Lokacin da Sharon Horgan ta shiga HBO domin ta gabatar da sabon shirinta, Youth, kawai ta ce musu "tsarar sandwich" ne. Babban jarumin, Alex, yana tsakure tsakanin ɗansa matashi da iyayensa biyu da suka tsufa. Wannan shi ne ainihin tsarin; sauran—sakin aure na kwanan nan, wahalar saduwa, aikin kirkire-kirkire mai cike da mutane masu wahala—kawai ƙari ne a sama (idan kana so). Horgan ta kasance tana haɓaka wasu daga cikin haruffa tsawon shekaru biyar, amma "a gaskiya," ta gaya mani, "na faɗi kusan jimloli uku, kuma mako guda bayan haka, suka ce eh. Ban taɓa samun wannan ƙwarewar ba."
Kana iya tunanin za ka iya tsammani yadda take, amma Youth ba kamar kowane hoton da ka taɓa gani ba ne na (a sauƙaƙe) mata masu matsakaicin shekaru da ke daidaita komai ga kowa. Yana da gaggawa da kuma ƙarfin hali wanda ke fitowa kai tsaye daga rayuwar Horgan kanta. "Komai ya canza mini lokacin da na kai shekaru 50," in ji ta. "Na rikice sosai, amma ina da ƙaƙƙarfan buri na ganin lokacina ya yi tasiri." Ba kowane yanayi ne aka ɗauko kai tsaye daga rayuwarta ba bayan sakin aurenta—tana kuma amfani da ƙwarewar abokanta, kamar yadda ta jaddada—amma gaba ɗaya, matsi, damuwa, takaici, abubuwan mamaki, da farin ciki an ɗauke su da kyau sosai har ko ba Horgan ba, kana fatan wani, a wani wuri, yana rayuwa a cikin wannan a rayuwa ta gaske.
Na kama wani ɓangare na yin fim a rana mai iska a watan Afrilu na wannan shekara, a gabashin London. Horgan da abokin aikinta Rupert Friend suna yin wani muhimmin yanayi. Friend yana buga Patrick, ɗan ƙarami fiye da Alex na Horgan, ɗan rashin yanke shawara kuma ɗan rikici. "Shi ba irin Prince Charming ba ne. Ba na tsammanin ni ne amsar duk matsalolinta," in ji shi, yana yawo a ƙaramin wurin shakatawa tsakanin ɗaukar hoto. Patrick yana son zama tare da Alex, amma kuma yana tunanin yana son yara, kuma babu yadda za a yi ta koma ga wannan, ko da za ta iya. "Sharon tana juyar da ra'ayin al'ada na agogon halitta a kansa," in ji shi. "Maza suna tunanin ba ya shafe su domin a zahiri suna iya haihuwa a kowane shekaru. Bai taɓa tunanin cewa ba agogonsa ba ne."
Babu wani abu tsakanin Alex da Patrick da aka wuce gona da iri ko ma na ban mamaki, sai dai idan ka ƙidaya gaskiyar cewa wani mai keke ya buge ta yayin da take tafiya. Amma lokacin da ya shiga cikin shirin da aka gama, yana, kamar kowane yanayi, mai ban dariya. Ban san yadda Horgan take yin abin da take yi ba—wanda shine abin da kowane ɗan takararta ke cewa game da ita. "Za ta iya samun dangantaka da toaster," in ji Aran Murphy (eh, ɗan Cillian), wanda ke buga ɗanta. "Ta na cike da kuzari." Rupert Friend ya nuna ƙwarewarta: "Sharon tana da hazaka a rubuce-rubuce. Tana iya daidaita barkwanci da zurfin motsin rai ta hanyar da ba na jin wani zai iya." Amma ita kanta Horgan, ta hanyar tawali'u gaba ɗaya, ta fi bayyana shi: "Ina rashin lafiyar jin daɗi na wucin gadi. Ba na iya jure wa wani abu mai daɗi ko mai laushi. Amma ina son motsin rai na gaske. Ina son sa mutane su ji abubuwa. Duk da yake ina jin daɗin dariya, zan ji kamar na kasa wani abu idan ba na jawo wa mutane wani zafi ba."
Murphy's Ruari babban matsayi ne mai ban sha'awa, ɗan shekara 18 mafi gaskiya mai lalata da ka taɓa gani. Wasu abubuwa yana lalata da gangan (ranar ƙarshe ta makarantar sakandare), wasu da bazata (makoninsa na farko a jami'a; rayuwarsa), amma sakamakon yana da zafi sosai, kuma ayyukansa duk suna da ma'ana. Horgan tana da abubuwa da yawa da za ta faɗa game da tarbiyyar yara na wannan shekarun, "ko da yake ba ni da ɗa namiji, ina da 'ya'ya mata" (Sadhbh, 22, da Amer, 18). "Gen Z suna da wannan mummunan jin na zama ƙarshen tsara. Suna nan a lokacin da ake gaya musu komai ya lalace kuma AI zai ɗauki..."Ayyukanmu. Wani lokaci ban san yadda zan tashi daga gado da safe ba, amma su ne suka fi damuwa kuma suka fi jin abubuwa."
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'Komai ya canza lokacin da na kai shekaru 50' … Sharon Horgan a cikin Youth. Hoton: Colin Hutton/HBO
Murphy yana da ɗan shiru a rayuwa ta gaske (yana magana da ni ta Zoom daga Italiya, inda yake hutu), kuma wasan da yake bayarwa yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa matasa masu fushi da aka taɓa gani. "Mun yi sa'a sosai da Aran," in ji Horgan. "Babu wani abu game da shi da ba gaskiya ba. Ya sauƙaƙa rayuwa sosai don yin aiki da wanda ba ka iya ganin yana yin wasan kwaikwayo." Ta so Ruari ya kasance "mai rikitarwa amma ba ta hanyar Dawson's Creek ba – ɗan ƙaramin yaro na gaske wanda ya ɗan lalace. Abin da Alex ke so shi ne ya zama al'ada. Amma menene al'ada?"
Ban da haka, Ruari yana iya faɗin abu ɗaya game da mahaifiyarsa, wanda ya fusata da ganin har yanzu tana da mazaje masu ziyarta. Patrick ba shine kawai soyayyar Alex ba; akwai kuma yanayin jima'i da Tim McInnerny (Percy daga Blackadder) wanda har yanzu ina dariya bayan makonni. Babu ɗayan dangantakar, na ɗan lokaci ko akasin haka, da ke daidai da labarin soyayya na al'ada – Rupert Friend ya faɗa cikin baƙin ciki, "Ni ne mafi kyawu a cikin mummunan rukuni, wanda nake farin cikin ɗauka a matsayin rubutun kabarina" – amma mazan an zana su da gaskiya har ba za ka iya ƙin ƙaunar su duka ba (sai dai tsohon mijin, kuma ko shi ma ba mugun mutum ba ne, ƙari ne na rashin jin daɗi).
"Lokacin da na sami kaina a saki," in ji Horgan, "na yi tunani da gaske cewa zan kasance ni kaɗai har abada. Ban ma san ko zan taɓa yin jima'i ba. Akwai wannan tsananin tsoron zama kaɗai da kuma kaɗaici. Amma a lokaci guda, kana tunanin kana da 'yanci kuma. Ba zato ba tsammani kana tunanin: 'Yarana sun gama makaranta, ina da ɗan lokaci don gwada yin wannan daidai.'" Rayuwar soyayyar Alex ba ta ƙare ba, amma wannan ba labarin "ki tafi, yarinya" ba ne inda kowace mace ke zama 35 har abada ta hanyar Botox da ƙarfin so. "Kana sanya kanka a waje ta hanyar ɗan bambanta," in ji Horgan. "Har yanzu yana da matuƙar wahala, a matsayin mace mai wannan shekarun, don samun wani – mazan da suka rage ko dai ba su taɓa yin aure ba ko kuma an sake su ko kuma suna neman wata ƙanƙara."
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Wrecking-ball … Aran Murphy a matsayin Ruari a cikin Youth. Hoton: Colin Hutton
Ƙarƙashin labarin tsofaffin iyayen Alex, a halin yanzu, yana da gaskiya har yana da ban sha'awa. Dramedy yakan kasance mai girmamawa game da tsofaffi, kuma yakan tsallake abubuwan da ba su dace ba: taurin kai, ƙin yarda, alƙawuran asibiti marasa iyaka. Amma (an ba ni izinin faɗin wannan, kasancewar ni maraya – mahaifiyar Horgan har yanzu tana raye, mahaifinta ya mutu a 2023), waɗannan abubuwan kusan duka ƙwarewar ne. "Akwai babban rashin haɗin kai a can," in ji ta, "kuma me ya sa ba za a yi ba? Tsufa yana da wahala. Yana da wahala idan ya fara shafar tunaninka. Lokacin da ka kasance mai kaifi koyaushe, ko lokacin da ka fara rasa motsin jikinka kuma ka kasance mai himma koyaushe. Rashin waɗannan ayyuka na asali yana da muni."
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Amma daga ra'ayin Alex, "duk shirye-shirye, duk kiran waya, ya zama babban ɓangare na rayuwarka. Yayin da yake ci gaba, za ka ga yadda yake shafar dangantakarta da 'yan'uwanta ma. Na so in bincika wannan duka sosai amma lokaci da wuri sun ƙare. Wannan zai iya zama cikakken shiri."
Alex tana aiki a buga littattafai, kuma akwai wasu ƙwararrun wasan kwaikwayo daga marubutanta – Anne Reid, a matsayin babbar mace ta almara na filin jirgin sama, tana juya zuwa littattafan batsa, tare da Harriet Walter a matsayin 'yarta mai sanyi."Zan iya magana da kai game da Anne Reid har tsawon hirar," in ji Horgan. "Yana da wahala ma a ambace ta ba tare da yin magana game da yadda yake ban mamaki cewa tana da shekaru 91 kuma har yanzu tana ba da aiki a wannan matakin, har yanzu tana damuwa sosai." Damian Lewis, a cikin daƙiƙa 30 na bayyanarsa a allo, ya taƙaita duk abin da ke ba daidai da buga littattafai, shahararru, London, ƙungiyoyin membobi masu zaman kansu, da duniya. "Duk wanda ya shigo don yin rawarsa yana tsara shirin," in ji Horgan. "Ina rubuta shi yayin da muke yin fim, wanda ya kasance mafarki mai ban tsoro." A gefe mai kyau, yana nufin tana ƙulla dangantaka da abokan aikinta yayin da take rubutu, kuma tana saƙa waɗannan haɗin a cikin labarin. Friend ya tuna da zurfafa tattaunawa game da menene soyayya da gaske. "Mun tattauna yadda yake baƙin ciki don tunanin abubuwa ta fuskar ko za su iya kasawa. Ka sani, idan ka haɗu da wani kuma nan take ka yi tunani: 'Za mu iya saduwa, amma idan muka sadu, za mu iya rabuwa.' Me ya sa za ka yi wani abu? Komai yana da ɓangaren rashin bege, kuma Alex koyaushe tana tunani a kan hakan, amma wannan ba hanyar rayuwa ba ce."
Pulling, wasan barkwanci na Sharon Horgan daga shekarun 2000, da Motherland, daga shekaru goma da suka wuce, sun yi abu ɗaya—ma'ana, idan ka tambaya: "Kana son kallon shiri game da mata uku marasa aure? Yaya game da wasan barkwanci na ƙofar makaranta game da mutane masu damuwa na tsakiyar aji, Chardonnay, da ƙananan Babybels?" Da na ce: "A'a, ko kaɗan, yana da ban sha'awa kuma yana kusa da gida." Amma lokacin da suka fito, su ne kawai abin da nake so in kalla. Youth a zahiri game da shekarun tsakiya masu wahala ne, lokacin da komai ke daɗa wahala a lokaci ɗaya, sannan ƙafafunka su fara ciwo. Amma da gaske, game da farin ciki mai tsafta na rayuwa ne lokacin da abubuwa masu ban dariya da yawa ke faruwa, waɗanda aka haɗa tare da jerin ayyuka masu ban tsoro.
Youth yana kan HBO Max daga Satumba 21.
