I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book.
All you have to know is mathematically how many times to scratch it and when to let it go - when certain things will enhance the record you're listening to.
That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.

