So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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Balcony is a place which connects the private arena of home{here,the house of illusions},to outside world.in other words it connects the private with the public.it is a meeting point between the two.'The Balcony' is an apt title for the above mentioned play.in the play we can see the connection between Irma's house of illusions and the outside world.various people come to Irma's house of illusions to enact their fantasies.they take up the roles of various figures of powers and in this way critique these institutions of society.they lay bare in front of us,the hypocrisy and injustice pravelent in society.
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The Balcony by Jean Genet
urvashi, November 1, 2006
Balcony is a place which connects the private arena of home{here,the house of illusions},to outside world.in other words it connects the private with the public.it is a meeting point between the two.'The Balcony' is an apt title for the above mentioned play.in the play we can see the connection between Irma's house of illusions and the outside world.various people come to Irma's house of illusions to enact their fantasies.they take up the roles of various figures of powers and in this way critique these institutions of society.they lay bare in front of us,the hypocrisy and injustice pravelent in society.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)