# @patricipettis12 on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbbNcdGR0Kq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68543525-patricipettis12-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-30T17:19:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Patricia Pettis (@patricipettis12) — https://gondola.cc/patricipettis12

## Caption

#Repost dreamsarewhatlecinemaisfor
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THE BALCONY (1963) 

A thief (Ruby Dee) turns the tables of power on a judge (Peter Brocco) in a cathartic moment of role-playing in the screen adaptation of openly gay French dramatist Jean Genet's 1957 absurdist satire "The Balcony." 

Directed by Joseph Strick. Screenplay by Ben Maddow. Starring Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, and Leonard Nimoy.
Music by Igor Stravinsky
#rubydee #legend #thebalcony #theateroftheabsurd surrealism jeangenet stagetoscreen blackactresses civilrightsactivist blackfilmhistory 60sfilms igorstravinsky ShelleyWinters leegrant peterfalk LeonardNimoy avantgardecinema lgbtqartists

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- **Views:** 362
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## Tags

theateroftheabsurd, rubydee, legend, thebalcony, repost

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