So true...live theater brings things to life in a very different way than books or movies can. So many books spring to life in a way their movie versions can't on stage.
I was supposed to read the book in my sophomore year, unfortunately my father's job transferred us from the state of AL to KY. The teacher was describing the book before the assignment, she made the comment (in 1973) that people in AL were still just exactly the same. Granted lot of racists in AL and I'm not going to deny that - still are. So I'm looking around the classroom (KY) and I'm counting maybe two blacks in the room and mixed-race black. Of course I'm living in butcher holler, but in the entire School maybe 10! My mind takes me back to AL and integration? Well let's just say in a classroom we had a hell of a lot more than two or three blacks in our classrooms and teachers too, not just football coaches. I'm trying to remember if there were black football coaches in KY? Maybe a basketball coach? for sure there were in AL because I had one who was a history teacher. bottom line I didn't read the book just because of what that ignorant teacher had to say about AL - as if she knew what the heck was going on in the state! we had our issues, but at least they could come into the state of Alabama whereas in Kentucky? In the mountains, no way did they want black people coming up there and working in the coal mines! History wayback. I refused to read it. It wasn't until I was an adult, encouraged by my youngest and she said I had to read the book or I had to watch the movie at least. Glad I did, however I am still haunted buy that teacher and the things she had to say, Lord have mercy what an ignoramus.
Thank you, Jeff Daniels, for carrying this message beyond the stage and into television audiences' homes. My god. We NEED this message! I was shocked that Nicolle Wallace seemed so stunned at your words. I can't imagine why she had that reaction.
The book was life-changing for me. As was the first local theater production I was able to see. I can’t wait to see the unique, reimagined Broadway production of this classic that’s inspired so many lives.
It changed people, but apparently not enough. Movie was on TCM the other night, I think I recorded it but if not I need to buy it, every time it's on I have to watch it. As far as something like that is concerned you've got to get into the culture of all races. Walk a mile in their shoes, have dinner in their homes, they have dinner in my home it's just a matter of sharing things with each other and learning about each other where they're from meeting them where they're at and let them meet you. It'll make a difference in your life I can guarantee you that. Just open our minds open the door. Surprising how you learn how much they're like you, or me I'll speak for myself, I've learned a lot & I'm still learning. I remember the integration of schools back in the 70s and I was just curious. Curiosity makes a research analyst I reckon. 🤔 Always thinking about different things. In the words of Rodney King? Why can't we all just get along?
@@H1delta They exist... my mother is one, she doesn't hate strangers, she's just afraid of them because they don't understand much about them, she doesn't want to hurt them, just to stay in her little world corner she understands. She is still a bigot in the sense that her preconceptions tend to be stereotypical ideas about others. When she takes people one by one she isn't afraid, it is the mass of faceless nameless people she's afraid of. I think much of her fears stem from severe PTSD...
Thank you Harper Lee, Aaron Sorkin, and Jeff Daniels. I saw the movie, read the book, and I read the sequel in that order. We definitely need this right now. Everyone needs to see this play. I suggest you see the movie, buy it, rent it, or check out from your local library.
@@timcountis9368 I believe they have done a bunch of weekday matinee shows for free for school kids. That being said, we had nose bleed seats because we weren't going to pay $250 plus fees per seat.
@@timcountis9368 ABSOLUTELY!!! Great idea!!! As much as I would LOVE to see Jeff Daniels eloquently delivering Sorkinese dialogue in "To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway, " I will never ever get the chance to see it. So I was wondering if at the end of its run, it could be filmed and shown as a movie at the cinema. I think that would be AWESOME!!!!!
I remember starting to read this book in 9th grade English Lit and my Teacher warned me and my whole class that once we got involved in the book that we would be consumed by the story....My Teacher was correct! Lessons leaned at a semi-young age AND remembered all these years later.....Cheers From Ohio
My teacher was a complete witch because at the time I had just moved to the state of Kentucky from the state of Alabama oh, there were probably 10 black students in the entire high School, Alabama yeah we had problems with integration but not in my school we were integrated and we were doing fine. I'm sitting there and the whole class is looking at me knowing that I had just moved they're from Alabama and you know? I'm thinking lady I'd like to slap the piss out of you right now if I wouldn't get sent to the principal's office and expelled because you don't know what you're talkin about. I hate to say this but she was ugly too! As far as I know she still is.she actually had a crush on a football player in our class a student and I'm telling you you should have seen this woman it was like are you from Earth? Lord I'm glad those days are over long time over but she was a trip from some other world. So I didn't read the book. My daughter graduated English British literature emphasis and she's the one who convinced me know you have to read the book you have to watch the movie so I'm 80 and I finally did what my daughter told me to do 🙄
I had this feeling when I worked backstage for Fiddler on the Roof. It was a biggest kind of production that could possibly exist in Twin Falls, Idaho. It sold out, and did very well all week. It was the best time I ever had (except for the time that our smoke machine stopped working in the ghost scene). We have a lot of immigrants in Twin Falls. Far more than you'd think. We have at least one Muslim community center that I know of, which is not bad for rural Idaho. Our refugee center at the college helps families from all over the globe. Our audience was very diverse, to say the least. We had messages from people who barely understood what we were saying, but felt so had for everybody. People cried, it was unreal. Jeff is right, that's why we need theater. We need that contact with people.
As much as I would LOVE to see Jeff Daniels in "To Kill a Mockingbird, " I will never ever get the chance to see it. So I was wondering if at the end of its run, it could be filmed and shown as a movie at the cinema. I think that would be AWESOME!!!!!
Excellent point - but it would look egotistical for him to mention it. I'm not a fan of all of JD's hits. But I AM a fan of the person and his vector, he raises the level of discourse in society and THAT is a difficult thing to do, especially in the Age Of Unreason...
@@dianeblumenthal5951 This is sooooo cool I am watching Jeff Daniels and Aaron Sorkin on 60 Minutes right now 6/2/2019 discussing "To Kill A Mockingbird!!!"
Growing up as a hormonally charged young teenager Gregory Peck was, in my opinion, the sexiest actor ever! My two favorite films of his was "Guns of Navarone" and absolutely "To Kill a Mockingbird". I recently bought the Mockingbird DVD and love it still. I guess it's the voice.
You need to see The Million Pound Note, folks fall all over themselves giving Peck's character anything he asks for because he has a British Pound Note that is in the denomination of 1 MILLION Pounds (which back at the time the movie takes place would have been worth about 3-5 MILLION DOLLARS).
@@Squirrel36 Ditto! you know that old song all the girls get prettier at closing time, but all the good dudes are married 😉 I'll never forget years ago my late husband and I are separated and I went out to a bar and I didn't have my glasses on and I'm nearsighted not then as much as I am now I'm blind as a bat. Anyway this dude kept looking at me and finally he came over because I did look back couple of times oh my lands up above now I wasn't drunk, so all the men didn't look any better at closing time but this guy comes over and I'm like dear God in heaven what was I doing. so course I said immediately I'm about to leave I'm going to the ladies room... I hate to be mean to people but no, compared to what I was married to even though we were separated no absolutely not! I'm not picky, you know a man doesn't have to be perfect but he has to be someone cordial and this guy was a jerk! It was as if he were owning me I don't know how to explain it it was very weird I had forgotten about that until I mentioned the song and that most good guys are married and that is a fact I wore it is one for me LOL.
@@Squirrel36 by the way he has been with the same woman since 1979 good Lord in heaven now there's no doubt if my late husband were still living we were married in 78 and we had been together since 1975 as far as dating I didn't know he had a crush on me in 1971 but whatever, we'd still be married. Jeff Daniels happily known this woman I can't pronounce her name so I'm not even going to try 1979 and they have three children that's a lot of years to pack into a marriage. So miss Squirlie! you were right. I wonder if he has any brothers. I wish he would run for president
I've always been a fan of Jeff Daniels and admire his work. Jeff`s mentioning the "whats going on with Trump" says a lot. There are many including Robert DeNiro who realize the Trump is trouble for America and all American`s that need to step up and say what's on their minds so we don't have four more years of tyranny.
Ok when you see what's going on in China or north Korea, its kind of insulting of you to liken any current American president , regardless of how problematic they are, to a tyrant
@@sandyg4646 Not so, as T'rump is a wannabe tyrant but is to afraid to do anything about it. China and North Korea haven't got the courage to do what America has already done and neither has to potential to become what America already is.
@@velikovskysghost no. Not that he's too scared to do it. He CANT do it. That's exactly how the American system is designed. To PREVENT tyranny. No matter who the president is. Calling trump a tyrant is not only an insult to the American constitution, it's an insult to all those ACTUALLY suffering at the hands of tyranny. And before you call me a "trumptard" or what not, cause I'm not. I would say this about any president.
@@sandyg4646 He can if he can get away with it. Our beloved United States Constitution defends against such things as a president, or anyone else for that matter, taking control of our great nation! But I apologize for calling T'rump a tyrant as he is much too much of a coward to be tyrannical, and T'rumps more on the order of an idiot! He has a 3rd grade reading level, was never taught to be responsible, and is a narcissistic braying jackass who is taking orders from Vladdymeer Pootin and striving to divide our great nation. As far as you being able to say this about any president republican, democratic, or independent, I feel the same and have called both republican and democratic braying jackasses because that's what they deserved at the time. But "private bone spurs" has to be the dumbest president our America ever had!
My only beef is with this is that Aaron Sorkin went ahead and sued multiple smaller theaters that was also doing 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Yet, these small time theaters were given a choice, use Sorkin's version of the play or get sued to hell and back. What kind of asshole do you have to be to want to wield THAT much control over a stage production that it drives you up the wall at the sight of smaller theaters who will never see the kind of cash he does and take it away from them?
Atticus Finch may be Gregory Peck - and a beloved role. But Jeff, YOU have the greatest American political truth-telling speech EVER on your resume as Will McAvoy in that GREAT Aaron Spelling series. So a chance to do this power piece when it is VERY timely - thank you... (but the usual arrogance is at play - seven actors outnumber the audience. And what about the CREW? They are WORKING, not just mangling lines and pretending for profit (sorry, a line from an old buddy used to be a stage hand till he says the artists' egos got to him - and he sprained his back carrying some diva's suitcase - he'd never say who...)
I’m sure that’s true. Unfortunately we were bought tickets to watch the play at a theatre in Cambridge (U.K.) but the theatre company performing it in the USA sued our theatre company to prevent them from producing the play. As the company couldn’t afford the legal costs it had to be cancelled. Not impressed I’m afraid.
Grrr you cut it off to early he quoted something about a conductor from Denmark conducting a renowned orchestra in philly or somewhere about playing Brahms third movement. He continue on to say something as a performer it’s not about you but for the audience to enjoy!
That's totally awesome! it's been well over 30 years for me and I hope you didn't tell your students that the state of Alabama was still "just like that."of course I'm sure there are areas but the reason I thought this was so hypocritical, I'm from Alabama I lived in Kentucky for a brief time and there were approximately 10 black students in the entire high School and that's not the way it was where I came from in Alabama. By the way of course I'm sure you teach this but I love saying Harper Lee, University of Alabama! Keep up the excellent work obviously because that sounds like a good long career.
After that turd of a "lost" novel by Harper Lee was published a few years ago I was left wondering who actually wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird." At the very least, the woman clearly received help from someone.
The aspect that would be interesting to me is Atticus being a racist (as we learn from Harper Lee's other work) who nonetheless puts his whole heart and person into defending a black man in court.
No, you're not. It's a nicely written book, but it's also another exercise in white exoneration and diversion tactics. "Oh, racism? Yeah, it's terrible. THOSE people should be ashamed..."
@@lh9591The book was published in 1960 and was set in the deep South during the 1930's Depression. Harper Lee wrote it using her own childhood experiences. One of the characters, Dill, was based on her friendship with Truman Capote, they remained friends for most of his life. His jealousness over her success with "Mockingbird" drove him to write another bestseller, which was based on the murder of a Kansas family, "In Cold Blood"!
Jeff Daniels, I love you but "There were no other plays???" Your producer shut down productions from small theater companies all over the country that had a different play version of To Kill A Mockingbird.
the big prblme also if you rea dit that one person was trying to fire his lawyer and he couldn't so i had a prblme when two lawyers agreed already on selling apartment so they thought it was a pice of cake she up for summary judgment that is a process when peopel can avoid jury nd trial nd do a quick order write up . so summary judgment was fabricated to sell the condo under pretends my ex really needed money and i was holding on as an aging female whose now ex cheated on with younger female and that we did not ave kids and so now i was holding on the condo and stressed and the lowers were like doctors really trying to ease the pain here and separation and really were in hello profession. that is in the meanwhile that lawyer who supposedly worked for me called me late at night asking if i was ok ad that he can fight apartment off and that i can count that i get the pace since my ex was making 1 mln per day and i was having rpblme with health and employment and i had to py him 180K only which is literary a dupe of month of his paycheck. but the way my ex is he wanted to save for rainy ay for himself plus he was mad fro supposedly years of me rejecting him. but he was ok to als drug thsi situation on in teh beginning somewhat subsociosly. in any case then as i learn of lawyers having conspiracy and my lawyer assuming role of almost a guardian who is authorized to make any decisions even teh language he used that he can i dod not notice in some documents, so be careful. so they have to ask your permission as they only norway who get to use selection of rules to et you what u want and it is very possible had they not conspire and wasted time . and supposedly teh lawyer on eth Azer side is wanting to make more cash as well and they all want to really prolong the situation unless they can get their hands on selling property thru cu then they can do it fast and make some good mani so basaclyy what i learned it wa snot easy to fire a guy he said he did not want to be fired an date dto show up in court and speak on my behalf as it was decided he is my lawyer and court is in 2 days. fortunately a judge wa snot an a gig and want getting any cut so he understood exactly the conspiracy and said in court well that is obvuupis and so he dismissed teh hearing but i could not use it to sue lawyers as they start dto cerafuly remove this from transcripts what judge says etc and manipulate and pressure me i sued 3 lawers as third party were allowed on my divorce case as they had liability by law so they got a bot scared but i was still order to pay hourly rate after i learn the lawyer stood me up so i settled to pay 8 or 9 k and he wanted 15 or 12K. so how i was ordered t do that that they would put lien on teh property by curt order. etc so it si blackmail. the judge was talked to already. the lawyer who created the sam originally was taking advantage of illy people n dcerstt point thru divorce pretending she is a friendshe was only after the people properties if there eis house there is way to pay self. she also went to do her practice in BC british coma Vancouver. The Bar association that allowed to sue lawyers and pay insurance as it is lawyer union supposedly is what it is insurance for lawyers only that tries to cover and protect lauders from being sued. Unlike expel woudl thin that thsi organization is to protect clients of lawyers. it is not. is like a litigation for lauders again a client. they do not want to pay insurance or find and notice there is anything wrong. Unless of course the judge in trasctty said it is obvious fraud but they removed this from transcript that he judge said that. When i went for contest to a different lawyer she just said that must be necessary that they decide dto remove it . When i went to complain about my fees the Azer judge said consider self lucky you were able to keep the condo and ordered to pay hourly fees. and the fraudster lawyer said well i get to support my secretary and my office. i get to pay them. Liek it is my problem. The laywer nee is Brain Warryngtone. ?? warring about paying bills to his secretary. Thsi also a guy who supposedly was about to abandon the client in teh midst of the legal process when the client doe snot pay bills i guess some people do not even have property and he decided to not show up a few ties at all in court room since he aversises self and lawyer for underdog but really he is scribe po susekam and takes the last money and then doe snot even go to curt to defend the people. so he was punished. but conveniently thsi situation with me was twisted that he really had to show up. but it wa snot because he ws seasger to serve a client well but he wanted his peeve f pie real bad he harassed me called sending long emails sending me prof and court cases convincing me he is not fireball thsi was the worst night mare ever liek braking up with herring stalker etc. so beware?
the next level is so the brain was there in court cause he really wante dto sell condo ? yes he wanted mani to pay his secretary as he said, but also he was worried that the judge says amazer strike on no show in court hearing. Caus they really do not want people to self represent and it is like not showing up at work. So poor Brain could not figure it Aut when to show up in court and if there eis condo so much happier day and so he is going to be there. Ksena Kzina K sin A seenA Ksinak Kasinak San flower seed so she was there and that is when Ksena starts dto plot that i did not want kids. I put it in court document later to say i was hoping to adopt a kid as I was testing waters with patrick so to speak and he sid kids were leaches and he wanted his specific genetics. he also did not want kid with down syndrome he said he woudl give u on a kid immediately so ok , thsi sijust side info no judgement. but i just said it in court paper to then stip lawyer present it liek we did not have children and that helps emotional picture etc. but that basically was showing me in different light swell as then they were liek oh she did want to have kids and not entirely against it as Patrick was saying that i did not want any kids because ei thought his genetics was not good enough. But Patrick did have some kind of down syndrome gene and he had thsi nova scotia thing how British asked Sctts to move t US . So here is anther can for repatriations Patrick was aofended of that and so he can write letter to British parliament asking to compensate for an offense. long autsranting then ok Brain was worried a lot about using the condo as payment . The case was dismissed but this Brain already planned everything he knew that he needed to be paid that he showed up at that summary judgment and that he pt in hours the court woudl cost another 5 to 8 K supposedly if he was still higher. but supposedly preparation of the paperwork that was wrongful nd was actually he was trying to obtain tha judgemnet against something that I wanted the fraudulent papers supposedly were billed per hour of work and i had to pay him for working per hours. so when the court considers lawyers feel there eis spefcial word for it and it is possible to fight legal fees with special judge in Canada. but they still look at hours or so the fabricated and faked it and they said well reasonable amount of hours spend. and so the judgement reduced number of hours but they did not dismiss entirely even though he even obtained the paperwork that i pay his legal fees back in June when teh judgment wa sin July . Between June and July we kept pretending he wa say dearest friend and really cares about me. Then at the end of July just before August basically if he got teh judgement to sell then he would get 15 k Aut of the deal extra fees. but he already apply in separate court for his fees there for the plan was to obtain thsi fees not from me paying the fee willingly but on the lien o sale of the hause. because clerkly if he got me the judgment he could say judge decided . and they were not showing what is inside documents and that it was rash liek i was scrazt deserve Aut of my mind elderly female that was holding on my husband dear who desperately needed money etc and that was Brian description of event basically he just created an airs about it and include a couple of mean emails from patrick were he was mean to me but the email twisted liek patrick need ed money and wanted children an i could not have any cause how old i was i mean whatever story they had tried to sell. but point is that is what the lawyers grids for. so clearly woudl i pay his ffee s? he know all that lied and life was going well until I saw the paperwork by accident. and they it was si difficult to fire him. he really did not want to get fired as right at that one curt visit he lost himself 10 K maybe caus that is court cost and there are ways to add to it. i also saw the way the lawyers operate. so judge also told me what i was going to do if i was going to look for another layer. I said I did not know an had not trust. and that also alter in transcripts. But i said to judge I wante dto work directly with Patrick lawyer and judge said I do not know if she wats to work with u. So there cant be optional who the lawyer wants to work with or not if a person self represent that i have a legal role and they get t work with me very diligently . that also dispersed from transcripts about judge suggesting and expressing concern what lawyer wanted. I guest also sam peel bette rcontecte that Aither and the cut with some judges depends on teh cut with real estate deals.
some people who have more sone and more pride leave fortune we just need ed a sequence two to get Aut of exch Azer hair and obciolsy lawyers did not help and i did not want to continue to fight that was taking one eat alonmt i was able to get morgage and in the agreement in september we were able to figure contingency if say i did not get the merge going thru. cause pre approval is not same as approval and peel get confused. Actually banks wee preapproving me but then i have dto submit legal documents to legal department and that could bounce. Fortunately TD bank did not seem to pack around with teh differentiating between approval and preavrobal an di was happy with they way to do the mortgage process. i cant recall al deal at the moment as there eis always more layers.
Though no one can argue with the homiletic sermon it trumpets, from an artistic and literary perspective, the book is a piece of crap. About as interesting as an NBC Saturday Morning "The More You Know" skit from 1985. I would have said ABC Afterschool Specials, but they had on average far more literary merit than To Kill a Mockingbird. Sorry. Truth hurts. It would save a lot of people time if 9th grade teachers (and by the way, the book should be taught in 4th grade, not 9th or 10th grade) just spent 15 minutes during the school year, discussing its completely uncontroversial thesis and then move on to something of higher artistic value, like Sesame Street. And if this was a troll, I'd be knocking the message of the novel, too. Think closely about what I am saying: the book has no literary merit, unless the cartoons my 6-year old nephew watches have literary merit.
he just nailed why the Arts are so critically important to society...
So true...live theater brings things to life in a very different way than books or movies can. So many books spring to life in a way their movie versions can't on stage.
I was supposed to read the book in my sophomore year, unfortunately my father's job transferred us from the state of AL to KY. The teacher was describing the book before the assignment, she made the comment (in 1973) that people in AL were still just exactly the same. Granted lot of racists in AL and I'm not going to deny that - still are. So I'm looking around the classroom (KY) and I'm counting maybe two blacks in the room and mixed-race black. Of course I'm living in butcher holler, but in the entire School maybe 10! My mind takes me back to AL and integration? Well let's just say in a classroom we had a hell of a lot more than two or three blacks in our classrooms and teachers too, not just football coaches. I'm trying to remember if there were black football coaches in KY? Maybe a basketball coach? for sure there were in AL because I had one who was a history teacher. bottom line I didn't read the book just because of what that ignorant teacher had to say about AL - as if she knew what the heck was going on in the state! we had our issues, but at least they could come into the state of Alabama whereas in Kentucky? In the mountains, no way did they want black people coming up there and working in the coal mines! History wayback. I refused to read it. It wasn't until I was an adult, encouraged by my youngest and she said I had to read the book or I had to watch the movie at least. Glad I did, however I am still haunted buy that teacher and the things she had to say, Lord have mercy what an ignoramus.
Thank you, Jeff Daniels, for carrying this message beyond the stage and into television audiences' homes. My god. We NEED this message! I was shocked that Nicolle Wallace seemed so stunned at your words. I can't imagine why she had that reaction.
My favorite book of all time...the only one I've read 5 times
Best wishes..glad it's a play love to see it
Atticus Finch is one of my favourite characters ever, my favourite book and movie
The book was life-changing for me. As was the first local theater production I was able to see.
I can’t wait to see the unique, reimagined Broadway production of this classic that’s inspired so many lives.
To Kill A Mockingbird changed my life in a subtle but profound manner, I am so grateful it did so as I was being raised by two hateful bigots. 💙
catalinacurio different art helped me too. it’s so important
It changed people, but apparently not enough. Movie was on TCM the other night, I think I recorded it but if not I need to buy it, every time it's on I have to watch it. As far as something like that is concerned you've got to get into the culture of all races. Walk a mile in their shoes, have dinner in their homes, they have dinner in my home it's just a matter of sharing things with each other and learning about each other where they're from meeting them where they're at and let them meet you. It'll make a difference in your life I can guarantee you that. Just open our minds open the door. Surprising how you learn how much they're like you, or me I'll speak for myself, I've learned a lot & I'm still learning. I remember the integration of schools back in the 70s and I was just curious. Curiosity makes a research analyst I reckon. 🤔 Always thinking about different things. In the words of Rodney King? Why can't we all just get along?
Isn't "hateful bigots" redundant? I have yet to run into loving bigots.
@@H1delta They were hateful in other manners.
@@H1delta They exist... my mother is one, she doesn't hate strangers, she's just afraid of them because they don't understand much about them, she doesn't want to hurt them, just to stay in her little world corner she understands. She is still a bigot in the sense that her preconceptions tend to be stereotypical ideas about others. When she takes people one by one she isn't afraid, it is the mass of faceless nameless people she's afraid of. I think much of her fears stem from severe PTSD...
Thank you Harper Lee, Aaron Sorkin, and Jeff Daniels. I saw the movie, read the book, and I read the sequel in that order. We definitely need this right now. Everyone needs to see this play. I suggest you see the movie, buy it, rent it, or check out from your local library.
My wife and I just saw To Kill a Mockingbird on Sunday! It was fantastic!
@@timcountis9368 I believe they have done a bunch of weekday matinee shows for free for school kids. That being said, we had nose bleed seats because we weren't going to pay $250 plus fees per seat.
@@timcountis9368 ABSOLUTELY!!! Great idea!!! As much as I would LOVE to see Jeff Daniels eloquently delivering Sorkinese dialogue in "To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway, " I will never ever get the chance to see it. So I was wondering if at the end of its run, it could be filmed and shown as a movie at the cinema. I think that would be AWESOME!!!!!
I remember starting to read this book in 9th grade English Lit and my Teacher warned me and my whole class that once we got involved in the book that we would be consumed by the story....My Teacher was correct! Lessons leaned at a semi-young age AND remembered all these years later.....Cheers From Ohio
My teacher was a complete witch because at the time I had just moved to the state of Kentucky from the state of Alabama oh, there were probably 10 black students in the entire high School, Alabama yeah we had problems with integration but not in my school we were integrated and we were doing fine. I'm sitting there and the whole class is looking at me knowing that I had just moved they're from Alabama and you know? I'm thinking lady I'd like to slap the piss out of you right now if I wouldn't get sent to the principal's office and expelled because you don't know what you're talkin about. I hate to say this but she was ugly too! As far as I know she still is.she actually had a crush on a football player in our class a student and I'm telling you you should have seen this woman it was like are you from Earth? Lord I'm glad those days are over long time over but she was a trip from some other world. So I didn't read the book. My daughter graduated English British literature emphasis and she's the one who convinced me know you have to read the book you have to watch the movie so I'm 80 and I finally did what my daughter told me to do 🙄
Jeff Daniels forever.
Atticus Finch forever.
Seth, stop nailing it. Let some other people nail
Every time I see him I cant stop thinking about Will Macavoy
I know. * sigh *
Me to i still watch newsroom
Fair enough. Every time I see him, I can't stop thinking about sex.
First read the book in 1989 as part of literature study. Love the book... Love the movie..
I had this feeling when I worked backstage for Fiddler on the Roof. It was a biggest kind of production that could possibly exist in Twin Falls, Idaho. It sold out, and did very well all week. It was the best time I ever had (except for the time that our smoke machine stopped working in the ghost scene). We have a lot of immigrants in Twin Falls. Far more than you'd think. We have at least one Muslim community center that I know of, which is not bad for rural Idaho. Our refugee center at the college helps families from all over the globe. Our audience was very diverse, to say the least. We had messages from people who barely understood what we were saying, but felt so had for everybody. People cried, it was unreal. Jeff is right, that's why we need theater. We need that contact with people.
I think Jeff missed a fourth group going to see Mockingbird, fans of Jeff Daniels !!
As much as I would LOVE to see Jeff Daniels in "To Kill a Mockingbird, " I will never ever get the chance to see it. So I was wondering if at the end of its run, it could be filmed and shown as a movie at the cinema. I think that would be AWESOME!!!!!
Excellent point - but it would look egotistical for him to mention it. I'm not a fan of all of JD's hits. But I AM a fan of the person and his vector, he raises the level of discourse in society and THAT is a difficult thing to do, especially in the Age Of Unreason...
@@kathryncrissler3836 I can easily see it being filmed and aired on PBS.
@@dianeblumenthal5951 This is sooooo cool I am watching Jeff Daniels and Aaron Sorkin on 60 Minutes right now 6/2/2019 discussing "To Kill A Mockingbird!!!"
hahaha "and then there are the teachers". thats funny. that'd be my mom =))
bridge4 His daughter is a teacher.
I just love that man. What an amazing actor.
Saw the touring production at the theater I work and it nearly sold out my 3000 seat theater. Amazing show.
Growing up as a hormonally charged young teenager Gregory Peck was, in my opinion, the sexiest actor ever! My two favorite films of his was "Guns of Navarone" and absolutely "To Kill a Mockingbird". I recently bought the Mockingbird DVD and love it still. I guess it's the voice.
You need to see The Million Pound Note, folks fall all over themselves giving Peck's character anything he asks for because he has a British Pound Note that is in the denomination of 1 MILLION Pounds (which back at the time the movie takes place would have been worth about 3-5 MILLION DOLLARS).
Howard Interesting I don't think I've ever seen or heard of 'The Million Pound Note' I'll check into it. Thanks.
If I could be born again, I'd want to be Gregory Peck the second time around!
I'm just here to say; "Mock (yeah), ing (yeah), bird (yeah), yeah, (yeah)".
Well that was a good song, but the movie's better. I'd like to see the play perhaps it will come to Broadway Atlanta.
Hey everybody have you heard?
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It was my understanding that everyone had heard.
@@ZakeBudek Curse you, Zake Budek! Now I've got Peter Griffin's version of Bird's the Word on endless loop inside my head. CURSE YOU!!!
Young lady, I hope you know I have that song repeating in my head today oh, but it's a good one so - sing on!
Well to me you are a young lady, I'm pretty sure I've got a few years on you!! Hahahaha
Jeff, you are so dreamy, it makes me wanna cry!!!!!
He is still pretty cool. I'd go out with him.
@@ramonascott-kemp4799 Same here! He's so beautiful! But, I bet a gentleman like that has either got a girlfriend or a wife.
@@Squirrel36 Ditto! you know that old song all the girls get prettier at closing time, but all the good dudes are married 😉 I'll never forget years ago my late husband and I are separated and I went out to a bar and I didn't have my glasses on and I'm nearsighted not then as much as I am now I'm blind as a bat. Anyway this dude kept looking at me and finally he came over because I did look back couple of times oh my lands up above now I wasn't drunk, so all the men didn't look any better at closing time but this guy comes over and I'm like dear God in heaven what was I doing. so course I said immediately I'm about to leave I'm going to the ladies room... I hate to be mean to people but no, compared to what I was married to even though we were separated no absolutely not! I'm not picky, you know a man doesn't have to be perfect but he has to be someone cordial and this guy was a jerk! It was as if he were owning me I don't know how to explain it it was very weird I had forgotten about that until I mentioned the song and that most good guys are married and that is a fact I wore it is one for me LOL.
@@Squirrel36 by the way he has been with the same woman since 1979 good Lord in heaven now there's no doubt if my late husband were still living we were married in 78 and we had been together since 1975 as far as dating I didn't know he had a crush on me in 1971 but whatever, we'd still be married. Jeff Daniels happily known this woman I can't pronounce her name so I'm not even going to try 1979 and they have three children that's a lot of years to pack into a marriage. So miss Squirlie! you were right. I wonder if he has any brothers. I wish he would run for president
@@ramonascott-kemp4799 Never heard that song before!
I love Jeff Daniels
I've always been a fan of Jeff Daniels and admire his work. Jeff`s mentioning the "whats going on with Trump" says a lot. There are many including Robert DeNiro who realize the Trump is trouble for America and all American`s that need to step up and say what's on their minds so we don't have four more years of tyranny.
Ok when you see what's going on in China or north Korea, its kind of insulting of you to liken any current American president , regardless of how problematic they are, to a tyrant
@@sandyg4646 Not so, as T'rump is a wannabe tyrant but is to afraid to do anything about it. China and North Korea haven't got the courage to do what America has already done and neither has to potential to become what America already is.
@@velikovskysghost no. Not that he's too scared to do it. He CANT do it. That's exactly how the American system is designed. To PREVENT tyranny. No matter who the president is.
Calling trump a tyrant is not only an insult to the American constitution, it's an insult to all those ACTUALLY suffering at the hands of tyranny. And before you call me a "trumptard" or what not, cause I'm not. I would say this about any president.
@@sandyg4646 He can if he can get away with it. Our beloved United States Constitution defends against such things as a president, or anyone else for that matter, taking control of our great nation! But I apologize for calling T'rump a tyrant as he is much too much of a coward to be tyrannical, and T'rumps more on the order of an idiot! He has a 3rd grade reading level, was never taught to be responsible, and is a narcissistic braying jackass who is taking orders from Vladdymeer Pootin and striving to divide our great nation. As far as you being able to say this about any president republican, democratic, or independent, I feel the same and have called both republican and democratic braying jackasses because that's what they deserved at the time. But "private bone spurs" has to be the dumbest president our America ever had!
I wish I could see this 😭 I LOVE TKAM! I even have a tattoo lol. Jeff is amazing and I'm sure he does Atticus justice.
I had the incredible good luck to see it a couple of weeks ago. Jeff is a wonderful Atticus.
I love Atticus
Jeff Daniels playing Atticus written by Sorkin; my god. And I'll never see it 'cause I'm 15,000km away. I'll keep dreaming though.
So wish I could see this play.
I love To Kill A Mockingbird!
um...heard somewhere that that's a sin. Meanie.
My only beef is with this is that Aaron Sorkin went ahead and sued multiple smaller theaters that was also doing 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Yet, these small time theaters were given a choice, use Sorkin's version of the play or get sued to hell and back. What kind of asshole do you have to be to want to wield THAT much control over a stage production that it drives you up the wall at the sight of smaller theaters who will never see the kind of cash he does and take it away from them?
It wasn't Sorkin, it was the producer Scott Rudin.
Some say it's Jeff Daniels but I see Will McOvoy
Atticus Finch may be Gregory Peck - and a beloved role. But Jeff, YOU have the greatest American political truth-telling speech EVER on your resume as Will McAvoy in that GREAT Aaron Spelling series. So a chance to do this power piece when it is VERY timely - thank you...
(but the usual arrogance is at play - seven actors outnumber the audience. And what about the CREW? They are WORKING, not just mangling lines and pretending for profit (sorry, a line from an old buddy used to be a stage hand till he says the artists' egos got to him - and he sprained his back carrying some diva's suitcase - he'd never say who...)
I’m sure that’s true. Unfortunately we were bought tickets to watch the play at a theatre in Cambridge (U.K.) but the theatre company performing it in the USA sued our theatre company to prevent them from producing the play. As the company couldn’t afford the legal costs it had to be cancelled. Not impressed I’m afraid.
The book she wrote in the book that was published we're essentially two different books
The moral of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is #BelieveAllWomen, right?
yes! you can't hit the pause button!
Bob Lowney. Imagine if you could though.....
He is the perfect Atticus
Grrr you cut it off to early he quoted something about a conductor from Denmark conducting a renowned orchestra in philly or somewhere about playing Brahms third movement. He continue on to say something as a performer it’s not about you but for the audience to enjoy!
Old school is the best
I wish this play can be filmed and made available from now til the election.
We revere you too, flap 😂
Did he last 4 people like it, though?
It changed me. I threw away my Dumb and Dumber VHS.
I've taught this book for thirty years,..... yikes! not too much pressure.
That's totally awesome! it's been well over 30 years for me and I hope you didn't tell your students that the state of Alabama was still "just like that."of course I'm sure there are areas but the reason I thought this was so hypocritical, I'm from Alabama I lived in Kentucky for a brief time and there were approximately 10 black students in the entire high School and that's not the way it was where I came from in Alabama. By the way of course I'm sure you teach this but I love saying Harper Lee, University of Alabama! Keep up the excellent work obviously because that sounds like a good long career.
After that turd of a "lost" novel by Harper Lee was published a few years ago I was left wondering who actually wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird." At the very least, the woman clearly received help from someone.
I'm reading the book right now… wait !! Tom is found guilty? I thought Atticus was supposed to save him? Thanks for ruining it Jeff!
The aspect that would be interesting to me is Atticus being a racist (as we learn from Harper Lee's other work) who nonetheless puts his whole heart and person into defending a black man in court.
Wait,... so there’s no dog van in this play?
Am I the only person who thinks to kill a mockingbird is overrated?
probably..
No, you're not. It's a nicely written book, but it's also another exercise in white exoneration and diversion tactics. "Oh, racism? Yeah, it's terrible. THOSE people should be ashamed..."
Only 2 percent? So same people watch Broadway for each play or only the wealthy?
Animated Tigress
The rich are not necessarily the ones who appreciate art and culture.
When American theater becomes affordable...
You can also read the book...
@@Liz86000 i did
He is found guilty? Jeez a spoiler alert would have been nice!
Joe O Really??
The book is 60** years old. It’s not a spoiler anymore.
@@lh9591The book was published in 1960 and was set in the deep South during the 1930's Depression. Harper Lee wrote it using her own childhood experiences. One of the characters, Dill, was based on her friendship with Truman Capote, they remained friends for most of his life. His jealousness over her success with "Mockingbird" drove him to write another bestseller, which was based on the murder of a Kansas family, "In Cold Blood"!
Sarcasm guys: sarcasm
@@lh9591 its a spoiler. Do you not realize the audience of Seth?
Jeff Daniels, I love you but "There were no other plays???" Your producer shut down productions from small theater companies all over the country that had a different play version of To Kill A Mockingbird.
Jeff stop acting come end to the political world.. You would do good
Like Ronald Reagan did it..
Please...Consider..
Hey that ain't a bad idea
Dude. Spoiler alert!
plays are 8bit media and will become as popular as vintage gaming was when pc gaming blew up.
Be ironic if Jeff's performance is so inspiring that a theatergoer gets the idea to put Americas current *_mad dog_* down.
the big prblme also if you rea dit that one person was trying to fire his lawyer and he couldn't
so i had a prblme when two lawyers agreed already on selling apartment so they thought it was a pice of cake she up for summary judgment that is a process when peopel can avoid jury nd trial nd do a quick order write up . so summary judgment was fabricated to sell the condo under pretends my ex really needed money and i was holding on as an aging female whose now ex cheated on with younger female and that we did not ave kids and so now i was holding on the condo and stressed and the lowers were like doctors really trying to ease the pain here and separation and really were in hello profession. that is in the meanwhile that lawyer who supposedly worked for me called me late at night asking if i was ok ad that he can fight apartment off and that i can count that i get the pace since my ex was making 1 mln per day and i was having rpblme with health and employment and i had to py him 180K only which is literary a dupe of month of his paycheck. but the way my ex is he wanted to save for rainy ay for himself plus he was mad fro supposedly years of me rejecting him. but he was ok to als drug thsi situation on in teh beginning somewhat
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in any case then as i learn of lawyers having conspiracy and my lawyer assuming role of almost a guardian who is authorized to make any decisions even teh language he used that he can i dod not notice in some documents, so be careful. so they have to ask your permission as they only norway who get to use selection of rules to et you what u want and it is very possible had they not conspire and wasted time . and supposedly teh lawyer on eth Azer side is wanting to make more cash as well and they all want to really prolong the situation unless they can get their hands on selling property thru cu then they can do it fast and make some good mani
so basaclyy what i learned it wa snot easy to fire a guy he said he did not want to be fired an date dto show up in court and speak on my behalf as it was decided he is my lawyer and court is in 2 days. fortunately a judge wa snot an a gig and want getting any cut so he understood exactly the conspiracy and said in court well that is obvuupis and so he dismissed teh hearing but i could not use it to sue lawyers as they start dto cerafuly remove this from transcripts what judge says etc and manipulate and pressure me i sued 3 lawers as third party were allowed on my divorce case as they had liability by law
so they got a bot scared but i was still order to pay hourly rate after i learn the lawyer stood me up so i settled to pay 8 or 9 k and he wanted 15 or 12K. so how i was ordered t do that that they would put lien on teh property by curt order. etc so it si blackmail. the judge was talked to already. the lawyer who created the sam originally was taking advantage of illy people n dcerstt point thru divorce pretending she is a friendshe was only after the people properties if there eis house there is way to pay self. she also went to do her practice in BC british coma Vancouver. The Bar association that allowed to sue lawyers and pay insurance as it is lawyer union supposedly is what it is insurance for lawyers only that tries to cover and protect lauders from being sued. Unlike expel woudl thin that thsi organization is to protect clients of lawyers. it is not. is like a litigation for lauders again a client. they do not want to pay insurance or find and notice there is anything wrong. Unless of course the judge in trasctty said it is obvious fraud but they removed this from transcript that he judge said that. When i went for contest to a different lawyer she just said that must be necessary that they decide dto remove it . When i went to complain about my fees the Azer judge said consider self lucky you were able to keep the condo and ordered to pay hourly fees. and the fraudster lawyer said well i get to support my secretary and my office. i get to pay them. Liek it is my problem. The laywer nee is Brain Warryngtone. ?? warring about paying bills to his secretary.
Thsi also a guy who supposedly was about to abandon the client in teh midst of the legal process when the client doe snot pay bills i guess some people do not even have property and he decided to not show up a few ties at all in court room since he aversises self and lawyer for underdog but really he is scribe po susekam
and takes the last money and then doe snot even go to curt to defend the people. so he was punished. but conveniently thsi situation with me was twisted that he really had to show up. but it wa snot because he ws seasger to serve a client well but he wanted his peeve f pie real bad he harassed me called sending long emails sending me prof and court cases convincing me he is not fireball thsi was the worst night mare ever liek braking up with herring stalker etc.
so beware?
the next level is
so the brain was there in court cause he really wante dto sell condo ?
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to pay his secretary as he said, but also he was worried that the judge says amazer strike on no show in court hearing. Caus they really do not want people to self represent and it is like not showing up at work. So poor Brain could not figure it Aut when to show up in court and if there eis condo so much happier day and so he is going to be there. Ksena Kzina
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San flower seed so she was there and that is when Ksena starts dto plot that i did not want kids. I put it in court document later to say i was hoping to adopt a kid as I was testing waters with patrick so to speak and he sid kids were leaches and he wanted his specific genetics. he also did not want kid with down syndrome he said he woudl give u on a kid immediately so ok , thsi sijust side info no judgement. but i just said it in court paper to then stip lawyer present it liek we did not have children and that helps emotional picture etc. but that basically was showing me in different light swell as then they were liek oh she did want to have kids and not entirely against it as Patrick was saying that i did not want any kids because ei thought his genetics was not good enough. But Patrick did have some kind of down syndrome gene and he had thsi nova scotia thing how British asked Sctts to move t US . So here is anther can for repatriations Patrick was aofended of that and so he can write letter to British parliament asking to compensate for an offense. long autsranting
then ok Brain was worried a lot about using the condo as payment . The case was dismissed but this Brain already planned everything he knew that he needed to be paid that he showed up at that summary judgment and that he pt in hours the court woudl cost another 5 to 8 K supposedly if he was still higher. but supposedly preparation of the paperwork that was wrongful nd was actually he was trying to obtain tha judgemnet against something that I wanted the fraudulent papers supposedly were billed per hour of work and i had to pay him for working per hours. so when the court considers lawyers feel there eis spefcial word for it and it is possible to fight legal fees with special judge in Canada. but they still look at hours or so the fabricated and faked it and they said well reasonable amount of hours spend. and so the judgement reduced number of hours but they did not dismiss entirely even though he even obtained the paperwork that i pay his legal fees back in June when teh judgment wa sin July . Between June and July we kept pretending he wa say dearest friend and really cares about me. Then at the end of July just before August basically if he got teh judgement to sell then he would get 15 k Aut of the deal extra fees.
but he already apply in separate court for his fees there for the plan was to obtain thsi fees not from me paying the fee willingly but on the lien o sale of the hause.
because clerkly if he got me the judgment he could say judge decided . and they were not showing what is inside documents and that it was rash liek i was scrazt deserve Aut of my mind elderly female that was holding on my husband dear who desperately needed money etc and that was Brian description of event basically he just created an airs about it and include a couple of mean emails from patrick were he was mean to me but the email twisted liek patrick need ed money and wanted children an i could not have any cause how old i was i mean whatever story they had tried to sell. but point is that is what the lawyers grids for.
so clearly woudl i pay his ffee s? he know all that lied and life was going well until I saw the paperwork by accident. and they it was si difficult to fire him. he really did not want to get fired as right at that one curt visit he lost himself 10 K maybe caus that is court cost and there are ways to add to it.
i also saw the way the lawyers operate. so judge also told me what i was going to do if i was going to look for another layer. I said I did not know an had not trust. and that also alter in transcripts. But i said to judge I wante dto work directly with Patrick lawyer and judge said I do not know if she wats to work with u. So there cant be optional who the lawyer wants to work with or not if a person self represent that i have a legal role and they get t work with me very diligently . that also dispersed from transcripts about judge suggesting and expressing concern what lawyer wanted. I guest also sam peel bette rcontecte that Aither and the cut with some judges depends on teh cut with real estate deals.
some people who have more sone and more pride leave fortune we just need ed a sequence two to get Aut of exch Azer hair and obciolsy lawyers did not help and i did not want to continue to fight that was taking one eat alonmt i was able to get morgage and in the agreement in september we were able to figure contingency if say i did not get the merge going thru. cause pre approval is not same as approval and peel get confused. Actually banks wee preapproving me but then i have dto submit legal documents to legal department and that could bounce. Fortunately TD bank did not seem to pack around with teh differentiating between approval and preavrobal an di was happy with they way to do the mortgage process. i cant recall al deal at the moment as there eis always more layers.
do judges even take time to get o know a person a little so how they can just make jdufemet on deeply person situation
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then we have someone with job who pays bill tend to win or it is all feik
Jeff’s delivery is off beat that’s all
This show is so boring now
Maybe you should run for office Mr Daniels! Make Jim Carey your V.P! Dumb and Dumber 2020!
Though no one can argue with the homiletic sermon it trumpets, from an artistic and literary perspective, the book is a piece of crap. About as interesting as an NBC Saturday Morning "The More You Know" skit from 1985. I would have said ABC Afterschool Specials, but they had on average far more literary merit than To Kill a Mockingbird. Sorry. Truth hurts. It would save a lot of people time if 9th grade teachers (and by the way, the book should be taught in 4th grade, not 9th or 10th grade) just spent 15 minutes during the school year, discussing its completely uncontroversial thesis and then move on to something of higher artistic value, like Sesame Street. And if this was a troll, I'd be knocking the message of the novel, too. Think closely about what I am saying: the book has no literary merit, unless the cartoons my 6-year old nephew watches have literary merit.