LONDON, June 6 — The hard-hitting British television series “I May Destroy You”, which depicts the impact of a sexual assault on a young woman, has won praise from real-life survivors of sexual violence.
In a dozen intense episodes, Coel spares no blushes with her frank depiction of banal yet violent encounters. “In my head I was like: ‘Okay, does it even qualify... Because at that moment I froze. I just couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t resist,” recalled Tripathi, who is gay. Tripathi learnt of the show from discussion in social media when it failed to win any nominations for the US Golden Globes awarded in March, despite calls for greater diversity.Coel is nominated for best actress, while Paapa Essiedu is nominated for best actor for his performance as Arabella’s gay best friend who himself has experienced sexual assault by a Grindr date.
Albert said that after watching the show, she gathered up the courage to report the assaults in February, realising she “could not go back to life as it was before”.She also reported she had been raped, something she only acknowledged while watching an episode of the show about “stealthing”, when the heroine’s partner removes a condom during sex without her knowledge.While sexual violence is “far too often...