"How much has Françoise gained from Picasso, career-wise, is left untapped in SURVIVING PICASSO, there is mentioning of promoting her works in passing, but the toil of unconditionally subsuming herself into his life raises a red flag for all comers. Picasso is unqualifiedly self-centered, his needs and whims are of utmost primacy. Perpetually, Françoise's life must be orbited around his and she should always be at the beck and call of his dictates, and that doesn't mean she is enough for him. Picasso is always on the lookout for new muses in the name of inspiration, that could leave those women with a permanent scar, like his first wife Olga Khokhlova (Lapotaire), a member of the looney tunes, or an embittered Dora Maar (Moore, sporting an Eastern European accent standoffishly and fiddling with mumblety-peg manically); then there is Marie-Thérèse Walter (Harker), who is able to keep her marbles, yet still pointedly proprietorial when she sees a newcomer getting his favor."
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