+1(316)4441378

+44-141-628-6690

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Research Paper

In her introduction to Twilight: Los Angeles(Focus on the book itself not the play), 1992, Anna Deavere Smith considers the relationship between the riots that followed the acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney King with the Watts Riots, which broke out in LA in August 1965 also following an act of police violence. Today, the play resonates with the social movements organized under the banner and hashtag #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) after the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Eric Harris, Walter Scott, Jonathan Ferrell, Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose and Freddie Gray, among others, at the hands of the police. Write an essay in which you explore how Smith’s performance piece helps us understand our own moment of wide-scale black resistance. Smith urges us to really listen to the voices of all those she interviewed for the performance. How does the imperative to listen–rather than simply respond or react–disrupt out own assumptions or attitudes about racial and/or economic privilege, the “right” to free speech, expression, association, and assembly, access to the public sphere, etc? Which monologues in Smith’s performance challenged you the most?

 

You can place an order similar to this with us. You are assured of an authentic custom paper delivered within the given deadline besides our 24/7 customer support all through.

 

Latest completed orders:

# topic title discipline academic level pages delivered
6
Writer's choice
Business
University
2
1 hour 32 min
7
Wise Approach to
Philosophy
College
2
2 hours 19 min
8
1980's and 1990
History
College
3
2 hours 20 min
9
pick the best topic
Finance
School
2
2 hours 27 min
10
finance for leisure
Finance
University
12
2 hours 36 min
[order_calculator]