Английская Википедия:I May Destroy You

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I May Destroy You is a British black comedy-drama television limited series created, written, co-directed, and executive produced by Michaela Coel for BBC One and HBO. The series is set in London with a predominantly Black British cast. Coel stars as Arabella, a young writer in the public eye who seeks to rebuild her life after being raped. The series premiered on 7 June 2020 on HBO and on 8 June 2020 on BBC One.

According to Metacritic, I May Destroy You was the most critically acclaimed television programme of 2020, and was described by The New York Times as "the perfect show for an anxious world." It won the BAFTAs for Best Mini-Series, Best Director: Drama, Best Writer: Drama and Best Actress, in addition to two RTS Programme Awards, two Independent Spirit Awards, a Gotham Award, a GLAAD Media Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Peabody Award.

The series received nine nominations at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series; it won two awards including Outstanding Writing for Coel.

Premise

Arabella (Michaela Coel) is a young Twitter-star-turned-novelist in her late twenties who found fame with her debut book Chronicles of a Fed-Up Millennial and is publicly celebrated as a Millennial icon. While struggling to meet a deadline for her second book, she takes a break from work to meet up with friends on a night out in London. The following morning, she struggles to remember what happened to her, but recalls the events of the night with the help of her friends Terry (Weruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu).

Cast and characters

Main

• Michaela Coel as Arabella Essiedu, a writer
• Weruche Opia as Terry Pratchard, Arabella's best friend and a struggling actor
• Paapa Essiedu as Kwame, Arabella's best friend

Recurring

• Marouane Zotti as Biagio, a drug dealer based in Ostia, Italy, who has a casual relationship with Arabella
• Stephen Wight as Ben, Arabella's flatmate
• Adam James as Julian, Arabella's literary agent
• Natalie Walter as Francine, Arabella's financier
• Aml Ameen as Simon, Arabella's friend who works in the City of London
• Lara Rossi as Kat, Simon's partner
• Ann Akin as Alissa, Simon's secret lover
• Chin Nyenwe as Tariq, David's friend
• Lewis Reeves as David, from Ego Death
• Sarah Niles as Officer Funmi
• Mariah Gale as Officer Beth
• Rebecca Calder as Shirley, a rape victim who meets Arabella at the hospital
• Andi Osho as Carrie, Arabella's therapist
• Fehinti Balogun as Damon, Kwame's love interest
• Karan Gill as Zain Sareen, writer from Henny publishing
• Samson Ajewole as Malik, Kwame's hookup
• Tobi King Bakare as Nicholas, Arabella's brother
• Ellie James as Sion, Susy's assistant
• Franc Ashman as Susy Henny, Arabella's publisher
• Harriet Webb as Theodora, Arabella and Terry's childhood classmate
• Shalisha James-Davis as Loretta, a member of Theodora's support group
• Gaby French as teen Theodora
• Danielle Vitalis as teen Arabella
• Lauren-Joy Williams as teen Terry
• Pearl Chanda as Nilufer, Kwame's first female hookup
• Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Tyrone, one of Kwame's hookups
• Tyler Luke Cunningham as Kai, Terry's love interest

Notable guests

• Katherine Jakeways as Jacki
• Juno Dawson as Scarlett
• Kadiff Kirwan as Officer Tom
• Antonia Clarke as Emily
• Vivian Oparah as Bisola
• Jonathan Slinger as doctor

Release

The series premiered on 8 June 2020 on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The first episode had already premiered in advance on 7 June 2020 on HBO and HBO Max in the United States.

Production

Coel stated in a lecture at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe that she had been sexually assaulted while writing Chewing Gum, and that the experience provided inspiration for the series.

Originally titled January 22nd, the series is produced by Coel's production company, FALKNA Productions. It is executive produced by Coel, Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni, and Jo McClellan for BBC One. Coel is also co-director and writer for I May Destroy You. Coel turned down a $1 million (£800,000) offer from Netflix for the show because the deal would have taken full rights ownership away from the creator. Coel subsequently made a deal with the BBC which allowed Coel full creative control and ownership rights of her project and the BBC brought on HBO as a co-producer to help fund the project.

The series was predominantly filmed in the London Borough of Hackney with some scenes filmed in Italy.

School interior and exteriors for the flashback scenes were shot at Acland Burghley School in the London Borough of Camden.

Critical response

I May Destroy You holds an average score of 86 out of 100 based on reviews from 25 critics on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". On Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 72 reviews are positive, with an average score of 8.55/10. The website's critical consensus is, "I May Destroy You is at once brave and delicate, untangling the trauma of sexual assault with dark humour and moments of deep discomfort all held together on the strength of Michaela Coel's undeniable talent."

Writing for The New York Times, critic Mike Hale called the series "touching and quietly hilarious." He praised Coel and the show's willingness to push boundaries. In her review for Time, critic Judy Berman noted the show's unique and complex telling of a story centred on sexual assault after the Me Too movement.

French newspaper Le Monde includes I May Destroy You in its Top 10 of the best 2020 TV shows.

The show featured heavily on year-end lists. Metacritic listed it as the best TV show of the year based on critic top 10 lists, with more than thirty #1 placements.

In December 2023, Variety ranked I May Destroy You #94 on its list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
2020	RTS Craft & Design Awards	Costume Design - Drama	Lynsey Moore	Шаблон:Won
		Director - Drama	Sam Miller, Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Nom
		Make Up Design - Drama	Bethany Swan	Шаблон:Nom
		RTS Special Award	I May Destroy You	Шаблон:Won
2021	British Academy Television Awards	Best Mini-Series	I May Destroy You	Шаблон:Won
		Best Actor	Paapa Essiedu	Шаблон:Nom
		Best Actress	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Weruche Opia	Шаблон:Nom
	British Academy Television Craft Awards	Best Director: Fiction	Michaela Coel and Sam Miller	Шаблон:Won
		Best Editing: Fiction	Editing Team	Шаблон:Won
		Best Make Up & Hair Design	Bethany Swan	Шаблон:Nom
		Best Writer: Drama	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Won
	Costume Designers Guild Awards	Excellence in Contemporary Television	Lynsey Moore (for "Social Media is a Great Way to Connect")	Шаблон:Nom
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Limited Series	I May Destroy You	Шаблон:Nom
		Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Nom
	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series	I May Destroy You	Шаблон:Won
	Gotham Independent Film Awards	Breakthrough Series – Short Form	Michaela Coel, Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni	Шаблон:Won
	Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	Best Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series or Live-Action Television Movie	I May Destroy You	Шаблон:Nom
		Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Nom
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best New Scripted Series	Michaela Coel, Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni	Шаблон:Won
		Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series	Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia and Stephen Wight	Шаблон:Won
	Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35 Minutes	Jim Goddard, Joe Beal, Tom Deane, Alex Sidiropoulos and Anna Wright (for "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes")	Шаблон:Nom
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Performance in a Show	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Nom
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Sam Miller and Michaela Coel (for "Ego Death")	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	Michaela Coel (for "Ego Death")	Шаблон:Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series	Michaela Coel, Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni, Simon Meyers and Simon Maloney	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Paapa Essiedu (for "That Was Fun")	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Sam Miller and Michaela Coel (for "Ego Death")	Шаблон:Nom
			Sam Miller (for "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes")	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Won
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Julie Harkin	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Contemporary Costumes	Lynsey Moore, Rosie Lack and Debbie Roberts (for "Social Media is a Great Way to Connect")	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Music Supervision	Ciara Elwis and Matt Biffa (for "Ego Death")	Шаблон:Won
	Producers Guild of America Awards	David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television	Michaela Coel, Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni, Simon Meyers and Simon Maloney	Шаблон:Nom
	RTS Programme Awards	Mini-Series	I May Destroy You	Шаблон:Won
		Actor – Female	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Won
		Writer – Drama		Шаблон:Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series		Шаблон:Nom
	Television Critics Association Awards	Program of the Year	I May Destroy You	Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials		Шаблон:Nom
		Outstanding New Program		Шаблон:Nom
		Individual Achievement in Drama	Michaela Coel	Шаблон:Won

External links

• Шаблон:BBC programmes
• I May Destroy You on HBO
• Шаблон:IMDb title