Tag: Actors

• Barf-tas

  

  The actor Noel Clarke has already been subjected to trial by media and found guilty. However this plays out, his career is scuppered. John Leslie could tell you all about that, and he was never ever convicted of any crime. But you won’t see any of the allegations taken down by social media operators, in…

  Max Frances

  May 2, 2021

  Social Media, Society

  Abuse, Actors, Autism, BAFTA, Film, ITV, MeToo, Noel Clarke, Police, Sky, Social Media, Trans Rights, Twitter, Virtue Signalling

• Cock Walking

  

  ‘One day you’re cock of the walk, the next a feather duster’ reads the strapline on Piers Morgan’s Twitter profile. More like, ‘One day you’re cock of the walk, the next a cock walking’. There, I’ve fixed it for you. Morgan’s supporters have cohered behind the #TeamPiers banner although this does seem to have attracted…

  Max Frances

  Mar 11, 2021

  Mental Health, Social Media, Society

  Actors, Health, Media, Meghan Markle, Mental Health, Oprah, Piers Morgan, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Prince Harry, Racism, Social Media, TeamPiers, Twitter

• Clark Kent

  

  The actor Chadwick Boseman passed away earlier this week at the age of 43 years. Now, I’m typically sceptical about the cringe-inducing missives concerning the dearly departed from those who never knew, nor even considered the dearly departed when he or she was alive. And to an extent, this was the same. Shoddy, self-serving Twitter…

  Max Frances

  Aug 31, 2020

  Films, Society

  Actors, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, Charlatans, Film, Hollywood, Integrity, Respect, Slacktivism, Social Media, Superheroes, Twitter, Virtue Signalling