Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 11/04/2025and crucially: you never quite know whether a British character is good or evil 😌 010
Reposted by Louis StaplesThe Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Issue 23 Is Here 🦈 With work from @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, @drblacklock.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @louisstaples.bsky.social, @dwhitehouse.bsky.social, @williamasclarke.bsky.social & more www.the-fence.com/shop/ 1136
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 31/03/2025my brain read this as Theil and I was like whaaaaaaat 😵💫 000
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 16/03/2025this is the most millennial startup thing ever omg 😭 020
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 08/03/2025for @rollingstone.com, I wrote about Meghan’s Netflix show – a pivot that has a lot of potential. Visually, the show looks pristine. But narrative-wise, like most things she does, it’s a confusing mess of annoying contradictions www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...rollingstone.comMeghan Markle Is Just a Girl, Standing in Front of Fans, Asking Them to Love HerDuchess of Sussex is attempting a rebrand with her Netflix cooking and lifestyle series, but seems unwilling to show her real self. 9312
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I wrote about my fave girls on The White Lotus and how, actually, most of us are two-faced bitches too! www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...harpersbazaar.comFeeling Triggered by the Toxic Trio in 'The White Lotus'? You're Not the Only One.Mike White has perfected the art of creating characters who we’re supposed to loathe — even if we’re not entirely unlike them. 1110
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 01/03/2025I feel like there is a real case for shortening awards season… I am over it!!! 000
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 27/02/2025It’s cuz whenever you pitch literally anything it’s like what’s the HOOK is it a NETFLIX SHOW 110
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I think it’s just one? A year is suspended right? 000
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Kind of wild how they’re all just openly admitting they’re dependent on America, too? That definitely feels new 020
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 22/02/2025and even worse: intolerant of dissent when they were just publishing straight-up great replacement theory?! 060
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 22/02/2025and also by writing about something only a handful of freaks on Twitter were saying he’s just further legitimising the view 🤡 070
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I love “married MP” like that would be more acceptable if he was single lol 020
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 14/02/2025lol I meant in the sense that you don't have to do anything for Valentine's Day because it's your anniversary... chill out 110
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I feel like they just mean “southern hemisphere” but that has zero ring to it lol 110
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I also feel like being a *good* listener and also becoming a practical problem solver - really looking into how things work, options etc - are becoming much bigger friendship skills that I didn't have to use as much before 010
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 10/02/2025this is so true and makes me so sad! but I feel it. I sometimes feel taken over by a "what's the point?" feeling and it's so difficult to shake 110
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Wrote about why The Apprentice fucking sucks! (Even though I’m still watching… for some reason) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comThe Apprentice at 20: how Trump and Alan Sugar’s reality TV baby became little more than ritual humiliationThe entrepreneurial reality show has just turned 20 … and it’s never been worse. It’s almost impossible to believe any of the bragging, soundbite-spewing chancers are even good at business 060
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Pudding is just a catch-all name for the dessert course in the UK - it doesn’t always mean an actual pudding 0110
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 30/01/2025My article about Elon Musk’s sudden (scary!) fascination with the UK is in today’s New York Times paper if you’re able to pick up a copy! 🇬🇧 0100
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 28/01/2025For @nytimes.com, I wrote about Elon Musk’s obsession with the UK, where he has trolled his way into dominating the news cycle For months, Musk has been deriding Britain and testing which of its right-wing leaders are willing to be his mouthpiece. What does he want? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Elon Musk’s Bizarre, Frightening Obsession With BritainThe billionaire’s interest goes beyond trolling. 1103
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 22/01/2025It's the final week of #TheTraitorsUK! I wrote about the secret of the show's success: combining reality TV's founding principles with a totally new, much more challenging set of moral codes www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.com‘Oh my god, I’m a psychopath!’ How The Traitors revolutionised reality TV – for the secretly evilThe wildly popular gameshow has torn up its genre’s rulebook to become one of the best things on television. Its secret? Letting us indulge our fantasies of treachery 0150
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Unfortunately the solution to this is to not fall behind by a week on a fast-moving reality show! 110
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 19/01/2025I think it’s more that he is a teacher - everyone has had a teacher who acts above their station, like the principal of the school. And we’ve all worked with someone who talks over people, takes credit for things and thinks they’re the boss of you. It’s the way he wields his authority that jars 030
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 17/01/2025it’s insane! They’re acting like there weren’t millions of people saying this stuff at the time and literally taking the streets 100