Read the excerpt from act 2 of the monsters are due on
maple street
which best describes the effect of the stage directions in
this excerpt?
75. series of close shots - people 75.
man one
the stage directions demonstrate the fear of the people
in the crowd who realize that aliens caused the outage.
the stage directions highlight the fact that the crowd has
realized exactly who is to blame for the outage.
the stage directions emphasize the crowd mentality and
the idea that everyone is making strong accusations
the stage directions illustrate that several singular
people are making accusations, but the group intensity is
dying down
(shouting)
it isn't the kid
it's bob weaver's house.
woman one