It’s the American suburbs in the 50s in Amazon Prime’s Them, as a Black family moves in. The ugly spectre of racism rears its head via micro-aggressions, ill intent and organised attempts to drive them out or crazy in Little Marvin’s “hate anthology”. Alison Pill plays the alpha dog of suburban wives as she campaigns to clean up the neighbourhood. What She Said’ Anne Brodie asked Pill what it was like to speak those hurtful lines and make peace with the role.