For Arabella, whatever keeps her mind off the white man thrusting at her inside a public bathroom, is enough therapy. To some, it might even seem abnormal, but that's the thing about being violated - there's no right or wrong way to go about it. These nuances are what make Coel's show stand out. Instead, she is quite calm about it, asking him to just pay for her Plan-B pill and laughing about how the worst thing he did to her was dropping her phone on the sidewalk. The conventional reaction to what is otherwise known as stealthing, seems like a big blow-up, but Arabella doesn't exhibit that. When not keeping a company with her at all times, she decides to have sex again with a guy called Zain (Karan Gill) who ends up taking his condom off mid-sex and ejaculates inside her. And for all the touts of bold, provocative and a difficult watch that the series might be associated with, there's no denying that the latest Episode 4 and its exploration of yet another confusing encounter for Arabella and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu) this time, only makes everything more compelling.Īrabella shows a similar numbness to being assaulted, but that doesn't mean she's not trying to process it. Michaela Coel's very dark, intrinsically funny and strikingly relatable drama 'I May Destroy You' might have a blurry sexual assault at its core, but it is the varying levels of consent - the fine lines that separate intercourse from rape that are abundant throughout her show and worth watching out for.īe it Coel's self-played protagonist Arabella's own assault at the hands of a stranger while blackout drunk or her friend Terry's (Weruche Opia) confusing encounter with two Italian strangers who pretended to not know each other just to have a threesome with her - the issue of consent is estimated, scrutinized and gauged in Coel's show unlike anything before. “I’d rather kill a thousand men,” he intoned, “than shoot another horse.” Thanks to Hauser, we believed him.Spoilers for 'I May Destroy You' Episode 4 'That Was Fun' Finally, when Rip was called upon to put a dying horse out of its misery, his portrayer turned the ache up to 11. It sounds ghoulish, we know, but it was hella touching, Hauser speaking in a whisper that verged on a sob. And in Season 3’s finale, Cole Hauser kept it very much on display, first as Rip shielded Beth from the brutality of his covert ops, then as he visited his mother’s grave… to remove from her finger the ring that he wanted to give his intended. But he also has a soft side that packs just as great a punch. HONORABLE MENTION | Yellowstone’s Rip is so tough, he’s less a ranch hand than a ranch fist. In the end, we were left not caring so much where Reeves had been all this time that we were unaware of him but keenly interested to know where he’s going. It was stunning work, especially taken in the context of his variations on David in scenarios 1 and 3, in which he and Arabella had a hookup that put the sensual in consensual. Soon, David had started calling himself a dumb little whore, memories of past abuse washing over him like a flood of poison. As Arabella’s attacker told her repeatedly that she was just a dumb little whore, Reeves face grew distorted, as if being wrecked from the inside. Impressive as Reeves was in demonstrating David’s misplaced rage, that was nothing compared to his work in the meltdown that ensued. “You’re making a big ol’ drama because some bloke slipped a pill in your drink and wants to f–k your brains out in a nightclub.” “There’s wars going on in Iraq, and what?” he spat. She’d willingly imbibed a roofied cocktail? Then he went on the offensive, Reeves exploding to reveal a little man hiding behind a big temper. 2 - Reeves’ best showcase - he highlighted the casualness of David’s predation until Arabella revealed that she hadn’t succumbed to the drug he’d slipped her. Performer of the Week (8/15): Elizabeth Henstridge
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