It wasn’t a comment on all survivors, but for that character, it was what made the most sense. "Just from having done my research and knowing people who have had issues with police, it wasn’t even a choice to make the show about vigilante justice," said Sweet/Vicious creator Jenn Kaytin Robinson, adding, "I know that when you are assaulted, going to police is not necessarily going to be top of mind for most survivors. The sad truth is that the criminal justice system was not built for Kwame, nor for Arabella, nor any other Black survivor of sexual assault: As a racial reckoning continues apace across the globe and the notion of police abolition gains increased attention, it feels particularly timely to have one of the most talked-about shows on TV explore the ways in which survivors of color are silenced or wholly ignored. What sets I May Destroy You apart from so many narratives of sexual assault we've seen play out on television, though, is that Kwame's story doesn't start and end with his police report. ![]() Later in the season, Arabella's best friend Kwame (Paapa Essiedu), who has recently undergone a sexual assault of his own, also ends up in a police station-but their experiences diverge from there where Arabella is listened to by officers, Kwame is interrogated, scoffed at, and ultimately dismissed. ![]() On the most recent episode of Michaela Coel's stunning half-hour HBO-BBC series I May Destroy You, Coel's character-Arabella, a writer trying to come to terms with a blurrily recalled sexual assault-finds herself in a police station.
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