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On 11/22/2024 5:19 PM, Rhino wrote:
> FX has a new series called Say Nothing that may be of interest to anyone 
> with curiousity about what the Irish called "The Troubles". This is the 
> period of time starting in the late 1960s in Northern Ireland which 
> frequently made the news over assorted acts of violence.
> 
> Say Nothing is based on a very successful book of the same name about 
> two young Catholic sisters who joined the IRA in 1972 and took active 
> part in violent operations to drive the British out of Northern Ireland. 
> Unlike so many productions these days, they didn't invent these young 
> women or gender-reverse real-life men: this is based on a true story.
> 
> TV inevitably takes liberties with reality/history for dramatic purposes 
> and I have not yet read any articles outlining what liberties were taken 
> here so I will NOT say that every moment in this production is exactly 
> the way things played out. However, it has the feel of reality. I am not 
> particularly well-versed in this conflict but I know a little about it 
> and I haven't seen anything yet that rang false.
> 
> I've just finished the third of the nine episodes in the limited series 
> and I've only recognized one of the actors in it: Rory Kinnear (who 
> plays the Prime Minister in The Diplomat) as the British brigadier 
> (general) who is in charge of the British Army's intelligence unit, 
> which is trying to identify and capture the leaders of the IRA in 
> Belfast. The remaining actors are unfamiliar to me despite having seen a 
> few other Irish productions but they do a pretty impressive job in their 
> roles, particularly Lola Pettigrew, who plays Dolours Price, the more 
> outgoing on the two sisters. She's the lead in this production.
> 
> The story goes right back to when she and her sister first joined the 
> IRA in an active role. (Previously, women were relegated to rolling 
> bandages to treat the men if they got injured.) We see the environment 
> that made her go from participating in peaceful protests to feeling the 
> need to go beyond that. We see her participate in an armed 
> "expropriation" (bank robbery) and help a captured IRA member escape 
> British custody, just for starters.
> 
> There is, inevitably, violence depicted in this series, including 
> bombings, shootings, and torture, so if that kind of thing upsets you, 
> this show is probably not for you. If you want to get a sense for what 
> life was like during this conflict, at least on the Catholic side, you 
> should find this informative and engaging. (If you're deeply familiar 
> with the conflict, you may find it oversimplifies things a bit. For 
> example, I have yet to see any sign of the different factions among the 
> IRA that vied for leadership of the effort.)
> 
> IMDB gives this an 8.4 rating.
> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31122777/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

This appears to be only on Hulu in the U.S.