'I May Destroy You' Star Michaela Coel

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🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Sam revisits his 2019 conversation with actress and writer Michaela Coel, who is the star and creator of the new critically acclaimed show, I May Destroy You. Before that show, Coel made waves in the hit British sitcom Chewing Gum. Her work as the creator, writer, and lead actress on the show earned her a BAFTA. She tells Sam about the emotional transparency that comes from shaving her head and how she once embraced the Pentecostal faith. They also bond over their feelings about Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here.
0:07.9	Michaela Cole is having a great year.
0:10.5	Her new show, I may destroy you, it has become a sensation in the last month or so.
0:15.9	Michaela Cole stars in the show, she wrote the whole show, and it's not quite a comedy,
0:20.8	not quite a drama.
0:22.2	It's a show all about consent and sexual assault.
0:25.3	And yet, it's not sad.
0:27.3	Where is my shot glass?
0:29.2	Can't you see it?
0:30.2	I'm drinking shots.
0:31.2	Where is my shot glass?
0:32.2	Can't you see it?
0:33.2	I'm drinking shots.
0:34.2	Where is my shot?
0:35.2	Where is my shot?
0:36.2	Hey, I'm drinking shots.
0:37.8	So Washington Post says every moment of the show is worth unpacking.
0:41.8	The Guardian called it an extraordinary breathtaking achievement.
0:45.4	The Atlantic called Cole a volcanically talented writer.
0:49.2	So on this episode of It's Been a Minute, an honor of I may destroy you and Michaela Cole's
0:53.6	amazing year, we're going to share my interview with her.
0:56.9	I'm last year.
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