Connecting Dialogue to Perspective TOMMY
They don't want us to leave. That's why they shut
everything off.
STEVE
What makes you say that? Whatever gave you that idea?
WOMAN ONE
Which lines of dialogue best help the audience
understand Tommy's perspective?
O "Whatever gave you that idea?"
O "What makes you say that?"
O "Now isn't that the craziest thing you ever heard?"
O "It's always that way, in ever story I ever read.
(from the crowd)
Now isn't that the craziest thing you ever heard?
TOMMY
(persistently but a little intimidated by the crowd)
It's always that way, in every story I ever read about a
ship landing from outer space.
- The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,
Rod Serling
Done