Word: boesman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Talk to yourself," Boesman replies. "Your words are nonsense...
Desperate for a companion, Lena calls out to an old bum (Thomas Anderson) that she spots in the distance, the only other character in the performance. She calls him over to the fire, against Boesman's wishes. Even though the old man speaks only gibberish and doesn't understand what Lena is saying, she pretends that they understand one another...
...choosing to sleep next to the derelict under the open sky rather than in Boesman's makeshift shack, Lena gives up a bottle of liquor for permission to do so. Nevertheless, a drunk Boesman kicks and hits the old man as he sits slumped over and near death...
...dies before morning, leaving Lena alone with Boesman once again. At first, she refuses to continue traveling with her mate, who is afraid that he will be accused of murdering the derelict. She pleads with him to "learn to dance" and thus "leave his bruises on the earth" rather than on her body...
...Angered, Boesman violently rips apart the shack he has built, just as the white men tore apart the couple's shanty on the day before. Then he is quiet, all energy spent. After a tense moment, Lena reaches out her hand to Boesman, takes her share of their belongings on her back and walks with him off stage...