Genre
Anna Deveare Smith’s Fires in the Mirror is a unique kind of play. Since it is a collection of real people’s thoughts and opinions, it is not a piece of work originating from Smith’s thoughts, so there is not one singular author voice or point of view. However, there is an author concern and Smith makes it quite apparent.
Fires in the Mirror is a unique hybrid of genres, including aspects of melodrama, tragedy, and comedy, but it is not limited to only those genres. It is coined Docudrama. This is because it is a play about actual historical events. There is no personal commentary from Smith as the author and it is instead solely the words of the characters (real life people) involved in the events.
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