Say Nothing, set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, employs crackling authenticity and gallows humour in a bitterly brilliant portrait of political fanaticism and violence.
The setting is The Troubles, the brutal asymmetric war fought in Northern Ireland in the final decades of the 20th century, and the detail is intensely specific, but the telling message of this compelling political thriller is sadly universal.
Jean’s unknown fate hangs over the show’s central characters, starting with sisters Dolours and Marian Price . The children of IRA members, the siblings grew up helping tend to an aunt maimed by her own explosives. The young women break the gender barrier, serving under mercurial IRA field commander Brendan Hughes and his boss, future political leader Gerry Adams , whose presence on the show comes with a disclaimer on every episode the character appears in.
The narrative is framed by the interviews an older Dolours and Brendan gave, after the 1998 peace agreement takes hold, to an oral history project. The connection between the pairs of actors playing the same role is wrenching, particularly Petticrew and Peake. Keefe and creator Joshua Zetumer are American, but the writers, directors and cast are predominantly Irish, and there is a crackling authenticity – and gallows humour – to the dialogue and performances.
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