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building orchestration]
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On this edition...
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Tony Award-winning designer
William Ivey Long
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returns to his roots
atThe Lost Colony...
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then, head to the woods
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with naturalist, herbalist,
and storyteller Doug Elliott
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for a glimpse at his southern
Appalachian lifestyle
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and his passion
to connect with nature.
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♪
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[dramatic arrangement]
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[fire crackling]
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(narrator)
September 11th, 2007,
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a catastrophic day
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for North Carolina's
most famous outdoor drama--
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[dark piano
and string composition]
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all the costumes
forThe Lost Colony
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reduced to ashes.
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♪
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I get a phone call
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from the producer
at that point, and, uh--
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saying every piece
of clothing,
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every piece of history,
every reference book,
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every book, every armor,
Andy Griffith's sword,
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all burned up, all gone,
all the history of design,
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the history of design
through all those decades
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was gone in a flash,
and then AP called.
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Their question was,
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"Well, what's the most
valuable thing you lost?"
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And I said,
"Oh, Andy Griffith's sword!
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He wore it
as Sir Walter Raleigh."
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We kept it, and we used it
on special nights,
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and you know,
it was irreplaceable
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because it's in all
the photographs.
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He's kneeling, holding it,
and everything.
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And, uh, the next morning,
in the morning,
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[imitating Andy Griffith]
"Billy? This is Andy.
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I've got the sword."
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(narrator)
William Ivey Long
knows every prop
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and stitch of clothing
inThe Lost Colony.
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He grew up there,
in fact,
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but it wasn't
his first theater experience.
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(Long)
Well, once upon a time,
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when I was, I guess,
six weeks old,
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I was brought back
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from the hospital experience
in Raleigh
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to the outdoor amphitheater
of the Raleigh Little Theater
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stage left dressing room.
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It is still there
to this day,
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and that became
my first home--
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first home with walls
and a ceiling--
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and I lived there
with my parents
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for three years--
my first three years--
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until my brother was expected,
and then they thought,
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"Maybe we should have
a proper home."
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But it was
my first proper home,
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and you can remember
back to three.
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I remember, you--
you would open the door
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outside of that--
you know, to go outside,
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and the first step you took
was onto the stage.
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Then to the left
would be the auditorium
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and all the seats,
and to the right--
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much more important for me--
was the rose garden,
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because there was a fountain
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with a cherub
holding a dolphin
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and all these roses,
but mostly
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there was the fountain
and the water,
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and I just wanted
to go swimming all the time.
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And to grow up,
literally, on a stage
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has set the tone
for my entire life.
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My parents--
I'm named after my father,
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who was William Ivey Long,
and my mother Mary Wood Long.
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They both
were from farm families--
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actually, my father
from farm family,
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my mother from lumber family.
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They met at Chapel Hill.
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They both
were Carolina PlayMakers,
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which was one of the sponsors
ofThe Lost Colony.
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The Carolina PlayMakers
were, uh, focused and--
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and concerned
about folk drama.
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And of course,
The Lost Colony
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is sort of
the ultimate folk drama.
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It's the beginning
of who we are,
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first colony, uh,
established in North America
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by English people.
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My brother and I
and my sister, uh,
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have all been
inThe Lost Colony.
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We had to wait
until we were eight,
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and then,
they deemed us old enough
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to be allowed to run around
in the dark, barefooted,
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backstage
with strange theater people,
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and then by 12,
I was prop master.
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I was precocious.
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I'm a natural list maker.
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I'm a Virgo,
born in August,
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so, of course,
I'm organized and make lists,
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so, of course,
you know,
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prop master
was the natural next step.
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But by 18,
I was tech director myself.
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Then I went off to school
at Yale drama school,
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which is all about the plays--
"the play's the thing."
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I was a set designer.
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That's what I wanted to do.
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I was gonna be
the stage designer
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of all time.
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And I've taken only
one course in costume design
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in my entire life.
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Isn't that crazy?
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[swelling strings
introduce busy score]
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(narrator)
Like all aspiring
theater people,
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William felt the pull
of New York City.
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♪
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(Long)
I was, at the beginning--
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I moved
to the famous Chelsea Hotel,
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because I was, uh,
just desperate to be--
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land in the middle of it,
in the thick of New York.
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Well, boy, did I--
ha, ha, ha!
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The famous,
infamous Chelsea Hotel--
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I lived there
for my first five years
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on the front,
05:49.482 --> 05:52.018 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
next to the Chelsea Hotel
sign, uh,
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and I was in room 411.
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What is 411?
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That's information.
05:57.123 --> 05:59.692 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
So I would get calls
on the house phone
05:59.792 --> 06:01.494 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
from the most
interesting voices
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that sound oddly familiar,
and I had a phone book,
06:05.131 --> 06:08.601 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
and I would look up the number
and tell it to 'em.
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So, I have never--
I've almost never, never,
06:11.070 --> 06:13.072 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
never gotten a job
from an interview.
06:13.172 --> 06:16.609 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
I have only gotten a job
from the person
06:16.709 --> 06:18.945 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
who sat to the left
of me in school
06:19.045 --> 06:20.680 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
or to the right of me
06:20.780 --> 06:23.049 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and with whom
I did a lot of productions
06:23.149 --> 06:26.252 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and saved the day with,
"Oh, here's the perfect--"
06:26.352 --> 06:27.687 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
fill in the blank:
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shirt, shoe,
blouse, pannier, um.
06:30.590 --> 06:33.259 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
"Oh, I understand how to solve
that character dilemma.
06:33.359 --> 06:35.261 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
Let me think--
figure it out."
06:35.361 --> 06:38.731 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
So that's the only way
I've ever gotten any jobs.
06:38.831 --> 06:42.034 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
So I never got a--
for three years,
06:42.135 --> 06:43.636 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
no one would hire me.
06:43.736 --> 06:45.238 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
Finally,
I get a call.
06:45.338 --> 06:48.207 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
A friend of mine had a job
as the set designer
06:48.307 --> 06:49.842 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
forInspector General
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at the Circle in the Square,
and the late, great--
06:52.612 --> 06:54.247 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
he just passed away--
Liviu Ciulei,
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Romanian director,
was directing it.
06:55.982 --> 06:58.651 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75%
He said, "Oh, get me someone
to do the costumes."
06:58.751 --> 07:00.520 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
So she said,
"I've got a friend--"
07:00.620 --> 07:02.455 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
He said, "Fine,
let's just start work."
07:02.555 --> 07:04.056 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
So, I didn't even interview.
07:04.157 --> 07:06.125 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
I just came
with my portfolio, so proud.
07:06.225 --> 07:07.994 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
"Oh, look,
maybe you get this job,"
07:08.094 --> 07:09.862 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5%
and he just started
giving me notes.
07:09.962 --> 07:11.931 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
That's how I got
my first Broadway show.
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Just like that--
"Oh, I've got a friend."
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♪
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(man)
Yes, of course,
he's fashionable,
07:20.840 --> 07:23.342 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
but that's not why
you hire William
07:23.443 --> 07:25.244 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
to create your costumes.
07:25.344 --> 07:27.880 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
You hire him
because he understands
07:27.980 --> 07:30.216 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
he's designing for character,
07:30.316 --> 07:34.554 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
for theme, for plot,
and, of course, uh,
07:34.654 --> 07:36.556 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
he's sexy and fashionable.
07:36.656 --> 07:38.724 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
But it's the other stuff
that comes first.
07:38.825 --> 07:41.060 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
How do you tell the story?
07:41.160 --> 07:43.830 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
And William
is extremely helpful, uh, in--
07:43.930 --> 07:47.567 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
in carrying his weight
in telling the story
07:47.667 --> 07:49.635 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
that the author intended.
07:49.735 --> 07:52.305 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
I--I start
by reading the play
07:52.405 --> 07:56.742 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and researching the period,
and, you see--and, oh, it--
07:56.843 --> 07:59.145 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
it's high--high style;
it's high style.
07:59.245 --> 08:02.181 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
It's rich people in Paris
who go out the weekend
08:02.281 --> 08:03.916 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40%
to misbehave,
and, of course,
08:04.016 --> 08:05.952 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
it all--
all hell breaks loose.
08:06.052 --> 08:09.155 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
And so this is 1959,
uh, Balenciaga.
08:09.255 --> 08:12.058 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
These are--because
they do dress for dinner,
08:12.158 --> 08:13.793 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
it's called
Don't Dress for Dinner,
08:13.893 --> 08:15.661 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5%
but they do dress
for dinner now.
08:15.761 --> 08:17.330 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40%
[sarcastically]
Ha, ha, ha!
08:17.430 --> 08:20.166 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Anyway, uh, look at these
reference pictures.
08:20.266 --> 08:21.834 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
I always do
this beforehand
08:21.934 --> 08:24.270 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
and surround myself
with walls and walls
08:24.370 --> 08:26.005 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
of these research
pictures, but John--
08:26.105 --> 08:28.040 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
the set designer
came and, you see,
08:28.140 --> 08:29.976 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40%
his original set
was very beige,
08:30.076 --> 08:31.944 align:left position:47.5%,start line:83% size:42.5%
but after looking
at how well
08:32.044 --> 08:33.946 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
these colors work
with everything, um,
08:34.046 --> 08:36.015 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
he brought in more
of this burnt umber,
08:36.115 --> 08:37.783 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
this very light burnt umber,
08:37.884 --> 08:40.253 align:left position:47.5%,start line:83% size:42.5%
just to say,
and I people them
08:40.353 --> 08:43.089 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
after the set designer's
created the world.
08:43.189 --> 08:45.558 align:left position:50%,start line:5% size:40%
Who...are...you?
08:45.658 --> 08:46.826 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
Me?
08:46.926 --> 08:48.961 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
(man #2)
It's her; you know who.
08:49.061 --> 08:50.863 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45%
I haven't the
faintest idea who!
08:50.963 --> 08:52.999 align:left position:55%,start line:77% size:35%
Why do you
think I was
going bananas?
08:53.099 --> 08:54.667 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25%
Trying to
keep warm?
08:54.767 --> 08:56.536 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80%
I didn't know
what you
were doing.
08:56.636 --> 08:58.137 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
You mean,
it isn't her.
08:58.237 --> 08:59.872 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
Course it isn't her!
08:59.972 --> 09:02.575 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80%
Well, if it
isn't her,
who is it?
09:02.675 --> 09:04.577 align:left position:60%,start line:77% size:30%
That's what
I'm trying
to find out!
09:04.677 --> 09:06.078 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
[audience chuckling]
09:06.178 --> 09:07.747 align:left position:60%,start line:89% size:30%
Who are you?
09:07.847 --> 09:09.549 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
I'm his girlfriend.
09:09.649 --> 09:12.184 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
[audience laughing]
09:12.285 --> 09:14.253 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Long)
And I do my first sketches
09:14.353 --> 09:15.855 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
after the research,
like this.
09:15.955 --> 09:17.323 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
These are calledthumbnails.
09:17.423 --> 09:19.625 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Here are the men;
here's the husband,
09:19.725 --> 09:22.028 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
the lover,
and the husband of the cook.
09:22.128 --> 09:25.398 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
And I show them in order,
and then I color them in,
09:25.498 --> 09:27.099 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
and you can actually--
09:27.199 --> 09:28.834 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
when you see
these bigger pictures,
09:28.935 --> 09:31.270 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
you can see that
09:28.935 --> 09:31.270 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
I'
09:28.935 --> 09:31.270 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
ve really sort of solved
09:31.370 --> 09:33.773 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
most of the proportion
09:31.370 --> 09:33.773 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
an
09:31.370 --> 09:33.773 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
d color problems right here.
09:33.873 --> 09:36.342 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
And here are the ladies
09:33.873 --> 09:36.342 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
an
09:33.873 --> 09:36.342 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
d the same thing--
09:36.442 --> 09:38.878 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
here's the mistress,
09:36.442 --> 09:38.878 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
th
09:36.442 --> 09:38.878 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
e wife, and the cook.
09:38.978 --> 09:41.914 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
So then I do her big ball gown,
you see, blue.
09:42.014 --> 09:44.250 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
I have this theory
that ladies of the house
09:44.350 --> 09:46.886 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
either dress to stand out
from their environs--
09:46.986 --> 09:49.221 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
environments
or to blend into it, um.
09:49.322 --> 09:51.791 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
She stand out from it,
'cause the blue stands out
09:51.891 --> 09:53.225 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
from all this beige.
09:53.326 --> 09:55.928 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
The best friend
and lover of the wife--
09:56.028 --> 09:57.363 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
I match them up.
09:57.463 --> 09:58.965 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
You do things like this.
09:59.065 --> 10:00.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
I call it
Kiss Me, Katedesigning.
10:00.933 --> 10:02.902 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
They are matched
because they are the ones
10:03.002 --> 10:04.637 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
having an affair
at the beginning.
10:04.737 --> 10:06.372 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
This is not
in the script.
10:06.472 --> 10:08.674 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
This is what I proffered
to the production.
10:08.774 --> 10:11.844 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
Well, the day begins
with the staff coming at 9.
10:11.944 --> 10:13.980 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
So I've prepared
all the projects
10:14.080 --> 10:16.015 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and their notes--
really annoying notes--
10:16.115 --> 10:17.383 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
on everyone's desk,
10:17.483 --> 10:19.118 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and then
we're off and running.
10:19.218 --> 10:22.355 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
And the phones start ringing,
and all the projects call.
10:22.455 --> 10:24.156 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
"I need this; I need that."
10:24.256 --> 10:26.959 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
So there's a lot
of technical support work
10:27.059 --> 10:29.495 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
that's done, first off,
around the globe,
10:29.595 --> 10:31.497 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
whatever country
Chicagois touring
10:31.597 --> 10:33.499 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
or something else
our producers--
10:33.599 --> 10:35.601 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Hairspray,they're still
touring all around--
10:35.701 --> 10:40.072 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and then the--the actual--
that day, uh, begins.
10:40.172 --> 10:41.807 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
And sometimes,
people come for fittings.
10:41.907 --> 10:43.476 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
Sometimes,
I go to fittings.
10:43.576 --> 10:45.745 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Then, if it's rehearsing
in the afternoon,
10:45.845 --> 10:48.314 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
the latest show,
I go and have a wig fitting,
10:48.414 --> 10:50.883 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
or they want to show me
a new dance number
10:50.983 --> 10:52.918 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
and why the shoes
are not working,
10:53.019 --> 10:55.554 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
and I do that, and then
the evening performance.
10:55.655 --> 10:57.590 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
I'm supposed to be
at least two--
10:57.690 --> 10:59.925 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
at two shows
in previews tonight.
11:00.026 --> 11:01.861 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
So I will go
back and forth,
11:01.961 --> 11:03.929 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and then I go for notes
afterwards.
11:04.030 --> 11:06.699 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
So I'm done
by about 1 o'clock--1 a.m.--
11:06.799 --> 11:08.834 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
and then I get up at 5.
11:08.934 --> 11:10.836 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
Now, that's not all the time.
11:10.936 --> 11:12.838 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
That's--
that's on a good day.
11:12.938 --> 11:15.074 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
I'm happy to be working.
11:15.174 --> 11:17.977 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(narrator)
Seaboard, North Carolina,
up in Northampton County,
11:18.077 --> 11:21.313 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
is about as different
from New York as you can get,
11:21.414 --> 11:23.182 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
but it's William's
family home,
11:23.282 --> 11:25.051 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
and it tugs at him.
11:25.151 --> 11:27.319 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
As the town's fortunes
have declined,
11:27.420 --> 11:30.756 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
William has stepped in,
putting in a health clinic,
11:30.856 --> 11:32.291 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
buying the old school
11:32.391 --> 11:34.260 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
where his father
learned playwriting...
11:34.360 --> 11:37.229 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(Long)
We took out
all the really rotted stuff
11:37.329 --> 11:39.765 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
so we could get
at the asbestos.
11:39.865 --> 11:41.434 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
Now, it looks just insane.
11:41.534 --> 11:43.169 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
I love the way it looks.
11:43.269 --> 11:45.037 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
I actually love the way
this looks--
11:45.137 --> 11:46.539 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
very Tennessee Williams.
11:46.639 --> 11:47.940 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
(narrator)
...and partnering
11:48.040 --> 11:49.642 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
with North Carolina
State University
11:49.742 --> 11:52.778 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
on a school
of fashion and costume.
11:52.878 --> 11:56.415 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
And I've spent the last--
about 12 years, uh,
11:56.515 --> 12:00.252 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
trying to help the town
become whole again.
12:00.352 --> 12:02.054 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
(narrator)
A home in New York
12:02.154 --> 12:04.123 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and a home in Seaboard
should be enough
12:04.223 --> 12:05.725 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
for one person, right?
12:05.825 --> 12:08.794 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
Especially someone as busy
as William Ivey Long.
12:08.894 --> 12:10.863 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
Then I just thought,
OK, now I'm sailing.
12:10.963 --> 12:13.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
I've broken through the curse
of no one will hire me,
12:13.766 --> 12:15.968 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
and look, I'm doing this one
and this one.
12:16.068 --> 12:17.570 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
Oh, I'm not going back.
12:17.670 --> 12:19.872 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
You know, I won't go back
toLost Colony.
12:19.972 --> 12:22.208 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
I've got more things--
more important things to do,
12:22.308 --> 12:25.211 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and I just thought, "Oh,
I'm gonna be a New Yorker."
12:25.311 --> 12:27.246 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
Well, for 15 years I tried.
12:27.346 --> 12:29.682 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
So then I come back
to the 50th anniversary.
12:29.782 --> 12:31.383 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45%
Good grief.
12:31.484 --> 12:34.019 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50%
I was blown away.
12:34.120 --> 12:37.857 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Somehow it was the right time,
the right place.
12:37.957 --> 12:41.160 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
I was at the right moment,
and I thought--
12:41.260 --> 12:43.028 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
I had one
of those lightbulbs,
12:43.129 --> 12:44.897 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
those big lightbulbs
that go off,
12:44.997 --> 12:46.365 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
those Edison lightbulbs,
12:46.465 --> 12:48.601 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
and I realized
that I had learned
12:48.701 --> 12:52.238 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
every single thing I knew
down here.
12:52.338 --> 12:53.906 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
And I thought, "Well, I--
12:54.006 --> 12:55.908 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
I just have
to work there again."
12:56.008 --> 12:57.810 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
[fire crackling]
12:57.910 --> 12:59.812 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
The phoenix quotient--
heh--
12:59.912 --> 13:02.414 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
out of the flames, uh--
13:02.515 --> 13:06.752 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
the phoenix bird morphed
into historical accuracy.
13:06.852 --> 13:09.889 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
That was the phoenix
because we had a chance
13:09.989 --> 13:13.425 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
for the very first time
since 1937 to reimagine,
13:13.526 --> 13:17.129 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
all at the same time,
the entire picture.
13:17.229 --> 13:19.965 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5%
I watched him
as he was doing,
13:20.065 --> 13:22.968 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
off and on,
the new Indian costumes.
13:23.068 --> 13:26.071 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
He went to the only source
we have.
13:26.172 --> 13:29.842 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Governor John White,
who was in the 1584 expedition
13:29.942 --> 13:33.045 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and the '85
and the '87 expedition
13:33.145 --> 13:37.716 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
to Roanoke Island,
had drawn the Native Indians,
13:37.817 --> 13:40.953 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
kings, maidens,
and so forth,
13:41.053 --> 13:45.090 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and William Ivey took
those sketches of John White
13:45.191 --> 13:46.859 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
and interpreted them
13:46.959 --> 13:50.229 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
so that they
could be used for years.
13:50.329 --> 13:54.133 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
We never have a costume
that is made for one year.
13:54.233 --> 13:57.503 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
Ten years, at least,
they've got to be worn,
13:57.603 --> 14:00.139 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
and that was a real, uh--
14:00.239 --> 14:03.275 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
a real change in theColony
when he did that.
14:03.375 --> 14:06.278 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
I am optimistic that
The Lost Colonywill survive.
14:06.378 --> 14:08.681 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5%
There is a story
being told here,
14:08.781 --> 14:10.883 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
and it goes to the root--
14:10.983 --> 14:14.286 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40%
hokey, uh,
corny, uh,
14:14.386 --> 14:15.821 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45%
grassroots--
14:15.921 --> 14:18.257 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
all those
seemingly negative terms.
14:18.357 --> 14:19.525 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5%
Guess what?
14:19.625 --> 14:21.126 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
That's what hits the heart.
14:21.227 --> 14:22.862 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
Franklin Roosevelt
came to the opening
14:22.962 --> 14:25.431 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
or came to Virginia Dare's
birthday for a reason.
14:25.531 --> 14:27.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
He showed up and said,
"This is important--
14:27.666 --> 14:28.934 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5%
story to tell."
14:29.034 --> 14:30.469 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
We're still doing it.
14:30.569 --> 14:32.538 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
It, uh--
it engages one's connection
14:32.638 --> 14:34.340 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
across the decades
14:34.440 --> 14:37.543 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and the centuries
to man striving to, you know,
14:37.643 --> 14:39.912 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
be the best he can be.
14:40.012 --> 14:41.647 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
Dreams come true.
14:41.747 --> 14:43.749 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
Dreams fail,
but you still stick with it.
14:43.849 --> 14:45.618 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
I mean,
these are great, great themes,
14:45.718 --> 14:47.219 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
and we're still doing it.
14:47.319 --> 14:49.355 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Now more than ever,
we need to believe
14:49.455 --> 14:51.090 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
we can conquer this.
14:51.190 --> 14:52.658 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
It's a wonderful story.
14:52.758 --> 14:55.327 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
It's a true story,
and it's our story.
14:55.427 --> 14:57.830 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
[piano and string
arrangement fades]
14:59.265 --> 15:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
[strings
14:59.265 --> 15:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
re
14:59.265 --> 15:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
sonating]
15:01.233 --> 15:03.135 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
15:03.235 --> 15:05.237 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
[plucked guitar joins]
15:05.337 --> 15:07.239 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
15:07.339 --> 15:09.575 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65%
(Elliott)
I just was one
of those nature kids.
15:09.675 --> 15:11.677 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
You know, I was born
with this passion.
15:11.777 --> 15:14.246 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
15:14.346 --> 15:16.148 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
You know,
I'd gotten out of college.
15:16.248 --> 15:19.318 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
I was radical;
I was excited about life--
15:19.418 --> 15:23.989 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
had a B.A. degree in art;
I was totally unemployable.
15:24.089 --> 15:26.358 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
So I thought,
what could I do?
15:26.458 --> 15:29.128 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
I wanted to explore
up into Canada.
15:29.228 --> 15:31.430 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
We were campin' out,
and I kept lookin' around.
15:31.530 --> 15:33.499 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
There were snow-capped
mountains all around me,
15:33.599 --> 15:35.668 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
so I started climbin'
up this mountain.
15:35.768 --> 15:38.304 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
It was like the earth
and the sky were one.
15:38.404 --> 15:40.372 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
So I started
just drawing pictures of that.
15:40.472 --> 15:42.541 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
It was--
it was awesome.
15:43.809 --> 15:45.778 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
I didn't want to spend
the night there,
15:45.878 --> 15:47.212 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
so I went down.
15:47.313 --> 15:49.281 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
I got to the spruce
and fir trees.
15:49.381 --> 15:51.016 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
All of a sudden--
[flapping noise]
15:51.116 --> 15:52.618 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
this big bird flew up.
15:52.718 --> 15:55.421 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
It was like a grouse
but wasn't like any grouse
15:55.521 --> 15:56.855 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
I'd ever seen before.
15:56.956 --> 15:58.524 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
I pulled
my sketchbook out.
15:58.624 --> 16:00.359 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
I started sketchin'
this bird.
16:00.459 --> 16:02.828 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
16:02.928 --> 16:05.531 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Then that bird flew away,
and I thought,
16:05.631 --> 16:08.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
holy cow,
I'm a wildlife artist!
16:08.100 --> 16:09.601 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
Did National Geographic
hire me?
16:09.702 --> 16:11.136 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
Well, not exactly.
16:11.236 --> 16:13.272 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
I climbed the mountain
and started doin' it,
16:13.372 --> 16:16.108 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and I realized right then,
if I wanted to do something--
16:16.208 --> 16:18.711 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
was not wait for validation,
not wait for a job,
16:18.811 --> 16:21.046 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
but just go for it
with passion,
16:21.146 --> 16:24.183 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
with integrity,
with humility, determination.
16:24.283 --> 16:26.485 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
And it was probably
10 or 15 years later,
16:26.585 --> 16:28.354 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
I was talkin'
to a Native American.
16:28.454 --> 16:30.923 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
He asked me if I'd ever seen
a spruce grouse.
16:31.023 --> 16:33.225 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
He says, "Well, you know,
we consider spruce grouse
16:33.325 --> 16:34.827 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
"to be a messenger bird.
16:34.927 --> 16:37.329 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
"When it comes around,
you might pay attention
16:37.429 --> 16:39.531 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
because often it brings
an important message."
16:39.631 --> 16:41.600 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
And I thought,
yeah, I think I know
16:41.700 --> 16:43.369 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
what we're talkin' about.
16:43.469 --> 16:46.805 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
And you know, in some ways
that kinda influenced my life.
16:46.905 --> 16:48.841 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
[wandering piano melody leads]
16:48.941 --> 16:52.444 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
16:52.544 --> 16:54.580 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
I've been livin'
in western North Carolina
16:54.680 --> 16:56.682 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
for probably
the last 30 years.
16:56.782 --> 16:58.684 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
16:58.784 --> 17:02.054 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
What attracted me here
was the cultural integrity...
17:02.154 --> 17:03.889 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
17:03.989 --> 17:05.391 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
basically, many people
17:05.491 --> 17:08.794 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
who have a deep relationship
with the land.
17:08.894 --> 17:10.396 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
Some of my best teachers
17:10.496 --> 17:12.398 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
have been traditional
Appalachian folks
17:12.498 --> 17:14.633 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
and Native Americans
and just broadened
17:14.733 --> 17:17.636 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
whatever book learnin'
I could ever get.
17:17.736 --> 17:21.874 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
17:21.974 --> 17:24.243 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
And there is this story
about the old-timers
17:24.343 --> 17:26.078 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
sittin' around the store,
17:26.178 --> 17:28.914 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65%
[chuckling]
up on one of these
back roads over here,
17:29.014 --> 17:31.417 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
sittin' round the store
saying, "Yep, saw ole Zeke.
17:31.517 --> 17:33.652 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
"He was out there
plowin' with his mule.
17:33.752 --> 17:35.687 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
"Yep, had his hippie
with him"--hah, hah!
17:35.788 --> 17:37.756 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
I think I know
who they're talkin' about...
17:37.856 --> 17:39.291 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
[laughing]
17:39.391 --> 17:41.160 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
'cause I certainly
have spent my time
17:41.260 --> 17:42.561 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
following the footprints
17:42.661 --> 17:44.763 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
of wise old-timers,
you know.
17:44.863 --> 17:47.466 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
17:47.566 --> 17:50.536 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
Our drinkin' water--we only
drink a gallon or two a day,
17:50.636 --> 17:52.838 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and there's a little spring
that's below the house,
17:52.938 --> 17:54.840 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
so we just
go and fetch it.
17:54.940 --> 17:57.443 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
In some ways, that's sort of
a pleasant routine.
17:57.543 --> 17:58.944 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
There you go.
17:59.044 --> 18:02.314 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
Fresh, mature spring water
right out of the mountain.
18:02.414 --> 18:04.383 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
18:04.483 --> 18:06.251 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
We have runnin' water
to the house,
18:06.351 --> 18:07.719 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
but it's creek water.
18:07.820 --> 18:09.121 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
[waterfall hissing]
18:09.221 --> 18:12.024 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Well, the creek does have
a little waterfall.
18:12.124 --> 18:17.496 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
18:17.596 --> 18:19.398 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
And there's a little
catchment basin
18:19.498 --> 18:21.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
that catches the water.
18:21.366 --> 18:24.570 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
It runs through a couple
of settling tanks.
18:24.670 --> 18:27.639 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
Then, we have a buried pipe
all the way to the house.
18:27.739 --> 18:29.708 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
It's clean water,
but we don't drink that
18:29.808 --> 18:32.511 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
'cause we don't know who waded
through it the night before.
18:32.611 --> 18:34.947 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
What that does--that gives us
incredible water pressure,
18:35.047 --> 18:38.016 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
so even during a drought,
Yanna can water the garden
18:38.117 --> 18:40.119 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and keep an irrigation
system goin'.
18:41.386 --> 18:43.088 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
It's a nice little scene.
18:43.188 --> 18:46.725 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
Thank goodness my wife Yanna
has a passion for gardening.
18:46.825 --> 18:49.027 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(man)
Looks like
a pretty good pepper year.
18:49.128 --> 18:50.629 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
(Elliott)
Yep, good peppers, man.
18:50.729 --> 18:52.131 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5%
They are so pretty.
18:52.231 --> 18:53.499 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50%
This is great.
18:53.599 --> 18:55.367 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
I'm tryin' to keep
these tied up.
18:55.467 --> 18:58.437 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
So this is the time of year
when everything is comin' in,
18:58.537 --> 19:00.739 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
so our job now
is to celebrate the harvest.
19:00.839 --> 19:02.808 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(man)
Yeah, let's eat one fresh.
19:02.908 --> 19:06.478 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(Elliott)
So we eat
as much fresh as we can.
19:06.578 --> 19:09.681 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
We try to can it;
we try to dry it.
19:09.781 --> 19:12.484 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
We freeze it so we have enough
to last all winter.
19:12.584 --> 19:14.253 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
Yanna's so good about that.
19:14.353 --> 19:17.723 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
She takes a tally of how much
we eat during a normal year,
19:17.823 --> 19:20.292 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and then, she'll usually
preserve about 1 1/2 times
19:20.392 --> 19:23.295 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
just in case the next year
doesn't produce real well.
19:23.395 --> 19:26.665 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Plants have some of the same
struggles that all of us have.
19:26.765 --> 19:28.867 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
How do you get along
in this world,
19:28.967 --> 19:30.469 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
protect yourself
from invasive things,
19:30.569 --> 19:31.904 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
protect yourself from pests?
19:32.004 --> 19:33.772 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Often, the plants
that are most nutritious
19:33.872 --> 19:36.542 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
have something to keep things
from eating 'em.
19:37.809 --> 19:39.278 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
These are stingin' nettles.
19:39.378 --> 19:41.280 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
Reason they call them
stinging nettles
19:41.380 --> 19:43.515 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
is 'cause they have
little, tiny hairs.
19:43.615 --> 19:45.584 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
They actually inject you
with formic acid.
19:45.684 --> 19:48.253 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
That's the same thing
that an ant stings you with.
19:48.353 --> 19:50.622 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Sometimes, the mountain people
call itseven-minute itch
19:50.722 --> 19:53.192 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
'cause it kinda gets on ya
for about seven minutes,
19:53.292 --> 19:55.761 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
but it's usually not much
of a problem after that.
19:55.861 --> 19:57.196 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
My sweet wife Yanna,
19:57.296 --> 19:59.498 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
she likes to use it
as a nerve tonic.
19:59.598 --> 20:01.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
If she's feeling
a little carpal syndrome,
20:01.466 --> 20:03.735 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
she'll actually apply
some of that to her hands.
20:03.835 --> 20:05.904 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
So even though
this plant will sting you
20:06.004 --> 20:08.540 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
when it's fresh and live,
if you pick it carefully,
20:08.640 --> 20:10.375 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
then you can take it in...
20:10.475 --> 20:11.643 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5%
[clinking]
20:11.743 --> 20:13.579 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
drop it into boiling water,
20:13.679 --> 20:16.515 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
let it simmer for just
a couple of minutes,
20:16.615 --> 20:19.618 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and it'll turn it
into a delicious vegetable.
20:19.718 --> 20:21.486 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
It's one of the most
nutritious plants
20:21.587 --> 20:23.355 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
that we have
here in the garden.
20:23.455 --> 20:24.957 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
They're good!
20:25.057 --> 20:27.359 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
[resonating tones
support piano]
20:27.459 --> 20:29.528 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
20:29.628 --> 20:31.863 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
We're all part
of this miracle of creation,
20:31.964 --> 20:34.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and sometimes,
I think that my desire
20:34.833 --> 20:36.702 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
to know
about all these creatures
20:36.802 --> 20:38.704 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
is part of wanting
to know myself.
20:38.804 --> 20:40.706 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
20:40.806 --> 20:43.375 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
You know, the favorite line
my dad used to say,
20:43.475 --> 20:45.544 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
"That boy knows
what's under every rock
20:45.644 --> 20:46.979 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
between here and town."
20:47.079 --> 20:48.780 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
And I still turn over rocks,
20:48.880 --> 20:50.882 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and you know, I'm still
lookin' for critters,
20:50.983 --> 20:52.884 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
but I'm also lookin'
for the stories
20:52.985 --> 20:54.453 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
that connect those critters,
20:54.553 --> 20:58.690 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
the stories that connect
those critters to us.
20:58.790 --> 21:01.026 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
And so I guess
part of my passion
21:01.126 --> 21:04.763 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
has been trying to find
more points of contact.
21:04.863 --> 21:12.170 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
21:12.271 --> 21:14.706 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Look what's here
on this little persimmon tree.
21:14.806 --> 21:16.975 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
This is a hickory-horned
devil caterpillar.
21:17.075 --> 21:19.044 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
This is one of our
most amazing caterpillars,
21:19.144 --> 21:21.346 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
and look at the horns
on this little devil.
21:21.446 --> 21:23.215 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75%
They're absolutely harmless,
but they are probably
21:23.315 --> 21:24.983 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
one of our most
extraordinary caterpillars,
21:25.083 --> 21:27.019 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
and this one's
only about half-grown.
21:27.119 --> 21:28.453 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
When they're full grown,
21:28.553 --> 21:30.055 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
they're almost
six inches long.
21:30.155 --> 21:31.423 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
What a critter!
21:31.523 --> 21:33.992 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
It'll turn
into a great, big moth.
21:34.092 --> 21:35.727 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
My friend Scott Geouge
always says,
21:35.827 --> 21:37.329 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
everything's
got its weak point,
21:37.429 --> 21:38.797 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
its vulnerable points.
21:38.897 --> 21:41.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
You grab the crab from behind;
you can hold it safely.
21:41.833 --> 21:43.602 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
You hold the rattlesnake
behind its head.
21:43.702 --> 21:45.203 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
You can hold it safely.
21:45.304 --> 21:46.938 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
Hold a possum by the tail.
21:47.039 --> 21:48.607 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
You can hold it safely.
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[Jew's harp twanging]
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♪
21:52.044 --> 21:53.712 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
Yeah, look at this rascal.
21:53.812 --> 21:55.147 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Ain't she
a beauty?!
21:55.247 --> 21:56.615 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
Let's see.
21:56.715 --> 21:58.050 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5%
Yep,she--
heh, heh!
21:58.150 --> 22:00.052 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
Ya know how I can tell?
22:00.152 --> 22:02.421 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Look at that,
she's got a pouch.
22:02.521 --> 22:04.423 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Our only marsupial
in North America
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has a pouch like a kangaroo.
22:06.692 --> 22:08.026 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60%
And look at this,
22:08.126 --> 22:09.828 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
very few creatures
in the world
22:09.928 --> 22:12.764 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
that have opposable thumbs,
humans and possums.
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You know, humans--
22:14.232 --> 22:15.734 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
we've used
our opposable thumbs
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to build great civilizations.
22:17.469 --> 22:20.138 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
Possums, they've been
usin' theirs just to hold on,
22:20.238 --> 22:22.708 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and they have been holdin' on
for a long time.
22:22.808 --> 22:24.576 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80%
The first
little mammals
that showed up
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after the age
of dinosaurs
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were almost identical
to our modern possums.
22:28.747 --> 22:30.515 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
We maybe let you
get back home.
22:30.615 --> 22:32.384 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
Go on,
take care there, little gal.
22:32.484 --> 22:34.119 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
You know,
sometimes people say, "Oh,
22:34.219 --> 22:35.987 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
I can't stand
those old possums."
22:36.088 --> 22:38.123 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Some scientists did
some stomach analysis studies,
22:38.223 --> 22:40.826 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
and they found out
that in some areas,
22:40.926 --> 22:42.994 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
half of their diet
is copperheads.
22:43.095 --> 22:45.163 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
I mean,
you like copperheads?
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♪
22:47.966 --> 22:51.403 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
Oh...look at this beauty!
22:51.503 --> 22:53.939 align:left position:50%,start line:89% size:40%
Oh my!
22:54.039 --> 22:56.541 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
This is a black rat snake.
22:56.641 --> 23:00.045 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
Sometimes, people in Carolina,
they call theseking snakes.
23:00.145 --> 23:02.080 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
These are kind
of the arboreal snakes.
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They really
like to climb around.
23:03.982 --> 23:05.617 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
They're the ones
that you'll find
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sometimes in your attic
or in your barn.
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They call themrat snakes
'cause they love rats.
23:11.990 --> 23:14.192 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
Oh, what a beauty!
23:15.460 --> 23:17.396 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
You know people say,
snakes are aggressive.
23:17.496 --> 23:18.930 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
They're very rarely
aggressive.
23:19.030 --> 23:20.499 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
They're defensive sometimes.
23:20.599 --> 23:22.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
Sometimes,
they get really scared,
23:22.200 --> 23:24.403 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
and they'll bite at you, and--
23:24.503 --> 23:28.173 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
He'll get his freedom here
soon enough--hmm, hmm.
23:28.273 --> 23:31.576 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
All right, now we're gonna do
the old snake-charmer trick.
23:31.676 --> 23:33.578 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
[wood flute leads]
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♪
23:38.683 --> 23:39.951 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
Isn't that
23:38.683 --> 23:39.951 align:left position:10%,start line:11% size:80%
in
23:38.683 --> 23:39.951 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
credible,
23:40.051 --> 23:42.020 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
the muscular
control of a
beast like that.
23:42.120 --> 23:43.388 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
Look at that!
23:43.488 --> 23:46.258 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
Look at how
much of its body
is straight up.
23:46.358 --> 23:48.927 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
23:49.027 --> 23:50.662 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Looks like
it's been well fed,
23:50.762 --> 23:52.397 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
which is,
of course, good news
23:52.497 --> 23:55.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
'cause with all the voles
and things in our garden,
23:55.167 --> 23:56.902 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
we are so glad to have
23:57.002 --> 23:59.638 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
a few of these
big, fat snakes around.
23:59.738 --> 24:03.608 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
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[piano leads]
24:05.544 --> 24:08.380 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
You know, some say, this is
like this little Eden here
24:08.480 --> 24:10.582 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
with all your gardens
and ponds and swamps,
24:10.682 --> 24:12.584 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
things like that.
24:12.684 --> 24:16.388 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
You have to realize
that Eden is everywhere
24:16.488 --> 24:18.490 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
if we can
just sorta tweak our eye,
24:18.590 --> 24:20.492 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
open our heart,
and realize it,
24:20.592 --> 24:22.461 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
even if it's
a suburban backyard.
24:22.561 --> 24:25.163 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
Nature just wants to be
a part of our lives
24:25.263 --> 24:27.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
since we are a part of nature.
24:27.666 --> 24:34.239 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
24:34.339 --> 24:36.041 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
It's such an honor
that people
24:36.141 --> 24:38.143 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
actually wanna hear
what I have to say,
24:38.243 --> 24:39.878 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
and I'm just so lucky
24:39.978 --> 24:42.781 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
that people think
that's of value.
24:42.881 --> 24:44.649 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
Well, you know,
we all tell stories.
24:44.749 --> 24:46.718 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
When I ask you
what you did today,
24:46.818 --> 24:48.887 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
you're basically composing
a narrative.
24:48.987 --> 24:52.057 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
That's how we make sense
of our lives.
24:52.157 --> 24:54.459 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
There was the story
about the African tribe
24:54.559 --> 24:56.995 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and some missionaries
brought 'em over a TV.
24:57.095 --> 24:58.763 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
For the first couple of weeks,
24:58.864 --> 25:00.565 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
the whole village
all gathered together,
25:00.665 --> 25:03.735 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
and they just watched that TV,
and they watched that thing.
25:03.835 --> 25:06.137 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
And then,
after about a couple of weeks,
25:06.238 --> 25:09.074 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
they started going back
to the village storyteller.
25:09.174 --> 25:10.842 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
This is a Taoist story--
25:10.942 --> 25:14.279 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
story from Asia about the guy
that was chased by the tiger,
25:14.379 --> 25:16.281 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
and they asked him,
they said,
25:16.381 --> 25:19.718 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
doesn't a TV know more stories
than your storyteller?
25:19.818 --> 25:24.122 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
And he said, "Yeah, it does,
but the storyteller knows us."
25:24.222 --> 25:26.191 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
He was runnin'
for all he was worth.
25:26.291 --> 25:28.059 align:left position:47.5%,start line:83% size:42.5%
There was no tree
he could climb--
25:28.159 --> 25:29.794 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40%
either the tiger
or the cliff.
25:29.895 --> 25:31.229 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
He chose the cliff.
25:31.329 --> 25:33.298 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
He jumped off,
and he caught that vine.
25:33.398 --> 25:35.033 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
He was hangin'
on that vine.
25:35.133 --> 25:37.102 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
He looked up,
and he saw that tiger
25:37.202 --> 25:39.671 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
lookin' over the edge
of that cliff, and he thought,
25:39.771 --> 25:41.406 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
Ohh, I'm safe from that tiger.
25:41.506 --> 25:43.708 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
All I have to do
is lower myself down.
25:43.808 --> 25:45.143 align:left position:62.5%,start line:83% size:27.5%
He looked
down below.
25:45.243 --> 25:47.746 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
There was another tiger
pacing back and forth.
25:47.846 --> 25:50.048 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
He was tryin'
to figure out what to do.
25:50.148 --> 25:52.617 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
He noticed the vine
was just up outta his reach
25:52.717 --> 25:54.352 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
stretched tight
over a little ledge.
25:54.452 --> 25:56.655 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
Up on that ledge,
just up outta his reach,
25:56.755 --> 25:58.123 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55%
he saw some movement.
25:58.223 --> 26:00.392 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
There was a little mouse,
a light-colored mouse.
26:00.492 --> 26:02.527 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
That mouse
was as light as the day.
26:02.627 --> 26:04.129 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
That little mouse came up
26:04.229 --> 26:05.864 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
and started nibblin'
on that vine.
26:05.964 --> 26:08.934 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
That little mouse went in,
and another mouse came out,
26:09.034 --> 26:11.102 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
a little mouse,
dark as the night.
26:11.202 --> 26:12.537 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
That mouse
started chewin'.
26:12.637 --> 26:14.506 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
That vine
kept gettin' thinner.
26:14.606 --> 26:16.241 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
The little light mouse
came out;
26:16.341 --> 26:17.676 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5%
dark mouse went in.
26:17.776 --> 26:20.645 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
They kept taking turns,
the light and the dark.
26:20.745 --> 26:22.514 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
The vine kept getting
thinner and thinner.
26:22.614 --> 26:24.816 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
He was trying to think,
what do I do?
26:24.916 --> 26:26.885 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
He looked,
and growing out of that cliff
26:26.985 --> 26:28.787 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
was a strawberry,
a perfectly ripe strawberry.
26:28.887 --> 26:30.155 align:left position:47.5%,start line:89% size:42.5%
He reached out.
26:30.255 --> 26:31.856 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
He grabbed that strawberry.
26:31.957 --> 26:35.560 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
He ate that strawberry,
and he enjoyed that strawberry,
26:35.660 --> 26:37.896 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5%
and he gave thanks.
26:37.996 --> 26:41.266 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
And the Taoists say
that's the end of that story,
26:41.366 --> 26:44.035 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and that story--
that story's about our life...
26:44.135 --> 26:46.037 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
26:46.137 --> 26:49.007 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
about how we're just hangin'
by that little thread of life,
26:49.107 --> 26:51.076 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
and the main thing
we can be doin'
26:51.176 --> 26:52.677 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
while that thread
gets thinner
26:52.777 --> 26:54.746 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
as the day and the night pass
26:54.846 --> 26:57.315 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
is enjoy our strawberries
and give thanks.
26:57.415 --> 27:06.057 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
27:07.592 --> 27:12.497 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
27:12.597 --> 27:15.033 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
[piano and wood flute enter]
27:15.133 --> 27:23.575 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
27:23.675 --> 27:35.587 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
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gentle piano melody]
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From the time BB&T
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in the town of Wilson,
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