Michaela Coel’s ‘I May Destroy You’ Gives Drugging Victims Some Long Overdue Compassion (Column)

Game of Thrones as an example. Not only was the depiction of her rape incredibly brutal, but after she survived it, it defined the rest of her plot line on the show.

Michael Coel is getting big acclaim for her very personal new series “I May Destroy You”.

Questlove, who co-founded Okayplayer in 1987 before it became an indie music news site, addressed the resignation of Okayplayer and sister site OkayAfrica's CEO and publisher Abiola Oke today (June 24) amid toxic workplace allegations from Black female employees.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe Doctor may be able to travel at will through time and space, but it took a global pandemic to get three of the people who played the character in the same “room” for the first time. “Doctor Who” stars David Tennant, Matt Smith and Jodie Whittaker came together June 22 to celebrate the series streaming on HBO Max and reminisce about their respective times on the show and what it’s meant to them over the years.

Poet, writer and actress, Michaela Coel has many strings to her bow. And in 2016, the rising star was in the midst of one of the most exciting periods of her life.

I May Destroy You‘s Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Colin Firth are among more than 3,500 professionals in film and TV who have signed an open letter demanding an end to systemic racism in the industry.The new letter (via Deadline), which is adapted from one published in Hollywood last week by the Black Film Collective, calls for the industry’s “active engagement to tackle structural and systemic racism in our industry, in the UK and around the world”.It comes in the wake of Black Lives

the BBC show is already earning high praise for its ability to take on these topics realistically and powerfully. The first four episodes have already aired and Twitter is alight with praise, so it’s definitely one to check out.For all the latest stories on EVOKE, click here.

Adele is a huge fan of Michaela Coel’s new series “I May Destroy You”.

Singer and living legend Adele took to social media, where she praised Michaela Coel. Coel, a British genius, who is a writer and the creator behind the hit series, I May Destroy You.

Adele has hailed Michaela Coel’s new TV series as “the best thing” she has seen on British television “for years”.

I May Destroy You creator and star Michaela Coel says that writing about her sexual assault in the new Netflix show was a “cathartic” experience.The show is based on the real-life experience of Chewing Gum creator Coel being drugged and sexually abused.“It took me two and a half years all in all to write it and I didn’t do any other job,” she told Radio 1’s Newsbeat in a new interview.“It’s been quite hard but cathartic because I’m reflecting on a dark time rather than feeling it is happening to

a “long-overdue apology” Wednesday, two days after Adam Rapoport stepped down as editor in chief following the surfacing of a photo of him in brownface.Staffers at BA and Epicurious wrote they’d been “complicit with a culture [they] don’t agree with.”“The deeply offensive photo circulating of Adam is horrific on its own, but also speaks to the much broader and longstanding impact of racism at these brands,” they said.Also Read: Bon Appétit Editor in Chief Adam Rapoport Resigns After Brownface

I May Destroy You—the trailer —and, if I’m being honest, by the time the credits were rolling, I still have no idea what I’m in for as the series continues. But that’s the magic of I May Destroy You.