Of course, rape isn't really a mere first-world problem. First World Problems: Invoked when Arabella has a breakdown on the bus in Episode 4 she keeps on reminding herself that there's a war in Syria and hungry children out there.However, it takes him longer to realize he was actually raped, and law enforcement does not take him as seriously as they do Arabella. It is portrayed as similarly traumatizing. Malik's rape of Kwame is brief but unpleasant to watch as it's very clear what's happening and Kwame keeps asking him to stop. Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male: Played With.It's having sex under pretences, she points out, but Kwame also asserts that Nilufer literally pressured him into having sex with her - which is true, as shown in the scenes of them in bed. Bella reacts badly to finding out that Kwame didn't tell Nilufer he was gay before having sex with her, because she's very sensitive about consent after being raped twice. Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: Thoroughly Played for Drama with regards to Kwame and Nilufer.Despair Event Horizon: Arabella crosses it in episode 8 after the police tell her that the investigation for her rape case led to no leads and has to be closed.Terry also lands a job in a commercial and is in a happy relationship. Bittersweet Ending: Arabella accepts that she may never find real closure with her rapist, decides to move on, is ultimately able to finish her book.In general, all of the rapists shown are pretty good-looking people. Likewise, Arabella is attracted to another man who sexually assaulted her, Zain Tareen. It's Truth in Television that not all monsters look Obviously Evil or repulsive. He's superficially charming, good-looking, and well-dressed, with finely coiffed hair. Beauty Is Bad: Rather than being ugly and unkempt, Arabella's rapist David is shown to be a realistic variant of a rapist.Autobiographical Role: Arabella is a loosely fictionalized version of Coel, struggling with assault and a potential Sophomore Slump invoked after a first successful work about a dark-skinned black millennial woman similar to Chewing Gum.Thus, she later comes to view the threesome in a more harrowing light. Terry proudly flaunts the fact that she's had one to her date, but he helps her realize that she'd been tricked into having it. A Threesome Is Hot: Ultimately Subverted.He ditched the very drunk, very high Arabella in Camden to go hook up with Alissa, his other woman. Accomplice by Inaction: Simon is this to Arabella's rape.I May Destroy You provides examples of the following tropes: If she can't remember, how could she have consented? Then she wakes up unable to piece together the events of the night, and begins to suspect she may have been sexually assaulted.
I May Destroy You is a 2020 British drama series, a co-production between HBO and The BBC.Īrabella ( Michaela Coel, Black Earth Rising and Chewing Gum) is a writer struggling to work on her second novel after a smash hit.
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