The HBO collection I May Destroy You has drawn popularity of its gritty and gripping depiction of a younger lady’s journey to piece collectively what occurred the evening she was drugged and raped. The brainchild of writer-performer Michaela Coel, I Could Destroy You is among the yr’s finest exhibits, not solely due to its sensible dealing with of the subject material but in addition due to the provocative method the story is informed. Mirroring Arabella’s (Coel) hazy recollection of her assault, the collection itself presents some occasions as absolutes, others as questionable, and a few as as much as the viewers’ interpretation — and the identical is true for the ethical and moral implications of characters’ selections. We love how free-spirited Arabella is one minute, however can discover her irritating the subsequent as we cringe at a few of her selections — one thing we did loads within the ninth episode of the collection, “Social Media Is a Nice Solution to Join,” through which Arabella’s self-absorption is on full show and she or he lashes out at her mates, Terry (Weruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu).
“I did probably the most drafts on that episode as a result of I could not work out the best way to permit the message of that episode to hit house and I felt uncomfortable doing it,” Coel informed TV Information. She initially thought of utilizing different characters to relay the episode’s message “so Arabella may be taught whereas watching different characters mess up. After which I noticed truly Arabella has to comprehend from her personal messing up,” recalled Coel, who wrote, stars in, and directed episodes of the dramedy. “She has to essentially see her personal capability to be harmful, as harmful as I may presumably make her. In order that was exhausting.”
The entire collection is crammed with completely unimaginable moments like this — some which really feel like intestine punches, some which are hilarious, however all of that are distinctive. With the finale arriving Monday, now’s an opportune time to observe the solid — together with Michaela Cole, Weruche Opia, and Paapa Essiedu — look again on a few of the present’s most electrifying and difficult scenes and reveal the behind-the-scenes course of of creating such brilliance. Try what they needed to say within the video above.
I Could Destroy You airs Mondays at 9/8c on HBO.
Michaela Coel, I Could Destroy You
I Could Destroy You airs Mondays a 9/8c on HBO.