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You know, it struck me in thinking both about the projects you've created and and the projects you've chosen to be a part of, that they're really group projects in a lot of ways. You know, Jesse Armstrong, Yorgos Lanthimos, who directed Poor Things, are really known for their emphasis on ensemble casts. And the way you talk about your work seems really similar.

You know, it struck me in thinking both about the projects you've created and and the projects you've chosen to be a part of, that they're really group projects in a lot of ways. You know, Jesse Armstrong, Yorgos Lanthimos, who directed Poor Things, are really known for their emphasis on ensemble casts. And the way you talk about your work seems really similar.

I'm curious, first, if that impression seems right to you. And if so, can you just talk a little bit about why that kind of communal creative work appeals to you so much?

I'm curious, first, if that impression seems right to you. And if so, can you just talk a little bit about why that kind of communal creative work appeals to you so much?

We didn't actually talk about this, but one of the collaborators you just mentioned on Number One Happy Family USA is Mona Chalabi, who I actually know is a journalist. She's a data journalist. I mean, she's won a Pulitzer, Illustrator, but she's also an executive producer on the show.

We didn't actually talk about this, but one of the collaborators you just mentioned on Number One Happy Family USA is Mona Chalabi, who I actually know is a journalist. She's a data journalist. I mean, she's won a Pulitzer, Illustrator, but she's also an executive producer on the show.

She takes very complicated ideas and she manages to make them entertaining and digestible and understandable to regular people. How do you feel like her journalism background shows up in the series at all?

She takes very complicated ideas and she manages to make them entertaining and digestible and understandable to regular people. How do you feel like her journalism background shows up in the series at all?

I'm glad you mentioned the music because you wrote a lot of these songs also. Why did you have these big animated musical numbers? Have you written music before? I mean, like, tell me how this came about.

I'm glad you mentioned the music because you wrote a lot of these songs also. Why did you have these big animated musical numbers? Have you written music before? I mean, like, tell me how this came about.

I love Spies in the Mosque.

I love Spies in the Mosque.

What did Adam say?

What did Adam say?

That's Rami Youssef. Number One Happy Family USA debuts on Prime Video on April 17th. And since we talked, the Jesse Armstrong movie has a title, Mountainhead. It'll be out on HBO and Max on May 31st. This conversation was produced by Wyatt Orme. It was edited by Annabelle Bacon, mixing by Sophia Landman. Original music by Diane Wong and Marion Lozano. Photography by Philip Montgomery.

That's Rami Youssef. Number One Happy Family USA debuts on Prime Video on April 17th. And since we talked, the Jesse Armstrong movie has a title, Mountainhead. It'll be out on HBO and Max on May 31st. This conversation was produced by Wyatt Orme. It was edited by Annabelle Bacon, mixing by Sophia Landman. Original music by Diane Wong and Marion Lozano. Photography by Philip Montgomery.

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