shepard, True West, Samuel French, 1981, pp. 25-33.
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