>>> WE HAVE TO HEAL THIS WOUND OR WE WILL NEVER STOP BLEEDING.
WE HAVE TO MAKE GOOD THIS CRIME.
WE HAVE TO SHOW TOM ROBINSON
JUSTICE IN THIS COURTROOM.
NOW WE CAN START GATHERING THE
ANIMALS TWO BY TWO BECAUSE WE’LL
BE SHOWING GOD’S JUSTICE IN A
HURRY.
HURRY. WE CAN’T GO ON LIKE THIS.
WE KNOW THAT.
SO LET’S HASTEN THE CHANGE.
LET’S HASTEN THE END OF THE
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. LET’S DO IT RIGHT NOW.
LET’S BEGIN BY RESTORING THIS
MAN TO HIS FAMILY.
LET’S BEGIN WITH JUSTICE.
>> THAT WAS JEFF DANIELS IN HIS
TONY NOMINATED PERFORMANCE OF AT
ATTICUS FINCH.
ATTICUS FINCH. IT’S A STORY OF ONE MAN DOING
THE RIGHT THING AND CONDUCTING
HIMSELF AS THOUGH ALL OF OUR
CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.
"TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD" ON
BROADWAY IS AS IMPORTANT NOW AS
IT WAS WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN.
IT’S BEEN NOMINATED FOR 9 TONYS
AND RECENTLY BROKE THE RECORD
FOR THE HIGHEST GROSSING
AMERICAN PLAY IN HISTORY.
JEFF DANIELS WHO STARS IN IT IS
HERE.
HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
>> I’M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?
>> HE’S A MASOCHIST.
OR SADIST.
OR SADIST. >> YOU HAVE NOT MISSED A SINGLE
PERFORMANCE.
PERFORMANCE. >> NO.
>> NO. WE ARE IN OUR SEVENTH MONTH OF A
YEAR-LONG RUN.
YEAR-LONG RUN. EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK.
NO, NOT YET.
I’VE BEEN SICK TWICE.
>> AND YOU’VE DONE IT ANYWAY.
>> THE LINE IS WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN YOU GET THE FLU ON BROAD
WAY?
WAY? EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK.
YOU DO IT.
>> WHY ARE YOU DOING THE SHOW?
>> IT’S ATTICUS FINCH, THE PLAY
WAS WRITTEN ON THE BOOK, BELOVED
BOOK, REVERED, ONE OF THE ICONIC
HEROES IN AMERICA, HAPPENS TO BE
FICTIONAL BUT STILL YOU CAN
PUT -- PEOPLE PUT HIM UP THERE
WITH WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN AND
ALL OF THAT, YOU GET TO PLAY
HIM.
HIM. YOU GET TO BECOME HIM.
AND EVERY NIGHT YOU WALK OUT
THERE AND WE PIN THE EARS BACK
OF BASICALLY WHITE AMERICA.
>> TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> WHITE LIBERAL AMERICA COMES
IN AND THEY GO, WE HAD NO IDEA
IT WAS THAT TOUGH.
AND IT’S A SLAP IN THE FACE.
IT’S A WAKEUP CALL.
IT’S ALSO A DECISION -- AT CUSS
HAS TO GO THROUGH A CHANGE
DIFFERENT THAN THE BOOK.
WE MADE HIM MORE OF THE
PROTAGONIST WHO HAD A CHANGE.
HIS CHANGE IS TO MAYOR PETE’S
POINT EARLIER.
POINT EARLIER. THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE,
THEY DON’T HAVE BAD INTENTIONS,
NOT ALL OF THEM ATTICUS FINCH
BELIEVES THERE’S GOOD IN
>> I GET TO COME BACK AND TALK
TO YOU AFTER, AND I CONFESS IT
WAS ME WEEPING IN THE FOURTH ROW
WHEN ATTICUS IS AT THE JAIL AND
THE KKK COMES FOR HIM AND IT’S
CAL THAT RECOGNIZES ONE OF THE
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. ATTICUS’S CHILDREN ARE PLAYED BY
EXTRAORDINARY ACTORS IN THE
PLAY.
PLAY. AND IT’S THE REMINDER AT THIS
TIME IN OUR POLITICS CHILDREN
ARE WATCHING.
ARE WATCHING. >> CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.
AND I LIVE IN MICHIGAN.
AFTER THE ELECTION, I WAS
SURPRISED SOME OF THE PEOPLE.
I SAID, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS
ELECTION?
ELECTION? THEY GO, YEAH, ISN’T IT GREAT.
YOU’RE GOING WHOA.
MY WIFE’S ON FACEBOOK, WE GOT
ANOTHER TRUMPER.
ANOTHER TRUMPER. YOU DIDN’T SEE IT COMING.
ATTICUS GOES THROUGH THIS.
THEY’RE GOOD PEOPLE.
THERE ARE REASONS WHY.
HE’S AN APOLOGIST, AN ENABLER.
I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
MIDWEST, BETWEEN THE COASTS, WHO
DON’T CARE ABOUT THIS, DON’T
HAVE TIME FOR THIS, WHO HAVE TO
MAKE A DECISION NOW.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER, LIKE
ATTICUS YOU BELIEVE THERE IS
STILL COMPASSION, DECENCY,
CIVILITY, REMEMBER ALL THAT, DO
UNTO OTHERS, YOU STILL VOTED NOT
FOR HILLARY, FOR TRUMP, WHERE
ARE YOU NOW?
YOUR KIDS ARE LOOKING UP AT YOU
GOING, BUT HE LIES.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THE MIDWEST GOING --
IT MIGHT BE ENOUGH FOR THEM.
WE’LL FIND OUT IF THE BIG GAMBLE
IS TO GO TO NOVEMBER 2020, WHICH
I AGREE, AND LOSE, IT’S THE END
OF DEMOCRACY.
OF DEMOCRACY. >> ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO
SEE "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" IN
JANUARY WAS FORMER FBI DIRECTOR
JIM COMEY WHO’S THE TIP OF THE
SPEAR OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE FBI AND THE PRESIDENT,
AND TEXTED HIM TODAY AND ASKED
HIM WHAT IT MEANS IN THIS
MOMENT, HE SENT ME THIS.
DO WE HAVE IT?
I’LL READ IT OFF MY PHONE.
HE SAID, THE WHOLE FAMILY WENT
IN EARLY JANUARY.
WE WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE IT
THAT PATRICE FELL ON THE
SIDEWALK, BROKE HER CLAFVICLE AN
REFUSED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT’S THE PERFECT PLAY FOR OUR
TIME.
TIME. IT REMINDS US THAT PEOPLE CAN BE
DEEPLY BIASSED AND FLAWED BUT
THE TRUTH IS A REAL THING AND
OUR HEROES IN THE LONG RUN ARE
ALWAYS THOSE WHO STOOD UP FOR
IT.
IT. THE THOUSAND LITTLE COWARDS MELT
AWAY.
AWAY. THERE WILL BE NO PLAY FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ITS PASSION
FOR TRUTH.
FOR TRUTH. I THINK ANYONE WHO’S BEEN IN THE
POLITICAL ARENA CAN’T ESCAPE THE
PARALLELS OF THE COWARDICE, THE
MOB.
MOB. >> AND SORKIN WRITES TO THAT, I
THINK IT’S COZIP WHOSORKIN WHO P
THAT A MOB ACTS ON EMOTION
ABSENT FACT, ABSENT RESPECT --
ABSENT CONTEMPLATION AND ABSENT
RESPONSIBILITY.
RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT THEY GET IS ANONYMITY.
A MOB IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO
TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THEIR
CONSCIOUS.
CONSCIOUS. YOU LAY THAT LINE OUT EVERY
NIGHT.
NIGHT. YOU HEAR THEM GO --
>> THEY GO -- WHEN I WAS SITTING
THERE.
THERE. IS THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING?
>> THAT’S WHAT I SEE AT TRUMP’S
RALLIES, THE LIES SPEWING AT
PEOPLE, I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN
SOMETHING, HE SAID HE’D BRING MY
MANUFACTURING JOB BACK, SHE
DIDN’T, AND I’M ALL IN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ASIDE
FROM I DON’T WANT TO PAY TAXES,
IT’S RACE.
IT’S RACE. IT’S RACE.
IT’S RACE. THIS IS ABOUT -- THIS IS ABOUT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- OR A
WING OF IT GOING THIS IS OUR
LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE PARTY.
IF WE DON’T, IT’S THE END OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN DO THAT
WAS TO TAP THE RACE BUTTON AND
SAY GO AHEAD, IT’S OKAY.
AND HE DID, AND THEY DID.
THAT WAS THE ONLY CARD THEY HAD
LEFT TO PLAY AND THEY PLAYED IT
AND THEY AREN’T GOING TO GO
QUIETLY.
QUIETLY. THAT’S WHY YOU LOOK AT THE
COWARDICE OF THE 15 OR SO
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE WHO
ARE QUIET.
ARE QUIET. I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT JEFF FLAKE
OR BOB CORKER.
THAT’S NOT COURAGE, THAT’S
MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A JOB
SOMEWHERE AFTER POLITICS.
COURAGE IS STANDING UP AND BEING
A TRUE PATRIOT LIKE WE HAD BACK
IN 1776.
IN 1776. WHO ARE THE HEROES GOING TO BE?
IS IT GOING TO BE THE PENTAGON
PAPERS GUY.
PAPERS GUY. WHO’S THE GUY GOING HERE, "THE
WASHINGTON POST," HERE’S THE
UNREDACTED.
UNREDACTED. I’M WAITING FOR THAT GUY.
>> WE’RE ALL WAITING FOR THAT
GUY.
GUY. >> WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
TO LOOK AT CONGRESS WITH THEIR
POLITICS, IF I DO THIS, I CAN’T
DO THAT.
DO THAT. YOU ARE ALL WORTHLESS TO ME
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. I NEED PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND BE
HEROIC BECAUSE DEMOCRACY IS AT
STAKE.
STAKE. >> WOW.
>> WOW. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
>> YOU SURE CAN.
>> THE ANSWER IS IT’S TRUE --
>> YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT THE MOB.
I ATTENDED ONE TRUMP RALLY FOR
PROFESSIONAL REASONS, AND YOUR
POINTS RESONATE, 10,000
PEOPLE --
PEOPLE -- YOU GO TO CHURCH WITH, THAT YOU
SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU
WOULD NEVER THINK WOULD GO TO
THIS FORUM AND EXPRESS SUCH
ANGER.
ANGER. HERE’S MY QUESTION FOR YOU.
YOU ARGUE THE CASE IN THE
COURTROOM EIGHT TIMES A WEEK.
DOES PART OF YOU, JEFF, OR EVEN
ATTICUS, SEE THAT LITTLE GLIMMER
HOPES THE VERDICT COMES BACK
DIFFERENTLY ONE OF THESE TIMES?
>> YOU HOPE TO APPEAL TO THE
BETTER ANGEL IN THEM, THE WHITE
CHRISTIAN FARMER JURORS THAT ARE
SITTING THERE, THAT ARE FACELESS
BUT THERE THEY ARE.
YOU HOPE THAT THERE IS GOOD.
AND I THINK THAT’S WHEN ATTICUS