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Has anyone else watched this Netflix documentary? It's bonkers.

It seems like everyone I know has started watching it this weekend, and my wife and I just finished watching it.

Honestly, I really don't know where to start.

Well, I guess I do. It is a documentary that was made from footage that was supposed to be a reality show by a documentary director who decided to cover the crazy underworld of big cat owners... and that isn't anywhere near the weirdest thing about it.

It ended up with the primary subject, a psycho who goes by the name of Joe Exotic, being arrested for a murder for hire attempt on a woman who was determined to shut his zoo down.

But she doesn't come off very well either.... she is just not as crazy, maybe, as him... or maybe she is....

And so much more.

Criminey, what a crazy documentary.
 
jmotivator said:
Has anyone else watched this Netflix documentary? It's bonkers.

It seems like everyone I know has started watching it this weekend, and my wife and I just finished watching it.

Honestly, I really don't know where to start.

Well, I guess I do. It is a documentary that was made from footage that was supposed to be a reality show by a documentary director who decided to cover the crazy underworld of big cat owners... and that isn't anywhere near the weirdest thing about it.

It ended up with the primary subject, a psycho who goes by the name of Joe Exotic, being arrested for a murder for hire attempt on a woman who was determined to shut his zoo down.

But she doesn't come off very well either.... she is just not as crazy, maybe, as him... or maybe she is....

And so much more.

Criminey, what a crazy documentary.
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I thought this was going to be a thread about German Tanks. You can imagine my disappointment.
 
Without sports this is the crap that is being thrown out now.

There is nothing else on tv.
 
we almost watched it last night.
 
Someone here at what my wife condescendingly calls my imaginary friends site recommended this to me last week.

Whom ever U R, thanks.

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jmotivator said:
Has anyone else watched this Netflix documentary? It's bonkers.

It seems like everyone I know has started watching it this weekend, and my wife and I just finished watching it.

Honestly, I really don't know where to start.

Well, I guess I do. It is a documentary that was made from footage that was supposed to be a reality show by a documentary director who decided to cover the crazy underworld of big cat owners... and that isn't anywhere near the weirdest thing about it.

It ended up with the primary subject, a psycho who goes by the name of Joe Exotic, being arrested for a murder for hire attempt on a woman who was determined to shut his zoo down.

But she doesn't come off very well either.... she is just not as crazy, maybe, as him... or maybe she is....

And so much more.

Criminey, what a crazy documentary.
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I watched the first 3 episodes last night. No one came off as more despicable and less likable than Carole Baskin.

IMO, Carole orchestrated her 2nd husband's death.
 
The one guy in south carolina seems like a sex cult leader as well
 
Trippy Trekker said:
I watched the first 3 episodes last night. No one came off as more despicable and less likable than Carole Baskin.

IMO, Carole orchestrated her 2nd husband's death.
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It certainly appears to be the case. It was interesting that the director chose to turn episode 3 into a 20/20 Investigates-style episode.

I mean, in those first few episodes you definitely get enough to conclude that Joe Exotic is mentally ill.. but in the end, what he and Carole Baskins do for a living isn't that far off. I mean, I never thought of it this way, but Joe Exotic's argument of breeding as a way of preserving the species isn't entirely crazy. The tiger, for instance, is dying off for loss of habitat, so as Joe Exotic put it, he can breed them but there is no habitat to return them to.

It all goes pear shaped from episode 3, though.

Of all the major players by episode 3, though, I don't know that I could pick the worst. They are all loathsome in their own way. I will say that of all the loathsome actors, Joe Exotic is the only one who had a few brief moments of making sense.. but there is maybe a few seconds in the whole series where his mask dropped and there was actually a human behind it, I can't say the same for Carole Baskins. And still, the few glimpses of humanity in Joe Exotic are all but lost in a wave on bat**** crazy... he pays his employees nothing, they live in squalor, and even when one of his employees that he calls "family" suffers a severe injury and is being taken away in the ambulance his first thought is what it will do to him financially... but still, a few glimpses.

As for the crazy, though, you haven't seen anything yet.
 
tacomancer said:
The one guy in south carolina seems like a sex cult leader as well
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Absolutely he is. And he only looks worse as the show progresses.
 
tacomancer said:
The one guy in south carolina seems like a sex cult leader as well
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Found a source that provided ample background info:

Birth name: Mahamayavi Bhagavan Antle

Born: 1960; AZ

Moved to So Cal as a child, raised on a ranch and loved exotic animals; nick named "Kevin" by school mates.

Dropped out of school in 9th grade; moved to China as a teenager to study Chinese medicine.

At age 22, 1982, he already acquired a reputation for credibility. He produced promotional commercials for Exxon from 1982-88.... popularizing the slogan "Put a tiger in your tank."

His celebrity status grew through out the 1990s with an appearance on Letterman, multiple appearances on Leno and consultation contracts for at least a half dozen major movies.

His credits include assisting in music video animal-related themes for numerous stars.

His widespread reputation, beyond one of the world's most foremost Exotic Animal Trainers, includes a dedication to conservation, a huge ego and decades-long success as a flamboyant polygamist.

I enjoyed the image the series portrays "Doc" Antle's character. My personal experience with polygamy (children with 3 women) eventually turned very painful! My conversion to a monogamous commitment added much desired stability to my life.

He definitely personifies head Alpha-male of a cult!
 
My wife, who is a premier Army interrogator, says that the woman certainly knows what happened to her husband.....that she killed him or had him killed and fed him to the cats is what likely happened.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
My wife, who is a premier Army interrogator, says that the woman certainly knows what happened to her husband.....that she killed him or had him killed and fed him to the cats is what likely happened.
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That seems the most likely.

Now the question is, who would have helped her at the time and can those people be tracked down.

I doubt something like that could be pulled off by one person before anybody else got wind of it.
 
No thanks

As a gay man I find him rather an embarrassment . A mullet, really?:roll:
 
Finished it tonight...I am sorry that the people who made it do not approve but I can see why more people stand behind Joe Exotic than with the schemer who almost certainly killed her husband according to one of the best interrogators in the Army....my wife.

I bitch about the Wave Of Crap that Hollywood puts out now, but this is good.
 
I have to say, Tiger King might be my favorite TV miniseries of all time - it's certainly the most entertaining TV documentary I've ever seen.

The last episode, with the fat guy just jet skiing around - absolutely brilliant.
 
I mean it has tigers, murder for hire, guns, meth, mullets, lip-synced country music, polygamous gay marriages, polygamous straight marriages, terrible cat-print clothes, terrible hair, terrible tattoos, terrible teeth, a person getting their arm ripped off by a tiger, a woman who probably fed one of her husbands to a tiger, a guy who accidentally killed himself because he forgot there was one in the chamber, a documentarian who once interviewed George HW Bush while high on crack, a guy with only a few teeth that spends the whole series shirtless, a walking Ed Hardy ad swinger who wears bandanas under his hat...
 
jmotivator said:
It certainly appears to be the case. It was interesting that the director chose to turn episode 3 into a 20/20 Investigates-style episode.

I mean, in those first few episodes you definitely get enough to conclude that Joe Exotic is mentally ill.. but in the end, what he and Carole Baskins do for a living isn't that far off. I mean, I never thought of it this way, but Joe Exotic's argument of breeding as a way of preserving the species isn't entirely crazy. The tiger, for instance, is dying off for loss of habitat, so as Joe Exotic put it, he can breed them but there is no habitat to return them to.

It all goes pear shaped from episode 3, though.

Of all the major players by episode 3, though, I don't know that I could pick the worst. They are all loathsome in their own way. I will say that of all the loathsome actors, Joe Exotic is the only one who had a few brief moments of making sense.. but there is maybe a few seconds in the whole series where his mask dropped and there was actually a human behind it, I can't say the same for Carole Baskins. And still, the few glimpses of humanity in Joe Exotic are all but lost in a wave on bat**** crazy... he pays his employees nothing, they live in squalor, and even when one of his employees that he calls "family" suffers a severe injury and is being taken away in the ambulance his first thought is what it will do to him financially... but still, a few glimpses.

As for the crazy, though, you haven't seen anything yet.
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I think the least loathsome was the documentarian - the gaunt-looking guy chain smoking cigarettes in a diner, with the weird hat on.

He certainly gave off a weird vibe - but I dug a little deeper on him, and he was a reporter for Inside Edition back in the 90s, and apparently high on crack the whole time.

He actually made a documentary about his own crack addiction, when he cleaned up in the 00s.
 
TheDoctorWasIn said:
I have to say, Tiger King might be my favorite TV miniseries of all time - it's certainly the most entertaining TV documentary I've ever seen.

The last episode, with the fat guy just jet skiing around - absolutely brilliant.
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Of all the craziness that happens in that show, the most enduring piece for me is a seemingly throw away bit... I think the one time that Joe Exotic let his mask slip at all was when he was talking about letting the chimpanzees go, and how he realized what he had been denying to them when he watched them interact.

From early footage, that was him at the beginning.. but it certainly wasn't him when it was all over.
 
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jmotivator said:
Of all the craziness that happens in that show, the most enduring piece for me is a seemingly throw away bit... I think the one time that Joe Exotic let his mask slip at all was when he was talking about letting the chimpanzees go, and how he realized what he had been denying to them when he watched them interact.

From early footage, that was him at the beginning.. but it certainly wasn't him when it was all over.
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That was heartbreaking! Realising that was the first time in all of those years the two chimps were able to physically interact with each other.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
My wife, who is a premier Army interrogator, says that the woman certainly knows what happened to her husband.....that she killed him or had him killed and fed him to the cats is what likely happened.
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She would nervously laugh when asked about her husband's disappearance. She seemed to try to act the opposite of a guilty person by making it seem preposterous that she was being accused. I sensed something very cold about her.

I don't know if she did it, but I hate her!
 
TheDoctorWasIn said:
I think the least loathsome was the documentarian - the gaunt-looking guy chain smoking cigarettes in a diner, with the weird hat on.

He certainly gave off a weird vibe - but I dug a little deeper on him, and he was a reporter for Inside Edition back in the 90s, and apparently high on crack the whole time.

He actually made a documentary about his own crack addiction, when he cleaned up in the 00s.
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I'd vote for the girl who had her arm bit off for the least loathsome.
 
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