faz hoje um mês que nos deixou donald jay rickles, um dos maiores comediantes de todos os tempos, apesar de pouco conhecido na europa. foi um dos pais daquilo a que hoje se chama stand-up comedy e desenvolveu um estilo próprio, baseado na observação e crítica directa do público. por vezes parecia ser quase insultuoso mas era apenas uma atitude estudada, e ninguém como ele conseguia fazer um elogio pela negativa - e sempre com humor e ironia. começou em pequenos clubes e esteve activo até aos 88 anos de idade. em hollywood, entre as estrelas do cinema, era considerado uma honra ser alvo dos seus reparos mordazes. deixo aqui três exemplos das suas actuações em galas de homenagem, para as quais era sempre convidado. percebe-se facilmente porquê.

[e, a propósito das suas oitenta e cinco risonhas translações solares... muitos parabéns, clinton jr.]

clint eastwood

martin schoeller

não gosto de rap. mas gosto de damon albarn.
não gosto de banda desenhada. mas gosto dos gorillaz.
não gosto de duros no cinema. mas gosto de clint eastwood.

I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad

I got sunshine, in a bag

I'm useless,but not for long

The future is coming on

It's coming on

Yeah... Ha Ha!

Finally someone let me out of my cage

Now, time for me is nothing cos I'm counting no age

Now I couldn't be there

Now you shouldn't be scared

I'm good at repairs

And I'm under each snare

Intangible

Bet you didn't think so I command you to

Panoramic view

Look I'll make it all manageable

Pick and choose

Sit and lose

All you different crews

Chicks and dudes

Who you think is really kickin' tunes?

Picture you gettin' down in a picture tube

Like you lit the fuse

You think it's fictional

Mystical? Maybe

Spiritual Hearable

What appears in you is a clearer view cos you're too crazy

Lifeless

To know the definition for what life is

Priceless

For you because I put you on the hype shit

You like it?

Gunsmokin' righteous with one token

Psychic among those

Possess you with one go

I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad

I got sunshine, in a bag

I'm useless,but not for long

The future is coming on

It's coming on

The essence the basics

Without it you make it

Allow me to make this

Child, like in nature

Rhythm

You have it or you don't that's a fallacy

I'm in them

Every sprouting tree

Every child apiece

Every cloud you see

You see with your eyes

I see destruction and demise

Corruption in disguise

From this fuckin' enterprise

Now I'm sucking to your lies

Through Russ, though not his muscles but the percussion he provides

with me as a guide

But y'all can see me now cos you don't see with your eye

You perceive with your mind

That's the inner

So I'm gonna stick around with Russ and be a mentor

With a few rhymes so mother fuckers

Remember where the thought is

I brought all this

So you can survive when law is lawless

Feelings, sensations that you thought were dead

No squealing, remember

(that it's all in your head)

I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad

I got sunshine, in a bag

I'm useless, but not for long

The future is coming on

It's coming on

clint eastwood

by martin schoeller