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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – OCTOBER 12: Michaela Coel attends the world film premiere of ‘Been So Long’ at Embankment Garden Cinema during the 62nd London Film Festival. October 12, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz \/ Barcroft Media via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michaela Coel\u2019s <\/span>I May Destroy You<\/span><\/i> is the most powerful, groundbreaking, brilliant piece of television to come out in years. Ask anyone! Just don\u2019t ask the Golden Globes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, <\/span>the nominations<\/span><\/a> for the 2021 awards ceremony, set to take place on Sunday, February 28, were released, spotlighting the likes of hugely popular and critically acclaimed shows, such as <\/span>The Crown, Normal People,<\/span><\/i> and<\/span> Unorthodox, <\/span><\/i>as well as Emerald Fennell’s highly anticipated debut film, Promising Young Woman. <\/em><\/span>But despite BBC and HBO\u2019s series, <\/span>I May Destroy You, <\/span><\/i>being dubbed the best show of 2020 by <\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/i><\/a> (and a slew of other critics), \u201ctouching,\u201d \u201cquietly hilarious,\u201d and \u201cimpossible to turn away from\u201d by <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> and \u201cthe most sublimely unsettling show of the year\u201d by <\/span>Vulture<\/span><\/i><\/a>, it failed to receive a single nomination.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coel wrote, co-directed, and starred in the series and, on the script alone, Netflix offered her a million-dollar deal. But Coel turned it down in order to retain ownership and to be able to sit in the director\u2019s chair – something BBC, aware of how groundbreaking I May Destroy You<\/em> was going to be, offered to her immediately. Based on Coel\u2019s own real-life experience with sexual assault in London, the 12-episode show has been dubbed a \u201cconsent drama.\u201d But for those who\u2019ve experienced sexual assault or trauma, it\u2019s obvious that <\/span>I May Destroy You<\/span><\/i> is so much more than that. Instead of focusing on the oftentimes re-traumatizing and hugely flawed criminal justice system or worrying about political correctness, Coel instead focuses on the long and overwhelming process of healing and coming back to yourself after trauma: a story not often told – and never told with such poise, grace and truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Not only was I May Destroy You<\/em> one of the best series I’ve ever watched, but it is the only serious and honest portrayal about sexual assault, its aftermath and its pervasiveness in our culture that has ever been done,” wrote<\/a> author Hayley Krischer on Twitter following the Golden Globes announcements.<\/p>\n

While <\/span>Emily in Paris, <\/span><\/i>a run of the mill Netflix show starring Lily Collins and set in – you guessed it – Paris, <\/span>somehow managed to get a nod, both Coel\u2019s raw and moving performance and<\/span> I May Destroy You<\/span><\/i> as a whole did not. The snub was perhaps summed up by journalist Lydia Polgreen best, who said on Twitter<\/a>, \u201cThe total freeze out of <\/span>I May Destroy You <\/span><\/i>and Michaela Coel is proof that the Golden Globes deserve zero attention and have zero connection to the actual culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether awards shows actually reflect the culture is something that\u2019s been hotly debated in recent years. Each season, the Oscars and BAFTAs are slammed online for their lack of inclusion and, on the music side, the Grammys are in no way better. Big names such as Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, as well as director Spike Lee, have boycotted the Academy Awards in the past for its predominantly white list of nominees, and last year, The Weeknd, Halsey, Elton John, and Drake added their names to the growing list of musicians distancing themselves from the Grammys<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I May Destroy You<\/span><\/i> will surely clean up at the Emmys – the one prominent awards show that is audience voted. This difference in what audiences and critics see, versus what the (usually old and usually white) judges of these historic awards shows decide may soon be the death of these institutions. A hot tip: next time every reputable critic calls a show \u2018the best of the year\u2019 and audiences agree (<\/span>I May Destroy You<\/span><\/i> has an 8.1 rating on IMDb and 98 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes), perhaps give them a nomination, eh?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":12628,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\nI May Destroy You Golden Globes Snub: Michaela Coel Deserves More<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today, the nominations for the 2021 Golden Globes were released, spotlighting the likes of hugely popular and critically acclaimed shows, such as The Crown, Normal People and Unorthodox. 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