HANNAH: You had a vision. P R I O R: A vision. Thank you, Maria Ouspenskaya. I'm not so far gone I can be assuaged by pity and lies. H A N N A H: I don't have pity. It's just not something I have.( Little pause) One hundred and seventy years ago, which is recent, an angel of God appeared to Joseph Smith in upstate New York, not far from here. People have visions. P R I O R: But that's preposterous, that's.. H A N N A H: It's not polite to call other people's beliefs preposterous. He had great need of understanding. Our Prophet. His desire made prayer. His prayer made an angel. The angel was real. I believe that. P R I O R: I don't. And I'm sorry but it's repellent to me. So much of what you believe. H A N N A H: What do I believe? P R I O R: I'm a homosexual. With AIDS. I can just imagine what you. .HANNAH: No you can't. Imagine. The things in my head. You don't make assumptions about me, mister; I won't make them about you. Tony Kushner
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