No one will believe you about any of this. You won’t be able to talk about the Great Plains wherever you return to. Nebraska is a hayseed redneck hick state to the rest of the world and nothing’s going to change that. People still think that it looks like the beginning of The Wizard of Oz here. Omaha-born director Alexander Payne shot “Nebraska” in black and white because his sensibilities guided him to mock the state as dull and boring. That plays better at dinner parties than saying he finds the state appealing. No, to everyone else it’s flat in landscape, flat in character. But that’s fine. I’ve lived my whole life knowing I could never convince someone that we have skies that will expand your perception of a sunset’s potential. That open space to move around in and live as they please is what people really want when they say they want personal freedom.