Most Californians know exactly what they were doing when the historical were read that acquitted the four LAPD officers, and sparked the civil unrest in Los Angeles. Anna Deavere Smith does an excellent job representing Los Angeles citizens in her theatrical piece entitled Twilight: Los Angeles 1992. Smith writes, 'Every person I include in the book, and who I perform, has a presence that is much more important than the information they give' (Smith: xxiv). In …showed first 75 words of 778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 778 total…much more important than the information,' Bill Bradley and Elaine Brown are just a few of the characters Smith is describing. Bill Bradley was a white Senator who people might have thought would have agreed with the actions of the LAPD but ironically he was angry. Senator Bradley's monologue contributes more to Smith's theatrical piece because of this irony. I wonder what our world would like if we had more Senator's like Bill Bradley?