One of the major things Coel seeks to reveal is the power within us all — both the power to heal and the power to destroy. The critically acclaimed HBO drama explores sexual assault, sexual coercion, dangerously blurred lines, and everything in between. Like Coel, Arabella meets her friends at a bar, seeking a brief reprieve the night before a big writing deadline. How she pieces together the details from the night and learns that she was raped is shocking and disorienting, mimicking how so many victims experience sexual assault. “When you’re triggered, you’re being stimulated, you’re being moved.”Photograph by Natalie Seery/HBO Michaela Coel as Arabella in "I May Destroy You."

Source: Huffington Post August 11, 2020 09:45 UTC