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T10 WHATS UP! May 15 - 21, 2022 "I'm confident we're going to find fresh and interesting ways of dramatizing the novel's dy- namics, and I'm excited to watch the process take shape," Rooney said in a February 2020 state- ment. A September 2019 interview with PBS Newshour's Jeffrey Brown offers even more insight into how the novel's tone affects the storyline as a whole. "I suppose what I was trying to do was observe the texture of the world that I myself was inhabit - ing," Rooney told Brown. "Even though all the characters are completely fictional and their exploits are very much figments of my imagination, the world that they live in was and is very similar to the world that I was living in as I wrote the book." Needless to say, the creative team has a lot to translate to the small screen, though it should be no problem for Rooney and her seasoned Hulu collaborators Abrahamson, Alice Birch (screenwriter), Catherine Ma- gee (series producer), Ed Guin- ey (executive producer), Nathan Nugent (film editor), Suzie Lavelle (cinematographer), and Louise Kiely and Karen Scully (casting), all of whom previous- ly worked on "Normal People." While "Conversations With Friends" can be interpreted as a coming-of-age story, the themes that pervade the narrative make it available to many demograph- ics. That said, the rumors of steamy scenes and unsettling situations may make it more ap- propriate for viewers older than high school age. Regardless of the audience, however, over the course of its 12 hour-long episodes, "Conversa- tions with Friends" taps into hu- man nature by putting often-un- comfortable focus on the thoughts and experiences that drive our lives individually and as a part of the collective con- science. In fact, one of the series' (and book's) pervading messages is spoken aloud by Bobbi in the trailer: "People can be in love and have meaningful relation- ships with other people." And while, on the surface, this state- ment may seem obvious, the characters prove some things may be easier said than done. And in true Rooney fashion, oth- er things may be easier just left unsaid. After all, when it comes to conversations with friends, it's often the things that go unsaid that prove to be the most power- ful — for better or for worse. Don't miss Hulu's newest collaboration with Irish au- thor and Millennial messenger Sally Rooney when "Conver- sations with Friends" pre- mieres Sunday, May 15, on Hulu. continued from page T2 Potent parley: Rehashing 'Conversations with Friends' TV FEATURE 5 x 5 Jemima Kirke and Sasha Lane in "Conversations With Friends"