According to Los Angeles Times, "Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman docu-play "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" is among the most durable artworks to emerge from the ashes of L.A.'s 1992 riots." Said riots were a result of the Rodney King Controversy of around the same time period, when 4 police officers brutally beat an African-American man when arresting him on charges of driving under the influence. After the acquittal of all four police officers, riots in LA caused 53 deaths, and over 1, 000 fires. Smith's one-woman show is a retelling of over nine months' worth of interviews, that she did with over 200 people. It tells a story without actually telling a story, using words verbatim from all her interviewees.
