Tapie coming to American living rooms!

If you are a regular reader of this blog you will have seen that I’ve never been a fan of Bernard Tapie, the French company raider and one the most iconic and controversial French public figures, but totally unknown in America. 

Throughout the seven episodes of a new Netflix series that we began watching this week, we’ve seen the comedian Laurent Lafitte step into the shoes of Tapie, showing us his meteoric rise. 

Just like I have written so many times, cut in the same cloth as our own Donald Trump. 

When we’re done watching it, we’ll let you know how close it is to reality. and fall. After seeing just a few episodes, the recreation looks like the real thing and provides a faithful description of “Creepy Bernard”, as I like to call him.