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Fires in the Mirror

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words of 26 different people, in 29 monologues, Smith explores how and why these people signaled their identities, how they perceived and responded to people different from themselves, and how barriers between groups can be breached. "My sense is that American character lives not in one place or the other", Smith writes in her introduction to the play, "but in the gaps between the places, and in our struggle to be together in our differences." The title of the play suggests a vision of art as a site of reflection where the passions and fires of a specific moment can be examined from a new angle, contemplated, and better understood.
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neighborhood. During these, a group of black youths attacked and fatally injured Yankel Rosenbaum, a Jewish student visiting from Australia. Days of rioting ensued, exposing to national scrutiny the depth of the racial divisions in Crown Heights. The rioting resulted in 190 injuries, 129 arrests, and an estimated one million dollars in property damage.
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is a postmodern play. According to David Rush, characteristics of a postmodern play include the minimization of a single "author"; its purpose is to engage the audience rather than express one point of view. There may be multiple narratives interacting with each other, the structure departs from the
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Richards, David (17 May 1992). "And Now, a Word From Off Broadway: SUNDAY VIEW/ 'Fires in the Mirror' reflects on violence and what lies beyond. 'Ruthless!' hooks the shark in the cherub. 'Empty Hearts' is a courtroom whydunit. 'One of the All-Time Greats' isn't. And Now, a Word From Off Broadway".
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Smith interviewed residents of Crown Heights, including participants in the disturbances, as well as leading politicians, writers, musicians, religious leaders, and intellectuals. From this material, she chose which figures to highlight and speeches to use in the monologues of her play. Through the
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is staged as a one-person play. In the original production, there was no real physical set and Deavere used a limited number of props and costumes. Black-and-white photographs were displayed behind Smith as she moved from one monologue and character to the next. She slightly changed her appearance
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is divided into themed sections. The themes include elements of personal identity, differences in physical appearance, differences in race, and the feelings toward the riot incidents. The overall arc of the play flows from broad personal identity issues, to physical identity, to issues of race and
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has also been produced by the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey; Brown University, Stanford University, Royal Court Theatre in London, and many others. It was presented as part of the 1994 Melbourne International Arts Festival in
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The play is a series of monologues based on interviews conducted by Smith with people involved in the Crown Heights crisis, both directly and as observers and commentators. Each scene is titled with the person's name and a key phrase from that interview. There are a total of 29 monologues in
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Jews, a car driven by a Jewish man veered onto a sidewalk and struck two children, killing Gavin Cato, a 7-year-old Caribbean-American boy. The death, and what the African-American community perceived as a delayed response of city emergency medical personnel, sparked protests by them in the
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is composed of monologues taken directly by Smith from transcripts of the interviews she conducted with the people whom she portrays in the play. She interviewed more than 100 individuals in the course of creating this play. It is considered a pioneering example of the genre known as
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Smith provides information as to where each interview was done, including the settings and environment, other people who were near, and when the interviews took place. This emphasizes the fact that the play was drawn from the words of people who were directly involved with events.
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of World War II and slavery history of the United States, defining periods for each ethnic group. In addition, they express the often-fraught relationships between the two ethnic groups and the police, as well as the perceptions of the relationships between each other.
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No Blood in His Feet – Rabbi Joseph Spielman describes the riot events; he believes that blacks lied about the events surrounding the death of the boy Cato in order to start anti-Semitic riots. He focuses on the malicious intent of the black kids who stabbed
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and each one focuses on a character's opinion and point of view of the events and issues surrounding the crisis. Most characters have one monologue; the Reverend Al Sharpton, Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Norman Rosenbaum have two monologues each.
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Rhythm and Poetry – Rapper Monique Matthews discusses the perception of rap and the attitude toward women in the hip-hop culture. She explains the need for women in that culture to be more confident and not accept being viewed as sexual
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By showing many different points of view and opinions on the issue of the riot, the play highlights that there are not just two sides, divided by race, but rather many different individual attitudes, emotions, and opinions.
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Wa Wa Wa – Anonymous Young Man #1 explains his view on the differences of police contact with the Jewish and Black communities, and how he thinks there is no justice for blacks as Jews are never arrested.
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Static – An anonymous Lubavitcher woman tells a humorous story of getting a young black boy from the neighborhood to turn off their radio during the Sabbath because no one in their family was allowed to.
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The Desert – Ntozake Shange discusses Identity in terms of the self fitting into the community as a whole and the feeling of being separate from others but still somewhat a part of the whole.
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Look in the Mirror – An anonymous girl talks about how racial identity is extremely important in her school and the girls act, dress, and wear their hair according to the racial groups.
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in August 1991) and its aftermath through the viewpoints of African-American and Jewish people, mostly based in New York City, who were connected directly and indirectly to the riot.
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Seven Verses – Minister Conrad Mohammed theorizes and explains that blacks are God's "chosen people", and expresses his views on the suffering of blacks at the hands of white people.
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My Brother's Blood – Norman Rosenbaum speaks at a rally about wanting justice for his brother's murder, and says that he doesn't believe the police are doing all that they can.
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Chords – Sonny Carson describes his personal contributions in the black community, and how he is trying to teach blacks to act against the white power structure.
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Bad Boy – Anonymous Young Man #2 explains that the black kid who was blamed for Rosenbaum's murder was an athlete and therefore would not have killed anyone
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Wigs – Rivkah Siegal discusses the difficulty behind the custom of wearing wigs. She focuses on how she feels like she is not herself and that she is fake.
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Prominent African-American activist in her late 40s. Author, orator, and scholar. Then a Professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the
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Director of the Crown Heights Youth Collective and Co-director of Project CURE (a black-Hasidic basketball team that was developed after the riots)
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Lubavitcher youth and member of project CURE, 17 years old at the time of the riot. He worked as an assistant chaplain at Kings County Hospital.
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Rope – Angela Davis talks about the changes in history of Blacks and Whites and then continuing need to find ways to come together as people.
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The play is written as verse. Smith uses lines, ellipses, and other notation, to express how people expressed themselves in each interview.
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Lousy Language – Robert Sherman explains that words like "bias" and "discrimination" are not specific enough, leading to poor communication.
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Mirrors and Distortions – Aaron M. Bernstein intellectually theorizes how mirrors can distort images both scientifically and in literature.
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and mannerisms for each character. Throughout most of her performance, she was dressed in black pants and white shirt, and was barefoot.
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Mexican Standoff – The Reverend Canon Doctor Heron Sam says that he feels the Jewish community was unconcerned with the killing of Cato.
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is the resentment anger between two ethnic groups in the densely populated area of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in New York City: the
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Lingering – Carmel Cato closes the play by describing the trauma of seeing his son die, and his resentment toward powerful Jews.
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101 Dalmatians – George C. Wolfe talks about racial identity and argues that "blackness" is extremely different from "whiteness"
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Knew How to Use Certain Words – Henry Rice describes his personal involvement in the events and the injustice he suffered.
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talks about trying to sue the driver who hit Gavin Cato, and complains about bias in the judicial system and the media.
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says that blacks attack Jews because Jews are the only ones that listen to them and do not simply ignore their attacks.
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to Jewish religious chants. The music is meant to pair with the author's background or the essence of each monologue.
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The Coup – Roslyn Malamud blames the police and black leaders for letting the events and crisis get out of control.
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African-American playwright who was also director/producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival. (served 1993–2004)
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Orthodox Jewish community and the African-American community. The monologues refer to such historic events as
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survivor, who was forced by the Nazis to load his wife and children onto a train headed for the gas chambers.
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Ovens – Rabbi Shea Hecht does not believe integration is the solution to the problems of race relations.
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Sixteen Hours Difference – Norman Rosenbaum talks about first hearing the news of his brother's death.
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Rage – Richard Green says that there are no role models for black youths, leading to rage among them.
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Executive Director of the City of New York's Increase the Peace Corps (part of the Mayor's Office).
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is a collection of multiple voices and points of view. It is a hybrid of theater and journalism.
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Pogroms – Reuven Ostrov describes how Jews got scared because there are "Jew-haters" everywhere.
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and starred Anna Deavere Smith. Aired in 1993, it was produced by Cherie Fortis and filmed by "
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A junior high, teen-age black girl of Haitian descent. Lives in Brooklyn. (near Crown Heights)
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Crown Heights resident, an African-American young man in his late teens or early twenties.
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he would always wear his hair straightened and that it was not due to anything racial.
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resident of Crown Heights, Caribbean-American man in his late teens or early twenties.
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Jewish man in his fifties. Physicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Smith presented a first workshop production of the play in December 1991 at
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ethnicity, and finally ending in issues relating to the Crown Heights riot.
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in August 1991. In that racially divided neighborhood, populated largely by
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O'CONNOR, John J. (28 Apr 1993). "One-Woman Show on Black vs. Jew".
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Australia at the Victorian Arts Centre (now Arts Centre Melbourne).
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Many of the monologues are accompanied by music, ranging from black
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Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
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Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
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on May 1, 1992. Its official press opening was on May 12, 1992.
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conventional play pattern, and the play is usually fragmented.
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42- to 45-year-old African-American playwright, poet, novelist.
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Me and James's Thing – Al Sharpton explains that he promised
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Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council.
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in 1993. In 1994, Deavere received the award again, for her
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African-American pastor at St. Mark's Crown Heights Church.
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Well-known African-American New York activist and minister.
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African-American minister of New York associated with the
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A film of the play was adapted under the direction of
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Lubavitcher woman. Graphic designer. Age unspecified.
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Anna Deavere Smith
The Public Theater
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Anna Deavere Smith
Crown Heights riot
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
verbatim theatre
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show
Anna Deavere Smith
Crown Heights riot
Brooklyn, New York
African Americans
Chabad
Hasidic
Ntozake Shange
George C. Wolfe
Al Sharpton
Angela Davis
University of California, Santa Cruz
Leonard Jeffries
City University of New York
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Ms. Magazine
Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
Rosalynn Malamud
Guyana
James Brown
Leonard Jeffries
Roots

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