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World Masterpeuices

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, Enlightenment author and greatest comic dramatist of all times

Jean-Jaques Rousseau, philosopher, novelist, composer, language and music theorist, and single most important Enlightenment writer

Act I
SCENE 1. Moliere and Rousseau are up in heaven

R: Hey Moliere is that you?
M: Yes, may I ask your name again?
R: Yeah it's Rousseau.
M: Ah, it's been a long time since I've seen you. Sorry, my memory doesn't always serve me right anymore.
R: No, you've never met me before. I just remember learning about you back when I was on earth.
M: Oh, you're Rousseau, the Romantic writer, not to mention many other hobbies. Yes I've heard about you. Speaking of earth, things are really screwed up nowadays. Have you seen what I'm talking about?
R: Yes indeed. As a matter of fact, I was just going to check out the telescopes.
M: Oh really, I haven't been there in a while.
R: Yeah, you want to join me?
M: Sure, might as well.

SCENE 2. Moliere and Rousseau at the telescopes

R: There's a couple right over here we can use.
M: What do you want to look at?
R: Let's check out this World Masterpiece class where they're talking about me right now.
M: Sounds good to me.
R: I can't believe that. Out of all of my great literature they picked Confessions to read. That was a piece of crap I wrote just to get a few things off my chest and they're hailing it as a World Masterpiece?
M: Well, at least they're reading some of your work.
R: Whopptie doo! Why don't they have the students read some of my real masterpieces like The Social Contract or Discourse on Inequality?
M: I don't know, why don't they?
R: Haven't you read any of my works?
M: Sorry, after leaving earth and coming to this paradise, I figured it was best to stay away from anymore earthly influence.
R: Well yes, you've got a point there. But my point is that students aren't reading my really good literature, like the two I mentioned earlier, for a reason.
M: And...