''He was like a shaman, in that way where people used to tell stories and that's how you knew your family history,'' muses Whoopi Goldberg. For Parks, who spoke to Wilson shortly before his death, the playwright comes into focus as a ballplayer, an image reminiscent of Fences: ''He used to play left field. And somehow, I think he's still out there. I think the brother's still out there.''
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