I May Destroy You- BBC

Shelga · 15-06-2020 10:45pm #1

Anyone else watching this? I'm just finished episode 4, and wow, it's good. It's about a writer in London in her early 30s who has quite a hedonistic lifestyle and experiences a sexual assault. I wasn't sure after the first episode, but it's getting better and better. Visceral is how I'd describe it! With how it conveys the grimy London scene, drugs, sex and lots else.

Basq · 15-06-2020 10:45pm

It's excellent. Michaela Coel is a helluva talent!

gmisk · 15-06-2020 10:48pm

Chewing gum is genius in my opinion seriously underrated.
This is a very different beast, two eps I watched were excellent.

Basq · 15-06-2020 11:08pm

Some fantastic music featured too..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em0MknB6wFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dQnXExTp2w

cozar · 16-06-2020 7:25am

Such good acting especially when she is trying to remember what happened. It’s excellent.

gmisk · 25-06-2020 9:18pm

I am up to episode 5 now really excellent

extra gravy · 11-07-2020 5:21pm

Decent show but can't stand the main character.

pickarooney · 12-07-2020 10:55am

Have there been more than 5 episodes released? I'm watching at HBO pace

Basq · 12-07-2020 11:02am

pickarooney wrote: »

Have there been more than 5 episodes released? I'm watching at HBO pace

10 episodes have been released by BBC - two a week with the final two released tomorrow morning

Shelga · 13-07-2020 1:53pm

Overall I enjoyed the finale, I love how nothing could shake the bond of friendship between Terry and Arabella. I liked the structure of her

imagining different scenarios involving getting closure on her rapist, especially as it wasn't immediately clear that it was all fantasy- then obviously she just has to make her own peace with it, without a final face off with him. Just like you would in real life. That's what I took from it anyway.

I did think the scene with

Terry going on a date with a trans man seemed shoehorned in and didn't go anywhere, it came across to me as just getting every possible topical issue woven into the story somehow.

Overall a really thought-provoking and enjoyable series- Michaela Coel is some talent.

Hangdogroad · 19-07-2020 5:19pm

Saw a trailer for it and I kind of get a "white people check your privilege" vibe from it.

27-07-2020 7:51pm

Four episodes in. God it’s tough viewing

She is excellent. Chewing gum is brilliant.

Just can’t binge watch this so it’s gonna take me a while to finish it

gmisk · 27-07-2020 7:57pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Saw a trailer for it and I kind of get a "white people check your privilege" vibe from it.

Hmm nope ...very little to do with white people.

HeidiHeidi · 27-07-2020 9:49pm

Ramona Faint Upholstery wrote: »

Four episodes in. God it’s tough viewing

She is excellent. Chewing gum is brilliant.

Just can’t binge watch this so it’s gonna take me a while to finish it

I got about that far in, and found it incredibly hard going!

Can't put my finger on why, exactly - but I cancelled the series link. Just not for me.

She is a brilliant actress, no doubt about it. I've seen Chewing Gum on Netflix, must try that some time.

27-07-2020 10:06pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I got about that far in, and found it incredibly hard going!

Can't put my finger on why, exactly - but I cancelled the series link. Just not for me.

She is a brilliant actress, no doubt about it. I've seen Chewing Gum on Netflix, must try that some time.

I dunno Is it just my current headspace but I’m extremely low after each episode. Its grim

JP Liz V1 · 06-11-2021 1:30am

It starts on RTÉ2 on Wednesday 17th November at 10.30pm

06-11-2021 1:26pm

I never went back to this actually, it was just too hard going

HeidiHeidi · 06-11-2021 3:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118126941#Comment_118126941

Me neither, and I won't be trying again this time.

sporina · 08-03-2022 3:33pm

watched this recently - thought it did a v good job at portraying what a mess she was in - in her head like,..

but I think they expedited the latter half of the story which I felt was a pity.. like they wrapped it all up v quickly.. the pace wasn't great..

but v well done.. visceral for sure.. v creative.. great acting..

gee she's gorgeous .. OMG without hair - model material

must check out Chewing Gum

I May Destroy You- BBC

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