What flames? Richard Gere was abused in that manner in 1982. (Extra points if you guess the reference correctly, y’all.)
"Put your toes on the edge of that chalk line! I said, put your toes on the edge of that chalk line, ya' slimy worms! Where have ya' been all your lives? Listnen to Mick Jagger music and badmouthing your country, I bet."