![]() The audience and the characters themselves are continuously reminded that assault is not limited or restricted to one form, one gender, one race or one scenario: whilst at a group support session, Arabella musters the words “I’m here to learn how to avoid being raped. Unfortunately, the BBC drama is about so much more than the rape that occurs within the first episode. Perhaps this is why I May Destroy You has been defined as a game-changer, so many are able to see their own experiences within the show it becomes everyone’s story. This felt like journaling very specifically about a traumatic event and then fictionalising it”. Interviewed in Paper Magazine, Michaela states that she was “surprised to find myself emotional while I wrote it, but I find that’s what happens in therapy a lot.therapists often advise their clients to journal. For Coel, I May Destroy You became a cathartic method of grievance that allowed her to process the violation she had and continued to experience. Indeed, the twelve-episode story is a fictionalised version of Coel’s own assault that occurred whilst she was writing Chewing Gum. So many are able to see their own experiences within the show it becomes everyone’s story Their determined and withstanding relationships accurately and emotionally convey what it is like to support friends during hardships but also everyday life. The friendships between Arabella, Terry and Kwame are truly what makes I May Destroy You phenomenal. ![]() However, although the assaults are central to the show’s narrative, there are moments of such lightness and humour. Written, starring and co-directed by Michaela Coel, previously known for the acclaimed dark comedy Chewing Gum, the show confronts the audience and, ultimately, holds them accountable for the way we live our lives, more specifically, I May Destroy You offers TV viewers a nuanced, and frankly, groundbreaking perspective on sexual assault and violence, in a way that I have not seen on mainstream television before.Ĭoel annihilates the ‘grey area’ that accounts for much of the discourse surrounding what is consensual sex and rape, to the extent that I believe everyone can learn something, potentially life-altering, about what is safe sex. I May Destroy You is (and will be) the best bit of television released this year - it really is that simple.
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