Television artists have frequently named "I May Destroy You" as among the best shows of 2020, an opinion shared by L.A. Overlooked Tuesday were the series' supporting performers Weruche Opia, who played Terry, the bestie of main character Arabella (played by Coel), and Paapa Essiedu as Kwame, whose own journey with consent echoes Arabella's. Notably, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which hands out the Golden Globes, ignored the series. Based on Coel's experience, the show about a woman dealing with the aftermath of rape went on to receive top nominations at the SAG, Critics Choice and PGA awards. The groundbreaking half-hour British comedic drama from writer-producer-director-star Coel earned much acclaim when it premiered in June 2020, just missing the qualifying window for that year's awards. Coel was also nominated for her direction and writing on the series. Beth Novey provided editing support for web.After a long wait, " I May Destroy You" earned nine Emmy nominations on Tuesday, including for limited series and lead actress Michaela Coel. Audio was edited by Jordana Hochman and Steve Nelson. Liam McBain adapted this interview for web. This episode was produced by Andrea Gutierrez. Can I say that, pain to power? Pain to power!" was a really useful way of discovering something new about the journey from pain to - sounds so cliché - power. "I've been so listened to and so cared for that I'm at peace. "Sharing that much pain was quite healing," she says. So it means that it's a very celebratory situation."Ĭoel says that the release of the show has felt restorative for her. "And that is what is being nominated for nine Emmys, it isn't really my pain and my trauma and my survival. The show sort of separated my pain from the fictional version of what we created," she says. "To actually experience something that began as my pain, the shock of discovering I was spiked, I was raped, of being in the police station. She says she thinks it's fantastic that the show is up for so many awards this year. Pop Culture Happy Hour In 'I May Destroy You,' Michaela Coel Tackles TraumaĬoel says that even though I May Destroy You is based on her own traumatic experience, the show gave her enough distance from it to celebrate her achievements. But that ladder and that race is not necessarily necessary, really," she says. "We're climbing this ladder, maybe to prove ourselves to the mainstream world, to earn respect, to be palatable and accepted in the eyes of wider society. In Misfits, Coel writes that she and other creatives often seem to climb an endless ladder in search of safety and success, never quite reaching the top. The only way I can think of helping dissolve this is by talking about it and publishing things like the MacTaggart lecture to try and rinse the nonsense away," she says. "You've brought these people here, but you're not showing them how you do it. Coel says this can range from not caring about a creative's mental health, not paying them fairly, and not providing tangible training and support to meet their deadlines. The result was an indictment of how the TV industry seeks the unique perspectives of misfits, but doesn't give them the tools they need to succeed. What is it that I am supposed to say that makes this make sense?" The 33-year-old star won the award for outstanding writing for a limited series, movie, or dramatic special at Sunday's 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards for her BBC/HBO series, I May Destroy You.
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