British multihyphenate Michaela Coel returns to television with a new 12-part, half-hour HBO drama series that takes on weighty notions about sexual consent in the present day, given how much the landscape of dating and relationships has changed.
Titled “I May Destroy You,” the series alternates between broad stories about sexually adventurous friends, and more individual and upsetting moments of persistent trauma.
There’s nothing tidy about how this timely tale unfolds, but there’s nothing tidy about sexual assault.
And the series doesn’t offer any pat, compact answers to the big questions it raises.
It’s challenging and not always easy to watch, but will surely spark many conversations on the subject matter it so candidly explores.At the center of this unconventionally structured series is Arabella (Coel), a bestselling author of a book about her millennial experience, “Chronicles of a Fed-Up Millennial,” which was essentially a series of tweets cobbled together.
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