'What’s missing in Tiger King is nuance, but also a greater sense of humanity and more journalistic — or at least journalistic-adjacent — integrity.' chaneyj writes
Joe Exotic with one of his tiger pals in Tiger King. Photo: NETFLIX/Courtesy of NETFLIX In a time of global pandemic, when people are shut in their homes and more vulnerable than ever to the siren song of Netflix, everyone in America has simultaneously become obsessed with Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.
Tiger King is definitely a WTF doc. It’s got lions, and tigers, and bears — already an “oh my!” — but also chimpanzees, a monkey that appears to live exclusively inside the shirt of Wildlife in Need owner Tim Stark, and tons of expired meat from Walmart that is fed to many of these animals. The protagonist, roadside zoo owner Joe Exotic, is, to quote a description of him from the docuseries, a “redneck, gun-toting, mullet-sporting, tiger-tackling, gay polygamist.
Tiger King is an attempt to make a documentary about a guy who, as we learn from the seven episodes, has always wanted to be a reality star. For that reason, the series inevitably ends up with a bit of a lowbrow reality vibe: a hint of Honey Boo Boo and a faint whisper of Duck Dynasty. Joe is a volatile, flamboyant narcissist who does things that are patently ridiculous. It’s impossible to watch what he does — and what some of the other interviewees do and say — without laughing.
Hulu’s Fyre Fraud doesn’t shy away from having some fun with its subjects — Billy McFarland, JaRule, and everyone involved in planning the disastrous Fyre Festival. McFarland is often described in snarky terms by former colleagues and journalists who covered the fiasco. But when Fyre Fraud pokes fun, it mostly does it at the decisions made by McFarland and co. Because he’s wealthy and acted out of a sense of such privilege and hubris, any pot shots at his expense feel pretty justified.
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