Written by Ishita Sengupta |New Delhi |Updated: September 18, 2019 12:15:25 pm
Netflix’s Unbelievable underlines how women need to behave as victims to be believed as one
In the post #MeToo universe where there is an abundance of instances of disparate women sharing their private stories, Unbelievable is the show we deserve as much as we need.
In the final episode of the Netflix series Unbelievable, a 21-year-old rape survivor is told by her attorney, “What happened to you should not happen to anyone, ever.” He was not referring to the traumatic experience she had gone through. At least not just that. “You know, no one accuses a robbery victim of lying…but when it comes to sexual assault…” he trails off after continuing in an even tone for a while. The second part of the sentence — hanging in the air — would have sounded something like this had it been worded: “But when it comes to sexual assault, the default approach towards the victim is of doubt.” Looking down, Marie Adler (an impressive Kaitlyn Dever) nods her head. Even though incomplete, the utterance makes sense to her. She had experienced the same when she was exhaustively questioned by the police and later disbelieved after informing them of being raped. This attitude of distrust towards narratives and narrators of sexual assaults — which gradually progresses into making those speaking out question themselves, and ultimately silencing them — lies at the heart of Unbelievable as the show explores how the believability of one determines the authenticity of the other.
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