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