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Netflix ’s smash-up - off seriesBaby Reindeeris a brain - blow true history about Scottish comedian Richard Gadd , who was unrelentingly stalked by a woman for days . In the process of state his story , it also disclose a traumatic result that occur in his past . The underlying theme in the serial publication hit hard , but it ’s also a cathartic story of damaged ego - worth , loneliness , dream , desperation , assault , and a system that often fails hoi polloi .
Chances are you have probably already powered your way through the seven episode of the black - comedy dramatic event thriller . If you ’re wait for something else to satiate your appetite while work the disturbingly good show , put these three series on your radar to tackle next .
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Beef (2023)
LikeBaby Reindeer , Beef(one of the best Netflix shows of 2023)tackles the construct of compulsion and self - abomination . It takes you on a journeying with two tragic characters , each dealing with their own personal trauma , much like Donny Dunn ( Gadd ) and Martha Scott ( Jessica Gunning ) ware inBaby Reindeer . primal to the patch is a road rage incident that happens at just the wrong sentence for both fiber .
Instead of allow things go and moving on , they become optical maser - focused on getting revenge on one another , even when the situation escalates to each one ’s personal detriment .
Both shows tackle hard , raw issue issue in a agency that ’s disturbingly sinister with a hint of humor . The plots in both show withdraw you in and make you find sympathetic for and angered at the key characters . highlight motivations of loneliness , ire , and ego - destructive personalities , Beeftakes you down a similar emotional journey that far transcends the initial incident .
StreamBeefon Netflix .
I May Destroy You (2020)
The topic of cope with trauma and , more specifically , intimate assault is at the heart of this Emmy - winning bleak clowning - drama as well . The supporter , Michaela Cole , also ground the tarradiddle on her own real - life experience , further draw equivalence toBaby Reindeer .
It begins when Arabella ( Cole ) , a new author , takes a prisonbreak from penning her second novel to revel a nighttime out with friends . unluckily , it turns ugly . She awaken the next morning unsure of the event of the eve . Through flashbacks , she slowly begin to recall and spell together what happened , realise that she was the victim of intimate rape .
Both shows are arguably cathartic for the actors who asterisk in them , both of whom play fictional versions of themselves . Just as brilliantly done asBaby Reindeer , I May Destroy Youis deeply warmness - turn , provide an intimate look at the process of healing from trauma and consider with the aftereffect that never go forth you . The show might also help others who have been through similar situation deal with their own emotions and feelings of incrimination .
StreamI May ruin Youon Max .
You (2018-)
What makesYouan interesting watch afterBaby Reindeeris that while it ’s a purely fictional tale about a sequential slayer , he is also one with a leaning for stalking the women with whom he becomes preoccupied , albeit far more secretly than Martha does to Donny .
Interestingly , this series represent the story from the perspective of the prowler versus the person being stalked . Joe Goldberg ( Penn Badgley ) justifies his reasoning for doing the awful things he does in the same way Martha misinterprets place and Donny ’s actions or word . In both cases , the stalkers reply , in time , with rage and madness , which often results of their own delusions .
Goldberg ’s high-flown sensation of who he is — he even finally beat as a university professor — is evocative of Martha pretending to be a highly well-thought-of and seek - after lawyer . Goldberg also draws comparability to the large villain inBaby Reindeer , Darrien O’Connor ( Tom Goodman - Hill ) , by presenting himself as a charming , tolerant , sizeable man when in reality he ’s anything but .
Youmight not be as cryptical and meaningful as the spat Richard Gadd serial publication , but the psychological thriller will keep you invested through the tale . It will send chills down your spine in a similar way thatBaby Reindeerdoes . Youis an embellished , fictional tale that is n’t quite as believable asBaby Reindeer’strue story . But the focus on the warped mind of a murderous stalker supply a dissimilar view on an as chilling tale .
StreamYouon Netflix .
