"To Kill a Mockingbird": Lessons for today

[@mooch6079]

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]

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

[@fancybrooks3156]

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

[@joshuamartinez4717]

Yeah thanks guys that was my class

[@gustavolasanta1482]

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

[@shawnaclarkson9401]

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]

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]

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

[@hankrogers8431]

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

[@maytay_woo]

kiltlvr precisely what I was thinking

[@johnchambers2996]

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]

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

[@kitt3521]

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

[@mlfeathers7527]

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

[@audraeden8923]

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.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Aaron Sorkin is a thoughtful and trustworthy herald.

[@ethanboyd7843]

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

[@Squirrel36]

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

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

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

[@KH6DAN]

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

[@mistychenoweth9716]

Saw it last night. Wonderful.

[@GroovyLisa]

One of the greatest books written.

[@alanisdavilagarcia8465]

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

[@kaimitchell9608]

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

[@philipclayberg4928]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[@armandogonzales9304]

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

[@adr2635]

Jeff a legend

[@MrNova37]

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

[@lynnturman8157]

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

[@SuperLolguy99]

i couldn't stop laughing

[@shielasabijon9885]

OMG 🤣🤣🤣

[@tjesse]

Mock yea Ing yea Bird yea

[@thelastjohnwayne]

FACT Gregory Pecks shoes are hard to fill

[@asp_eng24]

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

[@hankrogers8431]

Here ya go: ok.ru/video/1020204223022

[@nellievanellie9935]

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

[@mariarubino5220]

@@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.

[@Patrick-jj5nh]

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

[@haileyneasharon7591]

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....

[@mariarubino5220]

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

[@joshuamartinez4717]

Yea MS45 lol

[@mariarubino5220]

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

[@joshuamartinez4717]

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

[@libertyann439]

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

[@mamaksstorytime]

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

[@philipclayberg4928]

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]

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 !

[@carljcreighton]

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

[@jackyfelder2563]

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

[@countalucard4226]

I bought the “Gregory Peck” sunglasses.

[@dearls921]

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]

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

[@karatorres2047]

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]

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

[@TheMothdemon]

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

[@shuffleaccount1985]

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]

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

[@johnnythunder196]

he wouldn't waste his time looking at that drivel

[@timothylines3867]

jason roberts did this also??

[@malkyyy3418]

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

[@LizaFan]

His accent . . . is awful.

[@michaelbowie3269]

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

[@jerseypete6674]

Loved loved love the movie. Hated the play!

[@molinaafo]

HARRY!

[@waterloobridgefrance]

A shame his performance was not put on film

[@jackyfelder2563]

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

[@Ricardoflores-nx7gv]

I was the judge in the Middle School Part

[@alanisdavilagarcia8465]

I know you’re such a good judge

[@timothylines3867]

point was protect children.

[@D.N.T-bb8mj-RainbowsEND]

Actor from dumb & dumber 😊

[@richardtapia7647]

aye I see my self

[@richardtapia7647]

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

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

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

[@kathryn3390]

And then came “Go Set a Watchman.”

[@dann547]

Lighten up Francis.

[@alexanderh9878]

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

[@julianmx13]

It’s soda pop

[@CSUnger]

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

[@danjv]

In which parallel universe?

[@Cleombrotus100]

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]

Jeff Daniel is a very over looked Actor.

[@susannezami1446]

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]

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

[@jerdonsbabbler3515]

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

[@ntadema]

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.

[@dann547]

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

[@Aristocles22]

A 30-something playing a child? Ugh.

[@daphnezelinski4794]

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

[@MultiBunnyhunter]

we are being pressured to say this is good. but it’s just not.

[@TheMothdemon]

Speak for yourself, my high school class had this our spring book report and I absolutely fell in love with it

[@vincehammons]

Agreed. Rewriting to push an agenda. The original was written and performed at a time when the audience was more intelligent and didn't have to be spoon fed an agenda.

[@jenniferdonlin6627]

Those kids are clueless.