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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Steven Oxman - For the Sun-Times

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ wrestles with the past while seeking its place in the present

Atticus Finch (Richard Thomas, center) ponders the next question for the plaintiff Mayella Ewell (Arianna Gayle Stucki, left) in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” now playing at the Nederlander Theatre. (Julieta Cervantes)

Atticus Finch, a beloved character in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” most famously played by Gregory Peck in the 1962 film of the same name, has for over half a century been considered a paragon of virtue.

But should he, in today’s parlance, be cancelled? 

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