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In April 2024, Baby Reindeer, a British thriller and black comedy miniseries was released on Netflix, and nothing proves its significance better than the six Primetime Emmy Awards it had won in September this year. Baby Reindeer is based on Richard Gadd’s one-man theatrical show (like Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, which premiered in 2016), which was inspired by his real-life experiences (so much so that the real-life Martha, Fiona Harvey sued Netflix for her portrayal), thus providing a unique perspective of personal trauma. Gadd, the writer and director of the series also appears onscreen as the main character, Donny Dunn, the aspiring comedian whose life went downhill. Although the viewers follow the struggles of one person, it is fair to ask how many millions of stories Gadd had shared through Donny’s character.