nomes feios

"I don't know much about psychoanalysis, but this must be a dirty picture..."




VLADIMIR &
ESTRAGON [turning simultaneously]: Do you—

VLADIMIR: Oh, pardon!

ESTRAGON: Carry on.

VLADIMIR: No no, after you.

ESTRAGON: No no, you first.

VLADIMIR: I interrupted you.

ESTRAGON: On the contrary.

they glare at each other angrily

VLADIMIR: Ceremonious ape!

ESTRAGON: Punctilious pig!

VLADIMIR: Finish your phrase, I tell you!

ESTRAGON: Finish your own!

silence. they draw closer, halt.

VLADIMIR: Moron!

ESTRAGON: That's the idea, let's abuse each other.

they turn, move apart, turn again and face each other.

VLADIMIR: Moron!

ESTRAGON: Vermin!

VLADIMIR: Abortion!

ESTRAGON: Morpion!

VLADIMIR: Sewer-rat!

ESTRAGON: Curate!

VLADIMIR: Cretin!

ESTRAGON [with finality]: Critic!

VLADIMIR: Oh!

he wilts, vanquished, and turns away.



Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot