Every Man Should Be Watching 'I May Destroy You'.
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The series finale poses a staggering question: if you crossed paths with the stranger who raped you, what would you do? That’s the jaw-dropping thought experiment explored in just thirty-five astounding minutes, which see Arabella move through a thousand and one shades of anger, understanding, and absolution. In I May Destroy You’s twelve breathtaking episodes, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, Coel fictionalizes the harrowing story of her own sexual assault, laying bare the wrenching journey of Arabella, an East London-based writer who must claw her way back to wholeness after she is drugged and assaulted during a night of drinking. Auteur is a loaded title, one freighted with bad faith and bad behavior, but with Coel, there’s no cult of personality: just pure generosity and pure brilliance. The series finale born of this impossibility is one of the boldest visions in television history: astonishing and gut-wrenching, deft and dazzling, a narrative high-wire act from the miraculous mind of a true auteur. How do you end a sprawling story about a trauma with no cure, a crime with no justice, a tragedy without end? Michaela Coel wrote almost 200 drafts of what would become I May Destroy You, her landmark HBO series about sexual consent, memory, and trauma, but for many of those drafts, the path to an ending proved elusive. Misfits: A Personal Manifesto will see her recount personal anecdotes from her life and work, as well as chart her journey to reclaim her creativity and power as a survivor.Īs we eagerly await both the book and upcoming series, tide yourself over with interviews from I May Destroy You’s Paapa Essiedu here and Weruche Opia here.Content warning: This article contains discussion of rape and sexual assault. It takes a complicated issue of a rape – I’m a sexual assault survivor myself – and infuses it with heart, humour, pathos, and a story constructed so well I had to watch it twice, just to understand how Coel did it,” wrote Emily in Paris writer Deborah Copaken in an op-ed for The Guardian describing her fury over the snub.Īs well as working on this new series, Coel announced in April that she is publishing her debut book later this year. “ I May Destroy You was not only my favourite show of 2020, it’s my favourite show ever. Critically acclaimed, there was outrage when the series was snubbed by the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.
Released last year, I May Destroy You powerfully and unflinchingly explored issues of consent, race, and trauma, based on Coel’s own experience of sexual assault. I suspect there may be elements (of I May Destroy You) but it’s really too early to say anything specific.” There’s a relationship between Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You. “What relationship that show will have with the original series, (is for Michaela to decide). It’s at relatively early stages, but I wanted to let the fans of I May Destroy You know that there is a new show coming along,” he told Deadline. “It’s truly in Michaela’s head and it’s not for me to second guess that too much at this point.
The broadcaster’s drama controller Piers Wenger, however, said it was too soon to say anything specific about the new project. The project was announced yesterday as one of several new BBC shows including a series from This is England creator Shane Meadows and an adaption of Dolly Alderton’s memoir Everything I Know About Love. Good news for Michaela Coel fans (AKA everyone) – the writer, producer, director, and actress is reportedly working on a new series for the BBC which could have ties to the universe of her acclaimed 2020 drama I May Destroy You.
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