(The camera takes us across the porches again. A man is replacing a light bulb and on a front porch. He gets off his stool to flick the switch and finds that nothing happens. Another man is working on an electric
power mower. He plugs in the plug, flicks the switch of the mover off and on, but nothing happens.
Through a window we see a woman pushing her finger up and down on a dial hook of a telephone. Her
voice sounds far away.)
What does the stage direction tell you as a reader? If you were creating this scene as a director or
actor, how would this stage direction help you create the scene? How do stage directions contribute
to the overall message of a play or teleplay? (Answer all of the questions and use complete
sentences.)