For many, Anna Deavere Smith's work remains an influential touchstone of the uprising, which are being explored artistically across town for the 20th anniversary.When Anna Deavere Smith first staged her one-woman docu-play "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," a myopic journalist pointedly asked her, "Don't you think your work will have a brief shelf life?"
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AM on April 29, 2012