![]() It begins a theme of understanding, of taking back control and ownership of one’s own trauma, which is taken to something of an extreme in I May Destroy You episode 12. This, I think, is the great triumph of the show, but it’s also a masterclass of acting and storytelling in I May Destroy You episode 11, which neatly concludes some on-going character subplots such as Kwame’s addiction to anonymous hook-ups and his failed straight-sex experiment and Terry’s pursuit of an acting job, Arabella sends an ill-advised DM to a fellow author in the most ridiculous way possible, and the stinging embarrassment of it is felt so strongly that “Would You Like to Know the Sex?” could easily pass as a pure sitcom.īut there’s an ulterior motive since there always is, and that DM leads Bella to a reunion with Zain, who, under a pseudonym, wrote the novel that Bella enjoyed so much that she was compelled to reach out to its author for help in finishing her own. It’s an impossible task, of course, but I feel as though I’m a little more open-minded and thoughtful for the attempt – and, crucially, more cognizant of my own privilege than I ever was before. I’m not a woman, nor am I black or gay or especially traumatized, yet every Monday morning for the past six weeks I’ve been forced to navigate this show’s subject matter as though I were any or all of these things. Whereas most examinations of these topics insist we look but don’t touch, this one removes the safety glass and compels an audience to feel what its characters are experiencing. Coel’s writing throughout has been a tour through realities that remain fenced-off to the privileged.
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