I May Destroy You

Or the Pen as the Extension of the Body, and our Redeeming Sword. (Spoiler alert) In the last episode of I May Destroy You, Mikaela Coel wraps up this nuanced, free, mesmerising tale of coercion, freedom, will, and agency. Throughout the series Coel describes the victim of sexual assault in every nuanced possibility — from unaware participation, to full blown assault, through the murky doubt…

The New Broom Sweeps Clean, But The Old Broom Knows The Corners Portrayals of inter-generational dialogue should be more prevalent Please don’t take this the wrong way. Let me state at the outset that I am a fan of Michaela Coel so please don’t come for me the way you…

The role of gospel music in my secular world. Last night the otherworldly Michaela Coel won an Emmy for her writing on her series, I May Destroy You. She is the first Black woman to win this award. Yes, Black women still have “firsts” in the television world. While I…

It’s Nice When (Most) Of The Right Shows and People Win After nearly fifteen years of trying to predict the winners for the Emmys — ten of them professionally, five of them at this site — I had actually forgotten something. How genuinely good you feel when a series you…

Two years since the final series and I still can’t. Stop. Thinking. About. Fleabag. It’s the kind of show that sticks with you for life — for everything from the dysfunctional leading lady, to the less hard-hitting stuff, like hot priests and Olivia Colman just being the glorious Olivia Colman…

One of the things that enlightened me while watching the wonderful series “I May Destroy You”, is the concept of “self care”! It is not meant to take care of oneself, that one eats, drinks and sleeps only, but also taking care of physiological and mental health as well. Every…

Conclusion: Limited Series, Anthology Series and Movie Before I start, I already have a reason to love the HCA’s nominations for Anthology Series, Special, and TV Movies. Yes, they acknowledged Hamilton, but unlike the Emmys they didn’t go overboard for it. Two acting nominations were more than sufficient. …

Michaela Coel is a genius. — I don’t think I can write about this show without getting into the spoilers – that’s how good it is. You’ve been warned. I May Destroy You is the story of Arabella as she tries to remember the night that she was sexually assaulted – and it’s based on Coel’s…