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I May Destroy You is a British comedy-drama limited television series that originally aired on BBC One from 7 June to 14 July 2020. from created, written, co-directed, and executive produced by Michaela Coel for BBC One and HBO. The series premiered on 8 June 2020 on BBC One and on 7 June 2020 on HBO.

The series is set in London and stars Coel as Arabella, a young woman who seeks to rebuild her life after being raped.

I May Destroy You received widespread critical acclaim for its writing, directing, subject matter, story, and Coel's performance. It appeared on numerous publications' year-end best-of lists, with many critics naming it the best television program of the year.

Plot
Arabella (Michaela Coel) is a Twitter-star-turned-novelist who found fame with her debut book Chronicles of a Fed-Up Millennial and is publicly celebrated as a Millennial icon. While struggling to meet a deadline for her second book, she takes a break from work to meet up with friends on a night out in London. The following morning, she struggles to remember what happened to her, but recalls the events of the night with the help of her friends Terry (Weruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu).

Main

 * Michaela Coel as Arabella Essiedu, a writer
 * Weruche Opia as Terry Pratchard, Arabella's best friend and a struggling actor
 * Paapa Essiedu as Kwame, Arabella's best friend

Recurring

 * Marouane Zotti as Biagio, a drug dealer based in Ostia, Italy, who has a casual relationship with Arabella
 * Stephen Wight as Ben, Arabella's flatmate
 * Adam James as Julian, Arabella's literary agent
 * Natalie Walter as Francine, Arabella's financier
 * Aml Ameen as Simon, Arabella's friend
 * Lara Rossi as Kat, Simon's partner
 * Ann Akin as Alissa, Simon's secret lover
 * Chin Nyenwe as Tariq
 * Lewis Reeves as David, from Ego Death
 * Sarah Niles as Officer Funmi
 * Mariah Gale as Officer Beth
 * Rebecca Calder as Shirley
 * Andi Osho as Carrie, Arabella's therapist
 * Fehinti Balogun as Damon, Kwame's love interest
 * Karan Gill as Zain Tareen, writer from Henny publishing
 * Tobi King Bakare as Nicholas, Arabella's brother
 * Ellie James as Sion
 * Franc Ashman as Susy Henny, Arabella's publisher
 * Harriet Webb as Theodora
 * Shalisha James-Davis as Loretta
 * Gaby French as teen Theodora
 * Danielle Vitalis as teen Arabella
 * Lauren-Joy Williams as teen Terry
 * Pearl Chanda as Nilufer
 * Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Tyrone
 * Tyler Luke Cunningham as Kai

Notable guests

 * Katherine Jakeways as Jacki
 * Juno Dawson as Scarlett


 * Kadiff Kirwan as Officer Tom


 * Antonia Clarke as Emily


 * Vivian Oparah as Bisola


 * Jonathan Slinger as doctor

Release
The series premiered on 8 June 2020 on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The first episode had already premiered in advance on 7 June 2020 on HBO in the United States.

Production
Coel stated in a lecture at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe that she had been sexually assaulted while writing Chewing Gum, and that the experience provided inspiration for the series.

Originally titled January 22nd, the series is produced by Coel's production company, FALKNA Productions. It is executive produced by Coel, Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni, and Jo McClellan for BBC One. Coel is also co-director and writer for I May Destroy You. She turned down a $1 million (£800,000) offer from Netflix for the show because the deal would have taken full rights ownership away from the creator.

Critical response
The show holds an average score of 86 out of 100 based on reviews from 25 critics on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". On Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 72 reviews are positive, with an average score of 8.55/10. The website's critical consensus is, "I May Destroy You is at once brave and delicate, untangling the trauma of sexual assault with dark humor and moments of deep discomfort all held together on the strength of Michaela Coel's undeniable talent."

Writing for The New York Times, critic Mike Hale called the series "touching and quietly hilarious." He praised Coel and the show's willingness to push boundaries. In her review for Time, critic Judy Berman noted the show's unique and complex telling of a story centred on sexual assault after the Me Too movement.

French newspaper Le Monde includes I May Destroy You in its Top 10 of the best 2020 TV shows.

Early life
Michaels was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Boys and Girls High School, the oldest public high school in Brooklyn. After moving to the West Coast, he worked as a nurse for an urgent care facility in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Career
Michaels started out in the adult industry as a nude model. Dissatisfied with the portrayal of black men in porn, he began performing in adult films in 1989. Michaels gained recognition after appearing in John Leslie's 1990 film Oh What A Night. In 1996, he started Sean Michaels Productions, which was changed to Sean Michaels International the following year when Anabolic Video began handling its distribution.

In 2003, Michaels was issued a cease and desist order by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the use of his name due to the similarity it had to WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels. Michaels name was already registered as a trademark, while Shawn Michaels had not registered his moniker.

Along with Lisa Ann and Nikki Benz, Michaels hosted the XRCO Awards in April 2010. In 2018, he performed in his first bisexual scene for Kick Ass Pictures. In regards to the scene, Michaels commented, "I feel strongly about doing the things you want to do in life. Cuckold fans have been asking me for years to do bi scenes, and I'm happy to be making this move. I believe it's important for people to grow sexually in any way they choose."

Advocacy and impact
Michaels has refused to use language or perform acts in scenes that negatively stereotype black men. He has also spoken out against the aggressive treatment of women in porn, arguing that actors, directors, and producers should put more emphasis on a woman's pleasure. In 2000, he received the Positive Image Award from the Free Speech Coalition, which is awarded to "performers that have helped to dispel negative stereotypes and misconceptions connected to work in the adult industry."

In 2016, Micheals was elected President of the Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG). As President, he announced the APAG would push to raise the legal age to perform in adult films from 18 to 21, commenting that "it's 21 years old to drink, so you should have to be 21 to do porn."

In her book A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography, women's studies scholar Mireille Miller-Young notes how Michaels's portrayal of "suave and professional" characters in his films has challenged the stereotyping of black men as "sexual beasts" in pornography and expanded opportunities for black performers. Violet Blue shares a similar sentiment in The Ultimate Guide to Adult Videos, calling Michaels a "major force in changing the face and attitudes of the adult industry towards black performers." Blue concluded by dubbing him "the most famous black man to ever appear in porn."

Personal life
Family has always been supportive. Mother used to do craft services for his early shoots and sister handled sales for his distribution.

Awards

 * 1995 AVN Hall of Fame
 * 1996 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene (Video) – World Sex Tour 1 (with Mark Davis, Erica Bella & Stephanie Sartori)
 * 1998 AVN Award – Best Anal Sex Scene (Video) – Butt Banged Naughty Nurses (with Careena Collins & Mark Davis)
 * 1999 AVN Award – Best Anal Sex Scene (Video) – Tushy Heaven (with Samantha Stylle & Alisha Klass)
 * 1999 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene (Video) – Tushy Heaven (with Alisha Klass, Samantha Stylle, Halli Aston & Wendy Knight)
 * 1999 XRCO Award – Best Anal Or D.P. Scene – Tushy Heaven (with Alisha Klass & Samantha Stylle)
 * 2000 XRCO Hall of Fame
 * 2002 NightMoves Award – Best Actor (Fan’s Choice)
 * 2003 NightMoves Award – Best Director (Fan’s Choice)
 * 2007 NightMoves Hall of Fame
 * 2010 AVN Award – Best Double Penetration Sex Scene – Bobbi Starr & Dana DeArmond's Insatiable Voyage (with Bobbi Starr & Mr. Marcus)

Main

 * Joy Nash as Alicia "Plum" Kettle
 * Tamara Tunie as Julia Smith
 * Robin Weigert as Verena Baptist
 * Rowena King as Cheryl Crane-Murphy
 * Adam Rothenberg as Dominic O'Shea
 * Erin Darke as Leeta Albridge
 * Ricardo Davila as Eladio
 * Tramell Tillman as Steven
 * Will Seefried as Ben
 * Julianna Margulies as Kitty Montgomery

Recurring

 * Debra Monk as Mrs Kettle
 * Dariush Kashani as Clive
 * Alanna Ubach as Marlowe Buchanan
 * Ami Sheth as Sana
 * Campbell Scott as Stanley Austen
 * Jen Ponton as Rubi
 * Kelly Hu as Abra Austen
 * Marc Blucas as Bobby
 * Mark Tallman as Jake
 * Mya Taylor as Barbara
 * Colby Minifie as Jasmine
 * Laura Darrell as Anna
 * Karen Eilbacher as Jillian

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 82% based on 51 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The well-acted Dietland delivers timely and engaging social commentary with enough humor and scathing wit to make up for an occasionally scattered narrative approach." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 66 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Early life
Thompson was born and raised in a low-income household in San Diego, California. The son of a Baptist minister, he spent much of his childhood in the church. At 14, he attended his first punk show, which inspired him to learn the guitar.

Career
His career started.

Personal life
In 2010, Thompson began dating Joanna Angel. The couple married in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 31, 2016.

Early life
Wallin was born in Sundsvall, Sweden.

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I Hate Suzie is a British dark comedy drama streaming television series created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper. It was produced by Bad Wolf in association with Sky Studios, with Prebble serving as showrunner. All episodes were written by Prebble and most were directed by Georgi Banks-Davies.

The show marks the third collaboration between Prebble and Piper, who previously worked together on Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007–11) and The Effect (2012). I Hate Suzie follows the life of actress Suzie Pickles (Piper) whose life is thrown into turmoil when her phone is hacked and compromising photographs of her are leaked. Each episode is focused on "one of the eight stages of trauma" that Suzie experiences, a take on the five stages of grief.

I Hate Suzie premiered on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV on 27 August 2020. It made its US debut on HBO Max on 19 November. It received critical acclaim from television critics for its writing, directing, and Piper's performance. It was recognized by several publications as one of the best television programs of the year.

Premise
Suzie Pickles (Piper) is a former teenage pop star and television actress. After her phone is hacked and compromising photos of her are leaked, Suzie struggles to keep her marriage to Cob (Daniel Ings) together and protect her son Frank (Matthew Jordan-Caws). Meanwhile, Naomi (Leila Farzad), Suzie's manager and friend, attempts to keep her career afloat.

Cast and characters

 * Billie Piper as Suzie Pickles
 * Leila Farzad as Naomi Jones
 * Daniel Ings as Cob Betterton
 * Nathaniel Martello-White as Carter Vaughan
 * Matthew Jordan-Caws as Frank

Conception
Following their collaboration on Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Effect, Prebble and Piper developed a close friendship. Piper expressed interest to Prebble in working together on another project. The inspiration for the story came from emails between the two, who would write to each other about their struggles with facing Prebble came up with the idea for a story centered around a phone hack. She structured the story around an idea of "eight stages of trauma or grief", a take on the five stages of grief, with each episode focusing on one of the stages. Each episode was created to have the feel of a standalone mini-film.

Casting
Like on her On 30 September 2019, it was announced that Leila Farzad, Daniel Ings, and Nathaniel Martello-White had joined the cast. It was

Filming
Interior scenes for I Hate Suzie were mostly filmed at Bad Wolf Studios in Cardiff, South Wales. Some exterior scenes were shot on-location at Park Avenue and Mimms Hall Road in the town Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. For the episode "Denial", scenes featuring Suzie and Naomi at a sci-fi convention were filmed at the ExCeL London during the MCM London Comic Con in October 2019.

Music
The musical score to I Hate Suzie was composed by Johnny Lloyd and Nathan Coen, who previously worked with Piper on her directorial debut Rare Beasts. "Before we even knew what the series was gonna look like, we were already kind of pulling together ideas and sending them to Lucy [Prebble] while she was writing it," Coen said. Lloyd described the process of scoring as "challenging" to create continuity and embody different emotions each episode.

Release
The series premiered on Sky Atlantic on 27 August 2020, with all episodes also made available to watch on Sky's NOW TV subscription service that day. The series had its US television debut on HBO Max on November 19th.

I Hate Suzie was made available in Australia from 28 August 2020 on Stan. In October 2020, the show was acquired for American audiences by HBO Max. In Latin America the series premiered on 7 November 2020 on Warner.

Ratings
The premiere episode "Shock" received an overnight rating of 95,000 viewers across two screenings. After seven days, the ratings rose to 532,000. Twenty-eight days later, the episode's ratings rose to a total of 987,000 viewers, including 41,000 watching from other devices. The show became Sky Atlantic's second most-viewed show for the third quarter of 2020, behind the miniseries The Third Day.

Critical reception
I Hate Suzie was acclaimed by television critics, who praised the writing and Piper's performance. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 94% with an average score of 8.1/10, based on 34 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Gazing into the eye of the celebrity storm with frenzied style, I Hate Suzie is a ruthless satire on stardom that is effortlessly carried by Billie Piper's manic performance." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the first season a score of 85 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "Universal acclaim".

Writing for The Telegraph, Chris Bennion gave the show 5 out of 5 stars, stating "I Hate Suzie is a glorious mess of ideas, a potent, fizzing monument to the creativity of its makers." Lucy Mangan of The Guardian praised the collaboration between Prebble and Piper, calling the show a "wild ride that feels like an absolute gift." Kristen Baldwin in her review for Entertainment Weekly gave the series an "A" rating, calling it a "bloody brilliant exploration of modern womanhood" that "tells a wholly unique story about the liberation that comes from total exposure." Sonia Saraiya of Vanity Fair wrote, "I Hate Suzie is a masterclass in tone... a portrait of vulnerability that bewitches not by prettifying itself, or making itself ugly, but instead with stark, unfiltered honesty." Ed Cumming of The Independent wrote, "Piper has a rare gift for eliciting sympathy... [w]hat emerges is a black-comedy-horror about female friendship, modern fame, and the impossibility of true privacy in a world where everyone has an online video camera in their pockets." In a more critical review, Allison Keene of Paste deemed the series "messy, ambitious, chic, yet ultimately a little shallow and out of focus." However, she reserved praise for Piper's acting, calling her performance "astonishingly open". Matt Walsh of TV Guide wrote "You might squirm but will never hate the excellent Piper, as Suzie careens from self-pity to self-disgust in a surreal blur of debauched despair." Writing for Decider, Joel Keller found the first episode to be "an effective exercise in seeing a person's life fall apart around them in short order" but was more "intrigued with seeing Piper's interpretation of how Suzie tries to put the pieces back together."

Accolades
I Hate Suzie appeared on several critics year-end top ten lists:


 * 2nd – Allison Shoemaker, The A.V. Club
 * 2nd – Hannah Jane Parkinson, ''The Guardian
 * 4th – Chris Bennion, The Telegraph
 * 5th – Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly
 * 6th – Staff, NME
 * 7th – Jeanne Jakle, San Antonio Express-News
 * 9th – Brian Donaldson, The List
 * 10th – Staff,  Empire
 * 13th – Staff, RogerEbert.com
 * 15th – Staff, Thrillist
 * 19th – Staff, Den of Geek
 * Best New Shows (not ranked) – CNET
 * Top 10 (not ranked) – Naomi Gordon, Harper's Bazaar
 * Top 13 (not ranked) – Caroline Framke, Variety
 * Top 20 (not ranked) – Staff, Evening Standard