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‘I May Destroy You’ creator Michaela Coel says writing about sexual assault was “cathartic”

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I May Destroy You creator and star Michaela Coel says that writing about her sexual assault in the new Netflix show was a “cathartic” experience.The show is based on the real-life experience of Chewing Gum creator Coel being drugged and sexually abused.“It took me two and a half years all in all to write it and I didn’t do any other job,” she told Radio 1’s Newsbeat in a new interview.“It’s been quite hard but cathartic because I’m reflecting on a dark time rather than feeling it is happening to me right now.”Explaining how the show mirrors her own experience, Coel added: “We respond to trauma and triggering situations in many different ways, it’s not always a pity party.

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