![]() Hilarious and affecting … I May Destroy You. And this is the privilege we have, to travel through different cultures, places, economies – the “challenge” of code-switching is a privilege. ![]() Your energy is different to when we went to that Vogue party. The way you walk down the street, the way you say hello, that’s all different. When you go into a restaurant, as you engage with the people there, that might be different to how you do it here. MC: Think of when you go to Nigeria, Weruche, that’s a code-switch. WO: Is code-switching the manner in which you speak, or the language you use? MC: In the police station, Terry switches code. Her energy switches, but I wouldn’t say it’s her code. Terry is different when she’s in the audition room – there’s a performative element to the way she speaks and the language she uses. I don’t know if it was a conscious decision, but I think it helps me keep Terry as Terry in every single situation. Weruche Opia (Terry): I don’t ever recall code-switching with Terry. ‘Real survivors’ … from left, Coel, Essiedu and Opia in the new series. You’re able to stand outside and observe. MC: I think it’s a privilege to be able to do it – because it means you understand that there’s more than one code. PE: It is particularly prevalent in London and in the creative industries, because there’s such a wide variety of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities. MC: I didn’t think about code-switching when I wrote Kwame’s scene in the police station, even though I’m aware it’s there now. It felt like all of those were spot-on, and that helps you make the character authentic. It is important that they speak differently when they’re in a police interrogation room, or when they’re talking to their friends, or talking to a friend in front of their mum as opposed to in privacy. Paapa Essiedu (Kwame): As a performer, when you’re reading a script, you want to feel like there’s a plasticity to the way a character speaks. Maybe that’s a sign of living in authenticity, to not be thinking about these things. MC: To me, these things aren’t conscious. Your characters code-switch, speaking differently when they talk to other people.
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