This is where I landed.
It's not a good doc, per se. It's disjointed and all over the place, but given the subject matter I get it.
My office wanted a review, here's what I gave them.
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I spent five hours watching Tiger King last night. You've probably heard or read something about Tiger King at this point. Likely that it's wild. It's crazy. "Wow you won't believe some of the stuff in this doc." Right? And you probably thought, yeah sure, but we get one of those every six months. Maybe I'll get to it eventually.
Listen up you naive fool, you need to strap in for an absolutely bonkers ride. Where do I even start?
Let's start here. The show's premise is ostensibly about a private zoo owner - Joe Exotic - and his rivalry with a Florida-based big cat operation that ultimately leads to a murder-for-hire plot. That's pretty great. I mean, the addition of big cats to a murder plot takes this way above your typical Dateline fare.
But consider this: Murder-for-hire is, like, the 13th most interesting thing in the story.
I watch a lot of documentaries, so I'm not going to tell you this is the most tightly written and focused one out there, far from it. But how could it be? This is one of Stefon's clubs come to life. It has everything: Lions, tigers, a flamboyant gun-toting maniac, polyamory, toothless methheads, multiple amputees, a wedding between three(!) men, homemade country music videos (including a diss track), a missing husband and it's not one of the husbands from the wedding!
The sex cult (of course there's a sex cult) only gets about 5 minutes of screen time, and that makes sense!
The two most sane people in the doc are the woman who just wanted to be a "yoga animal trainer" and the guy who ran a multimillion-dollar drug operation in Miami and might have been the basis for Tony Montana. Every "main character" in this thing should be in prison for our safety. It's the rare story where literally everyone is the villain and is somehow still entertaining.
I haven't even mentioned the accidental suicide that is (mostly) caught on camera, the conman who is so obviously full of shit it's amazing even these morons fall for it, or the most bitchin' jet ski scene of all time.
Final Rating:
4-out-of-5 Expired Walmart Meat Packages
Complete thread:
- The math is pretty scary -
Dylan,
2020-03-26, 06:43
- Pan(dem)ic update: - nedhead, 2020-03-26, 20:06
- Looks like we're minutes away from being the global leader -
Dylan,
2020-03-26, 13:06
- US #1 across the board now ... - Mark, 2020-03-26, 15:04
- 2 month's warning. 5x case count of China per capita. - domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 14:49
- #1 in the Bing, still #2 in the Johns Hopkins poll
- MattG, 2020-03-26, 14:17
- Spurrier messing around with the ballots again.
- ReginaldVelJohnson, 2020-03-26, 15:53
- goddamn that's good
- KGB, 2020-03-26, 16:18
- Agreed!
- Busco21, 2020-03-26, 16:44
- Agreed!
- goddamn that's good
- Spurrier messing around with the ballots again.
- China by a length, Italy a nose ahead of the USA -
Jay,
2020-03-26, 13:56
- Oh, if only. - Joe I, 2020-03-26, 14:25
- American exceptionalism!
- nedhead, 2020-03-26, 13:52
- Compelling NYT article on the efficacy of social distancing -
Jack,
2020-03-26, 08:16
- Look at 49 days -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 10:02
- I think it's entirely ignoring... -
domer.mq,
2020-03-26, 10:03
- Those people will be in big trouble in 6 more weeks - Greg, 2020-03-26, 12:05
- The shelter-in-place states will be immediately reinfected. -
MattG,
2020-03-26, 10:10
- Right. The lack of coordination is insane.
- nedhead, 2020-03-26, 11:06
- I do wonder what's going to be the attitude when -
Jack,
2020-03-26, 11:01
- They'll blame whoever Fox and Rush tell them to blame - BPH, 2020-03-26, 11:29
- They'll blame minorities. - domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 11:10
- Right. The lack of coordination is insane.
- I think it's entirely ignoring... -
domer.mq,
2020-03-26, 10:03
- It's the summer, not the length of the isolation. -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 08:38
- There's a decent amount of cases in Miami-Dade -
Chris (HCC),
2020-03-26, 08:55
- I think so. - nedhead, 2020-03-26, 09:01
- There's a decent amount of cases in Miami-Dade -
Chris (HCC),
2020-03-26, 08:55
- Look at 49 days -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 10:02
- Deaths in Italy and Spain are blowing China away -
Jeff (BGS),
2020-03-26, 08:11
- Is it their methods of containment/treatment -
Mark,
2020-03-26, 08:48
- The Spanish and Italians also aren't welding people inside - Jack, 2020-03-26, 08:57
- Wuhan, Italy, and Spain have had similar death rates. -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 08:51
- So why -
Mark,
2020-03-26, 08:55
- Why is Tom Cotton saying it was started in a Chinese lab, -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 09:02
- Because Tom Cotton has cotton for brains
- Jack, 2020-03-26, 09:20
- He's a pretty smart guy, actually. -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 11:07
- It wasn't a comment on his intellect
- Jack, 2020-03-26, 11:14
- It wasn't a comment on his intellect
- That is unfair and unnecessarily insulting - Jeff (BGS), 2020-03-26, 11:07
- He's a pretty smart guy, actually. -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 11:07
- Because Tom Cotton has cotton for brains
- There's also Russia - Jack, 2020-03-26, 08:58
- Why is Tom Cotton saying it was started in a Chinese lab, -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 09:02
- So why -
Mark,
2020-03-26, 08:55
- Is it their methods of containment/treatment -
Mark,
2020-03-26, 08:48
- Very worrying message from my sister... -
domer.mq,
2020-03-26, 07:30
- Influenza A & B have infected 4.3M in the US -
nd94e,
2020-03-26, 08:37
- Yeah. I asked her about that. - domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 08:44
- Are we using a variety of different tests -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2020-03-26, 07:47
- A variety. - ReginaldVelJohnson, 2020-03-26, 07:59
- I've read that real-world sensitivity -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2020-03-26, 07:39
- Yeah. In this case, I suspect the state lab... - domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 08:07
- omg, that's scary.
- nedhead, 2020-03-26, 07:39
- Influenza A & B have infected 4.3M in the US -
nd94e,
2020-03-26, 08:37
- Hopefully we've done enough.. -
domer.mq,
2020-03-26, 06:55
- It's even scarier - Supe, 2020-03-26, 07:24
- Hard to feel like we aren't in 1861-62 or 1941-42 -
Mike (bart),
2020-03-26, 07:01
- a leader too afraid to level with his people -
Jay,
2020-03-26, 07:11
- Trump is just the manifestation of what is broken. -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 07:42
- Death Cult update -
Jay,
2020-03-26, 07:56
- "I know the laws in the state of Mississipuh, thank yew!" - Jack, 2020-03-26, 12:27
- I’m not sure some of you understand this -
Busco21,
2020-03-26, 12:21
- oh I know - Jay, 2020-03-26, 12:40
- Do they normally like him anyway? -
Jack,
2020-03-26, 12:28
- 19% of Oklahoma voted for the Tiger King -
Busco21,
2020-03-26, 12:45
- We aren't looking at the same facts though.
- domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 14:39
- How different are they? -
Busco21,
2020-03-26, 16:58
- Well, let's look at his approval rating... -
domer.mq,
2020-03-26, 17:15
- Well you know I agree -
Busco21,
2020-03-26, 17:53
- I wasn't meaning to say YOU - domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 17:59
- Well you know I agree -
Busco21,
2020-03-26, 17:53
- Well, let's look at his approval rating... -
domer.mq,
2020-03-26, 17:15
- How different are they? -
Busco21,
2020-03-26, 16:58
- 19% in the Libertarian primary - Mike (Embrey), 2020-03-26, 13:54
- important question -
Jay,
2020-03-26, 12:47
- I'm about halfway through. -
MattG,
2020-03-26, 12:58
- This is where I landed. -
Mike (Embrey),
2020-03-26, 13:59
- great review. instant potpourri
- Jay, 2020-03-26, 16:05
- great review. instant potpourri
- This is where I landed. -
Mike (Embrey),
2020-03-26, 13:59
- I"m on the cutting edge of - Busco21, 2020-03-26, 12:57
- No. -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2020-03-26, 12:56
- I can't argue this LOL
- Busco21, 2020-03-26, 12:58
- I can't argue this LOL
- I'm about halfway through. -
MattG,
2020-03-26, 12:58
- We aren't looking at the same facts though.
- 19% of Oklahoma voted for the Tiger King -
Busco21,
2020-03-26, 12:45
- And he won a frustratingly close election last fall - CK08, 2020-03-26, 08:05
- Silver lining - ReginaldVelJohnson, 2020-03-26, 08:04
- Preemption ... to own the libs.
- BillyGoat, 2020-03-26, 08:02
- "Missupa ain't gon be like China!"
- BPH, 2020-03-26, 08:01
- Death Cult update -
Jay,
2020-03-26, 07:56
- Trump is just the manifestation of what is broken. -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 07:42
- This is probably the end of America -
KGB,
2020-03-26, 07:11
- I would hope that Americans would reevaluate -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2020-03-26, 07:40
- The opportunity exists for a profound cultural change -
HCE,
2020-03-26, 08:08
- It's always darkest right before it goes pitch black. -
MattG,
2020-03-26, 09:36
- Hey, I'm trying to stave off despair over here -
HCE,
2020-03-27, 07:44
- In the real world, I see -
Greg,
2020-03-27, 08:13
- Almost half of the country - Jim (fisherj08), 2020-03-27, 08:56
- who are you following on twitter?
- Jay, 2020-03-27, 08:53
- A bunch of news figures. A bunch of guys here. A... - Greg, 2020-03-27, 09:06
- I'm seeing plenty of each online -
HCE,
2020-03-27, 08:45
- I love the bear hunts - Greg, 2020-03-27, 09:07
- In the real world, I see -
Greg,
2020-03-27, 08:13
- Hey, I'm trying to stave off despair over here -
HCE,
2020-03-27, 07:44
- That can go in either direction.
- nedhead, 2020-03-26, 08:39
- It's always darkest right before it goes pitch black. -
MattG,
2020-03-26, 09:36
- The opportunity exists for a profound cultural change -
HCE,
2020-03-26, 08:08
- Elections have consequences. - domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 07:27
- I suspect China is going to come out of this looking bad... -
Supe,
2020-03-26, 07:26
- From my Trump-loving godfather -
Jeff (BGS),
2020-03-26, 08:20
- There's a meme to that effect going around on Facebook
- HCE, 2020-03-26, 08:27
- I'm amazed how many college-educated people I know -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2020-03-26, 08:45
- I am as well - Jeff (BGS), 2020-03-26, 14:43
- I'm amazed how many college-educated people I know -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2020-03-26, 08:45
- There's a meme to that effect going around on Facebook
- The disaster in the US is not China's fault. -
nedhead,
2020-03-26, 07:47
- If only the US were a totalitarian state -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 09:48
- The US response has been abysmal -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 10:15
- Democracy is working -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 12:24
- The Constitution is not a suicide pact. - nedhead, 2020-03-26, 12:45
- I'm glad to know people had the foresight to vote -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 12:44
- It's a failure in personal responsibility here in... -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 12:54
- You must be reading someone else's posts -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 13:33
- You said -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 13:35
- I guess there are no failures of leadership then? -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 13:38
- Of course there are -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 14:41
- It is clearly a leadership failing. -
Joe I,
2020-03-26, 14:46
- Again... -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 15:40
- Keep going further up, to the top. -
Joe I,
2020-03-26, 16:22
- But that was kind of my point - Greg, 2020-03-26, 16:30
- I still have no idea whose posts you are reading -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 16:01
- Here you go -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 16:17
- Seriously? -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 16:28
- Who? - Greg, 2020-03-26, 16:44
- Seriously? -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 16:28
- Here you go -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 16:17
- Keep going further up, to the top. -
Joe I,
2020-03-26, 16:22
- Again... -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 15:40
- It is clearly a leadership failing. -
Joe I,
2020-03-26, 14:46
- Of course there are -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 14:41
- I guess there are no failures of leadership then? -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 13:38
- You said -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 13:35
- You must be reading someone else's posts -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 13:33
- It's a failure in personal responsibility here in... -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 12:54
- Exactly.
- nedhead, 2020-03-26, 11:34
- Democracy is working -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 12:24
- The US response has been abysmal -
ndphilo,
2020-03-26, 10:15
- If only the US were a totalitarian state -
Greg,
2020-03-26, 09:48
- That argument would hold more water - KGB, 2020-03-26, 07:43
- I'm not sure anyone will care. - domer.mq, 2020-03-26, 07:34
- While possibly all true, - Joe I, 2020-03-26, 07:31
- From my Trump-loving godfather -
Jeff (BGS),
2020-03-26, 08:20
- we’ve been shredding our credibility for years now -
Jay,
2020-03-26, 07:25
- Good news! We never stood for any of those things.
- fightinamish, 2020-03-26, 12:48
- it was an ongoing project
- Jay, 2020-03-26, 12:51
- it was an ongoing project
- Good news! We never stood for any of those things.
- Hard not to see a political crisis barreling at us -
Mike (bart),
2020-03-26, 07:22
- I'm not giving up -
KGB,
2020-03-26, 07:54
- I got nowhere else to go - Jay, 2020-03-26, 08:47
- I'm not giving up -
KGB,
2020-03-26, 07:54
- I would hope that Americans would reevaluate -
Bryan (IrishCavan),
2020-03-26, 07:40
- a leader too afraid to level with his people -
Jay,
2020-03-26, 07:11