![]() ![]() In many ways, this is merciful: Coel has lived with pain, with darkness and she wonders how long it has been her habit to recount horror with a smile. It is a short read: the audiobook lasts for just one hour thirty-seven minutes as you might expect from a lecture. The disjointedness will fade away and you'll be carried on a cloud of exquisite writing. ![]() You might be reading the book but you need to listen to the words as though you're in the lecture theatre. You're going to read writing which was inspired by Michaela Coel's 2018 MacTaggart Lecture to professionals within the television industry at the Edinburgh TV Festival. You're not going to read a book of essays or a self-help book. How am I able to be so transparent on paper about rape, malpractice and poverty, yet still compartmentalise? It's as though I were telling the truth whilst simultaneously running away from it.īefore you start reading Misfits you need to be in a certain frame of mind. Very thought-provoking and everyone should read it. ![]() Summary: A brutally honest and hard-hitting look at what it's like to be black - and particularly black in the television industry. ![]()
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