![]() The person he was wary of was Arabella’s friend, Simon, so this also serves as some subtle foreshadowing too. It could also be a sign that he is possessive and a jealous partner. Of course, this could be a sign that he cares. Despite this unwillingness to commit to Arabella, Biagio still thinks it appropriate to comment when Arabella receives texts from another man. We meet the protagonist, Arabella (Michaela Coel), as she is leaving Italy and saying goodbye to the Italian man that she has an unclear relationship with.īased purely on body language and dialogue it seems that their arrangement is confusingly one-sided: Biagio refuses to come to London to see her, for example, and before she gets in the taxi to go to the airport, she has to ask, “Are you going to miss me?” It seems she can’t even pin him down for a time for them to speak – “When I’m ready to call you, I’ll call”. ![]() The majority of the first episode of I May Destroy You is set and filmed in London, but the very first scene is in Ostia, Italy on a non-descript road. This review is based on the pilot episode, titled ‘Eyes, Eyes, Eyes, Eyes’. I hope Michaela Coel heals and continues to use her talents as she has in this.Written by, starring and executive produced by Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You is a BBC/HBO TV drama. You’re ultimately left to handle it with who you trusted before or during it. The people you look up to that benefit from your pain. The pressure she feels to produce work all while she’s left vulnerable-disappointment on how people are or can be. It’s ultimately human, and it should be raved and championed for a reason. It’s David Lynchian, somewhere between reality and a nightmare. The last episode launches you into a spiral. I May Destroy You got much acclaim, and for good reason. Not only was she black and poor, but she’s a woman who has felt violated. There’s ownership of it that Michaela swings around like an ax. The black characters are unapologetically black. Steps are taken to show these characters closer to humans than just outlines. Survivor of abuse are represented in many different faces throughout. How her story differs, not only having accused someone of rape after being thought of as a “slut”, but we later discover her mother made Theodora accuse her father of sexual abuse to keep full custody of her. Theodora (Harriet Webb), a school acquaintance of Arabella and Terry, leads a support group for sex abuse survivors. ![]() Her best friend Terry (Weruche Opia) has a threesome that she believes was sporadic, only to deduct the two other men knew each other. There are different stories intertwined with each other, all connected to Arabella. It exposes how sexual assault police units can be not only racist but homophobic and, as a result of thinking, perhaps engaging with a straight woman only to wound her along the way. Kwame (Paapa Essiedu), one of Arabella’s best friends, experiences being violated and then questioned how he was a victim if he had consensual sex with the person and wasn’t penetrated. She’sShe’s left navigating through unknown waters, asking herself if there’s any way to stop herself from becoming a victim. ![]() After being drugged, Arabella (Michaela Coel) also finds out that it’s considered rape if your partner removes their condom without consent, which happens to her later on as she tries to regain her strength. It goes through different categories of what consent is in this confusing world. The plastic wrapping that could’ve shielded them has been removed, and we are allowed to witness all of their imperfections. Arabella goes through stages of grief, but she is not the perfect victim that the media tends to want to portray. However, there is no shying away from the subject of being who she is. Michaela does us the benefit of adding comedy into the mix, much like adding sugar into medicine to make it palatable for your senses. Confused over the details, she thinks it’s all false until it becomes clear that she has been violated. On a night out with friends, she’s drugged and sexually assaulted. I May Destroy You follows the storyline of a young writer who is struggling with writing a draft for her second book. Neon lights, levels of trauma that lay on top of the other. If you’re a fan of Michaela’s prior work, Chewing Gum, there is a stark contrast to it. Obscurity swirls around the storyline that is raw and vulnerable. Will she destroy her friends? Her enemies? Her career? Herself? The title of the show questions who it is that Arabella (Michaela Cole) might destroy. It’s a heartbreaking mini-series written by Michaela Coel, who should’ve gotten all the praise but was snubbed for any Emmys when it was released in 2020.
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