but i've always had problems with atticus finch and the mythology of atticus finch. it always seemed a little too much for me sometimes. so i was always wanting to write about the book but it was hard to do because you have the book itself. you have a handful of things that harper lee had said about the book when it was published in promotions she did for the movie. the last time harper lee spoke on the record to anybody about her fiction was in march 1964. there wasn't much to go on if you're going to write about this novel and this character but that changed in the summer of 2015 because in summer of 2015, this other novel harper lee wrote, go set a watchman was published and in it there's the character of atticus and the big revelation is that atticus finch was not the idealistic father and brave defender of the downtrodden that he was in "to kill a mockbird". he was pretty much what you would assume, a 70-year-old arthritic white southerner would be in alabama in 1907. he was racist and reactionary, didn't like the changes going on in the south and all the rest s

but i have always had some problems with atticus finch. with the mythology of him. so always wanting to write about the book but it was hard to do because you just have the book itself in the handful of things that harper lee said and the promotion that she did for the movie. the last time harper lee spoke on the record to anybody was march 1964. so to write about this novel and character so that changed in the summer of 2015 because this other novel. [applause] was published and that was the character of atticus but the great revelation of that was atticus finch was not the idealistic father with the downtrodden. but that 70-year-old arthritic down in alabama 1957 and to be racist and reactionary so the best thing you have not read of "go set a watchman" so what is the adult scout 26 years old back to her hometown and realizes her beloved father who would not hurt a ground school oral one -- squirrel has fall into the small town racist reactionary so what happens over the course of that novel is she has these important conversations with the men in her life and ult

. >> stephen: yes, very atticus finch. ( laughter ) >> jon: yeah, feeling good. >> stephen: listen, youted about tonight? >> jon: what's that? who's that? >> stephen: mandy moore, i wanted to talk to her for a long time. josh groban and sara bareilles who are hosting the tonys are going to be out here. and then our musical guest-- you guys are in for a treat-- it's meghan trainor is going to be out here. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: she's all about that bass, no treble. >> stephen: yeah, i'm all about the bass. >> jon: you all about the bass? >> stephen: i'm all about the bass. she's not doing that song, but i'm all about the bass. ( laughter ) it's going to be fantastic. she will be close enough for these people to touch. it's going to be fantastic. ( cheers ) now, ladies and gentlemen, over the weekend, there's been a new contender for "worst dance floor moves." and before i go any further, i just need you to know to enjoy this story: it's okay to laugh because no one got seriously hurt. okay-- we're all there, great. now, check out what happened in denver when an off-duty f.b.i. a