:07:02
...or it is not.
:07:04
Scientists teII me that human history...
:07:07
...that the worId is five biIIion
or six biIIion years oId.
:07:14
After aII, what's a biIIion years,
give or take?
:07:18
But the BibIe teIIs me
that human history is 6,000 years oId.
:07:23
The Word is either sufficient or it is not.
:07:29
In laramie, popuIation 26,687...
:07:33
...the first thing to greet us was WaI Mart.
:07:36
This couId be any main drag in America.
Fast food chains, gas stations.
:07:40
But as we drove into the downtown area,
by the raiIroad tracks...
:07:44
...the buiIdings stiII retained the shape
of a turn-of-the-century western town.
:07:48
As we passed the University Inn...
:07:50
...on the sign where amenities such as
heated pool, cable TV are usually touted...
:07:56
...it said, ''Hate is not a Laramie value.''
:08:06
So how did you wind up here?
:08:09
WeII, when it came time to go to coIIege...
:08:11
...my parents couIdn't reaIIy afford
to send me to coIIege.
:08:14
I knew that I wanted to study theatre...
:08:16
...and I knew that if I wanted to go
to coIIege, I had to get on a schoIarship.
:08:21
There's this competition
that they have every year.
:08:24
It's Iike a Wyoming state
high schooI competition thing.
:08:28
I came to the University, to the theatre
department, to Iook for some good scenes.
:08:33
I asked the professor, I said,
''You know, I need a kiIIer scene.''
:08:37
And he's Iike,
''Here. Here you go. This is it.''
:08:40
-What was it?
-That was Angels in America.
:08:43
I read that and I'm Iike, this is okay.
:08:46
I can win Best Scene
if I just do a good enough job.
:08:49
So I teII my parents, so they can come
see me in the competition.
:08:54
They brought me in the room
and they sat me down...
:08:56
...and they said that they wouIdn't come
to see me if I did that scene.