The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
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  • Starring: Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P'Orridge
  • Summary: In 2000, one of the most innovative and influential figures in music and fine art for the last 30 years, Genesis P-Orridge, began a series of sex reassignment surgeries in order to more closely resemble his love, Lady Jaye (née Jacqueline Breyer), who remained his wife and artistic partner ffor nearly 15 years. It was the ultimate act of devotion, and Genesis’s most risky, ambitious, and subversive performance to date: he became a she in a triumphant act of artistic self-expression. Genesis called this project “Creating the Pandrogyne”, an attempt to deconstruct two individual identities through the creation of an indivisible third. This is a love story, and a portrait of two lives that illustrate the transformative powers of both love and art. (Adopt Films)… Expand
  • Director: Marie Losier
  • Genre(s): Biography, Romance, Music, Documentary
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Runtime: 65 min
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Lewis
    Mar 8, 2012
    100
    Most important, the relationship between P-Orridge and Lady Jaye comes off as heartfelt, and "Ballad" makes you feel something. Just like art.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Mar 6, 2012
    80
    Losier has made a quietly revolutionary work that treats a pair of people on the fringes with the decency all humans deserve.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Diego Costa
    Mar 7, 2012
    50
    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye tries so hard to keep up with the quirkiness and theatricality of its subjects that it ends up canceling them out.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    Mar 23, 2012
    38
    If it's art, it's only mildly interesting.

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