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Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef on How ‘Mo’ Grapples With Palestine and Israel in Season 2 — Without Mentioning Oct. 7
The creators of 'Mo' unpack how they managed to write about Palestine and Israel while steering clear of the most recent events.
“Mo” is unlike anything on TV — with characters spouting off thoughtful, dark humor in rapid-fire English, Spanish and Arabic and hand-feeding each other bites of Middle Eastern food with love, all encased within gorgeous shots of a city where scripted television rarely goes. After brainstorming “every single iteration you could ever imagine” of a war-related storyline, Amer got a sour taste in his mouth: “That rabbit hole became very didactic.” A show that once was full of jokes between friends and squabbles between lovers was devolving into a string of unruly political arguments that didn’t advance the plot. Somehow — with “a lot of creativity,” Amer says with a laugh, still nervous thinking about the logistics — he was able to hire a local camera crew to capture exterior shots in Burin, Bethlehem and other West Bank towns as he supervised remotely.
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