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‘Say Nothing’ Asks a Provocative Question: Can Violence Save the World?

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72% Informative

All nine episodes of FX ’s adaptation of Say Nothing will premiere November 14 on Hulu .

Patrick Radden Keefe's best-selling 2018 book, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland , is about the Troubles .

Keefe interviewed more than 100 people in Belfast and surrounding communities, reporting on the life of Dolours Price.

The story centers on women who were directly involved in the conflict, a perspective that feels original in and of itself.

The show does not call out Dolours as right or wrong; indeed, it doesn’t approach a judgment at all.

It explores the way it explores Dolours ’s moral layers, the passion of her cause and the brutality of her methods.

Say Nothing is a bold examination of extremism and activism that feels as true to then as it does to now.

As Keefe was writing the book in 2017 and 2018 , the events of Say Nothing felt firmly like a period piece.

The show being made with FX and American funding allowed us, in a way, to be braver.

VR Score

72

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69

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58

Article tone

informal

Language

English

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45

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not offensive

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medium-lived

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