Picasso+at+the+Lapin+Agile+Plot+Overview

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=The "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" begins by introducing us to two of the main characters of the play, Gaston and Freddy. As the play progresses a young Einstein enters and the bar men begin talking about women. As the men continue their conversation Freddy's girlfriend, Germaine, enters late and apologizes for her late arrival by craftily avoiding an argument that could have arisen from her tardiness. The bar people continue on the subject of women when a gorgeous women, Suzanne walks in looking for Picasso, who had been rumored to visit the Lapin Agile. The conversation switches over to sex and Picasso. Freddy, who seems uninterested in the conversation uses Einstein's genius to figure his bills. The conversation then switches to talk of the future where Germaine's explanation is ironically accurate and the men's explanations are incredibly off. Sagot, the art dealer enters, and begins to boast of Matisse's talent and of a new painting he had just received from the painter himself. They then begin to talk about the absent Picasso who has a considerable amount of talent himself. Just as they are about to toast Picasso when he himself walks in. Picasso seems not to remember Suzanne though they had clearly spent time together, this ruins all of the high regard she had once had for Picasso.= Picasso and Einstein form a friendship on the basis that they are both artists in their own unique ways. At first Picasso argues that Einstein cannot be an artist because all he deals with is numbers, but Einstein helps Picasso realize that they are in fact similar in their designs. While they continue to debate this point another artist from the future enters, who surprisingly looks and acts like Elvis Presley. The visitor acts as a sign of things to come for Picasso. He shows Picasso that he will one day create a masterpiece that all people will admire. The play ends with the men standing in awe, thinking of what great things are to come. They all toast the new century that is about to begin.

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