Question.2454 - Fires In The Mirror Download Fires In The Mirroris not a traditional "play" but a performance involving a genre that, following Anna Deavere Smith's process, is referred to as "documentary theater."Write two paragraphs in response to these two points included in the handout with scenes from "Fires...":1. Respond with your understanding of what Dr. Cornel West means in his statement in the foreword, "Fires in the Mirror is a grand example of how art can constitute a public space that is perceived by people as empowering as opposed to disempowering."2. Respond with your understanding of how this statement by Anna Deavere Smith in the introduction, relates to her style of work: "I had not controlled the words. I had presented myself as an empty vessel, a repeater, and they (the words) had shown their power."
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