I May Destroy You Review: Michaela Coel's HBO Drama Tackles Timely Issues With Unflinching Honesty
I May Destroy Youhas a timely throughline that contrasts the crises of individuals with those of the world. Now more than ever, personal problems seem trivial as COVID-19 claims thousands of lives daily, children in South Sudan are starving, a civil war in Syria rages on, and rampant police brutality continues to be the sixth leading cause of death for Black men in America. What makes I May Destroy You a worthwhile piece of television is that its main character Arabella (Michaela Coel, who created, wrote, co-directed, and stars in the series) eventually figures out that one crisis doesn't supersede the other.