"To Kill a Mockingbird": Lessons for today

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5 жыл бұрын

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about racism in the Deep South has been a perennial read in grade school, an Academy Award-winning film, and now a critically-lauded play on Broadway. Tracy Smith talks with the show's star Jeff Daniels and playwright Aaron Sorkin about translating Lee's characters to the stage, and with students who talk about "Mockingbird"'s relevance to today's audience.
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@mooch6079 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That whole piece just made me look at this newest generation way different. Those kids get it. And you found some profoundly articulate kids to speak. Great job, CBS Sunday Morning! Thanks!!

@ludovicoc7046 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, like, they, like, are, like, really, like, profoundly, like, articulate.

@fancybrooks3156 5 жыл бұрын

@@ludovicoc7046 Even with all the "likes," that kid was still more articulate than you! STHU!

@joshuamartinez4717 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah thanks guys that was my class

@gustavolasanta1482 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. Kids know and understand life more than we give them credit for even more than some adults.

@shawnaclarkson9401 2 жыл бұрын

I gained so much respect for Jeff Daniels. This Speaks volumes to me what kind of morals he has as a man . The world needs this story ,they need to teach in schools with it as they used to

@kiltlvr 5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t it be groundbreaking to write a version of Mockingbird from Tom Robinson’s POV? I wish I had the skill and wherewithal to do so.

@mlfeathers7527 5 жыл бұрын

Why don’t you follow up and do that. Could be fun and Lord knows you would probably do a great job.

@hankrogers8431 5 жыл бұрын

You better pay royalties if you use any of the names OR plot lines from the book.

@marytaylor9001 5 жыл бұрын

kiltlvr precisely what I was thinking

@johnchambers2996 4 жыл бұрын

You might ask that same question about a play from Ferguson, Missouri about Office Wilson's "trial", from Officer Wilson's POV, versus the mob and the media.

@marionarda2790 4 жыл бұрын

While it could be interesting most of the book appeal is the fact it is written from a child perspective

@nudnikjeff 5 жыл бұрын

The 1962 movie should be required viewing. Now on B'way by Aaron Sorkin...MUST SEE!

@audraeden8923 5 жыл бұрын

Stellar...thank you CBS....great piece. Well done by the producers and actors, and Harper, yes, but can you see the hidden hand of Lin as well? Put Theater in the hands of teens. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket, to see life -changing theater when you can then-afford it....let kids see it for ten dollars. Thrilling to think of it. And how about the kids who were asked the significance.....can they hold a tune, or what? Totally forthcoming and wise in their answers as to the meaning of the background and the play. This is Mockingbird by exponential growth. This was a joy to watch thank you CBS.

@mlfeathers7527 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Great, well spoken words! These kids are so sharp.

@ethanboyd7843 2 жыл бұрын

That kid defined Sorkin's talent better than I've ever been able to.

@kitt3521 2 ай бұрын

Wow... those kids interviewed should be future leaders. Loved what the boy in the blue t shirt had to say.

@Squirrel36 Жыл бұрын

It makes me sick that someone so handsome as Jeff Daniels is overlooked and underrated!

@douglassauvageau7262 Жыл бұрын

Aaron Sorkin is a thoughtful and trustworthy herald.

@KH6DAN 2 жыл бұрын

We saw Daniels in TKAMB last week. Very, very good play about a very good novel.

@adr2635 2 жыл бұрын

Jeff a legend

@alanisdavilagarcia8465 5 жыл бұрын

That guy with the great hair is my best friend 3:21

@jackfitzpatrick8173 2 ай бұрын

You can't remake a classic...it just can't be done.

@GroovyLisa 5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest books written.

@kaimitchell9608 5 жыл бұрын

"hey tom, wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? "

@philipclayberg4928 4 жыл бұрын

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

@MrNova37 2 жыл бұрын

this book and the play is a lesson for the future ,that we should stop putting labels on peaple and becpme colour blind becouse we are all the same ,we are just peaple

@mistychenoweth9716 9 ай бұрын

Saw it last night. Wonderful.

@tjesse 5 жыл бұрын

Mock yea Ing yea Bird yea

@haileyneasharon7591 5 жыл бұрын

I need some times to understand the movie, since i don't speak english. And at the end, i just love it. It's something that i wouldn't find in this kind of movie era, i guess....

@Patrick-jj5nh 3 жыл бұрын

I am guessing theres no recording of this broadway show version? Tried to google but no clear answer

@mariarubino5220 5 жыл бұрын

That was my old middle school in the Bronx. Graduated in 1980!!! Lol

@joshuamartinez4717 5 жыл бұрын

Yea MS45 lol

@mariarubino5220 5 жыл бұрын

@@joshuamartinez4717 Used to be called Paul Hoffman Junior High School 45 when I went there. Lol

@joshuamartinez4717 5 жыл бұрын

Lol that's my class too and it's called Thomas C Giordano now

@armandogonzales9304 7 ай бұрын

Richard Thomas' "Atticus Finch" was very good. The entire show was good.

@libertyann439 5 жыл бұрын

It's great to see this but there is only one Gregory Peck. Daniels' southern accent sounds really contrived.

@mamaksstorytime 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. No one can replicate Peck's marvelous bass voice.

@philipclayberg4928 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but to my ears it sounds like baritone, not bass. Bass would be like James Earl Jones' voice. Definitely deeper than Gregory Peck's.

@corryjookit7818 4 жыл бұрын

Mockingbird should play Edinburgh's International Festival and Festival Fringe in August/September 20/20. I'd love to see it in theatre. I did have the book, loned it out, didn't get it back. I'd like a copy ot the movie. I want, I want, ah, so what !

@asp_eng24 5 жыл бұрын

We are reading this novel rn at school and the movie isn't on Netflix anymore!!!

@hankrogers8431 5 жыл бұрын

Here ya go: ok.ru/video/1020204223022

@nellievanellie9935 5 жыл бұрын

Hank Rogers thank you so much for the link, you are wonderful:)

@mariarubino5220 5 жыл бұрын

@@hankrogers8431 Thank you! I had been wanting to watch it, too, and I couldn't find it anywhere for free. It was a great film. My first time watching it.

@thelastjohnwayne 10 ай бұрын

FACT Gregory Pecks shoes are hard to fill

@timothylines3867 5 жыл бұрын

jason roberts did this also??

@dearls921 4 жыл бұрын

When did this become requires reading for middle school? I’m 28 and the book was banned when I was in school. Maybe it was just my state though, I’m not sure.

@jackyfelder2563 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 69 and it wasn't required reading for me but i read it on my own in high school.

@karatorres2047 2 жыл бұрын

It’s pretty much taught universally in 8th or 9th grade now all over the US. I read it in 9th grade in 2010 and now I teach it

@omegasage777 Жыл бұрын

Which state are you from? It was required reading for me in high school, about 8 years ago

@TheMothdemon Жыл бұрын

I'm 30 and was required to read it in high school, I'm glad I was because it's my favorite book of all time

@countalucard4226 2 жыл бұрын

I bought the “Gregory Peck” sunglasses.

@carljcreighton 5 жыл бұрын

meanwhile community productions are being forced to not do performances because of this

@jackyfelder2563 4 жыл бұрын

this play or the movie should be shown to middle school children threw out the country.

@lynnturman8157 5 жыл бұрын

I had a brother who once killed a mockingbird with his bb gun. We had to put him up for adoption.

@SuperLolguy99 5 жыл бұрын

i couldn't stop laughing

@shielasabijon9885 3 жыл бұрын

OMG 🤣🤣🤣

@michaelbowie3269 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that was Jamie (Joan) Siddens 3:21 "The short blond teacher"

@daimonmarioperez9501 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, that's Chris from the Wire......

@shuffleaccount1985 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so proud this book has opened the eyes of our Future Leaders , makes me so Happy!!!! , Perhaps a copy of the book should be sent to Trump but, send him an Audio Book, as he "Clearly" can't read

@tjesse 5 жыл бұрын

Are you a Russian bot, or an idiot? This has fuckall to do with the president of the United States of America.

@johnnythunder196 3 жыл бұрын

he wouldn't waste his time looking at that drivel

@malkyyy3418 5 жыл бұрын

“Perfect execution” dude she only wanted one word and the extra one you chose what is possibly the worst word to use

@LizaFan Жыл бұрын

His accent . . . is awful.

@Ricardoflores-nx7gv 5 жыл бұрын

I was the judge in the Middle School Part

@alanisdavilagarcia8465 5 жыл бұрын

I know you’re such a good judge

@kathryn3390 3 жыл бұрын

And then came “Go Set a Watchman.”

@dann547 7 ай бұрын

Lighten up Francis.

@waterloobridgefrance 5 жыл бұрын

A shame his performance was not put on film

@jackyfelder2563 4 жыл бұрын

watch the original movie with Gregory Peck. splendid version, watched it many times when i was growing up and read the book.

@richardtapia7647 5 жыл бұрын

aye I see my self

@richardtapia7647 5 жыл бұрын

at 2:08 right in the middle left I turn my head

@molinaafo 5 жыл бұрын

HARRY!

@timothylines3867 5 жыл бұрын

point was protect children.

@julianmx13 4 жыл бұрын

It’s soda pop

@jerseypete6674 Жыл бұрын

Loved loved love the movie. Hated the play!

@D.N.T-bb8mj-RainbowsEND Ай бұрын

Actor from dumb & dumber 😊

@alexanderh9878 2 жыл бұрын

George Floyd and so many others. I hope we're learning something.

@CSUnger 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Allan, Jim Crow South is long gone. Give it a rest, Willya?

@danjv 5 жыл бұрын

In which parallel universe?

@Cleombrotus100 5 жыл бұрын

Well, obviously not in yours. Try thinking independently for a change instead of allowing what you see on a screen to dictate your opinions for you. Leave the hive.

@chriswebb1679 2 жыл бұрын

Jeff Daniel is a very over looked Actor.

@Nonamearisto 4 жыл бұрын

A 30-something playing a child? Ugh.

@daphnezelinski4794 4 жыл бұрын

She is 41 and was absolutely brilliant as Scout. Just saw her on Broadway.

@susannezami1446 5 жыл бұрын

Aaron Sorkin did a great job of essentially rewriting the piece to fit modern times. The adults playing the children were wonderful. As for Jeff Daniels, this man should have never been an actor. What is it, like at least 30 years of acting and still, Mr. One Note Performance all the way. Sad.

@jackyfelder2563 4 жыл бұрын

Watch the movie Gettysburg by Turner classics or Gods and Generals or Escanaba in the Moonlight. All are wonderful.

@jerdonsbabbler3515 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. He is the laziest performer ever.

@dann547 7 ай бұрын

And now some of those students are chanting,” From the River to the Sea” and calling for genocide against Jews.

@ntadema Жыл бұрын

Saw the Sorkin version, and its a terrible adaptation. Makes Atticus Finch buffoonish and turns Mayella into a raging racist, despite the fact that she's very much victim too. The adaptation dehumanizes white Southerners and treats the concept of understanding other PoVs as naive and stupid.