I Can’t Trust Anyone, Everyone Hurts Me: A Comedy presented by the UC Follies

Though it was written by Celeste Yim and Aba Amuquandoh before the #MeToo moment, I Can’t Trust Anyone’s subject matter proved prescient. Directed by Abigail Whitney, Khadijah Salawu, and Ahlam Hassan, the show is about three friends who discover that one of their favourite celebrities has allegedly acted in a violent manner toward women, and it shows how they deal with this news.

Yim said that parts of the script were rewritten after it was accepted to the festival. In the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, she and Amuquandoh felt that the script could focus less on explanation and more on “[building] a feeling of recognition.”

The play combines difficult subject matter with levity and humour. “We wanted to represent that every situation is complex, that there is no cardinal rule for forgiving everyone or not forgiving anyone… Also we wanted to make a lot of dick jokes,” said Yim.

The show’s actors are also exclusively people of colour. “We’re a small village of people of colour trying to represent how terrible and hilarious and extraordinary it is to be alive right now,” said Yim.

Source - The Varsity

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