APRIL 24, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
Tiger King: Yes, it’s bonkers
By TJ REID
For the Keizertimes
If you have been lucky
enough to read one of my
reviews in this newspaper be-
fore, you might have noticed a
trend: thus far I have only re-
viewed movies and television
shows that are original cre-
ations of streaming platforms
such as Netfl ix, Amazon Prime,
and Hulu. With so many op-
tions out there in today’s digi-
tal entertainment world, I must
admit that it can sometimes
be diffi cult to pick a movie or
series that people would actu-
ally care to read about. Once
or twice, however, I have come
across a piece of media that
needs to be reviewed because
it has evolved into something
much larger: a cultural phe-
nomenon. After seeing nu-
merous memes of a heavily
tattooed man with three teeth,
hearing more than one refer-
ence to husbands being fed
to tigers, and seeing many a
shout out on social media, it
was not long before I saw that
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and
Madness (or just Tiger King for
short) was one such touchstone
that demanded my attention if
only so I could understand just
what the heck everyone was
talking about. The hype and
buzz are understandable, as Ti-
ger King is one
of the most
bizarre jour-
neys I have
ever taken.
It was also
one that oc-
casionally
made me feel
uncomfortable, if I am 100
percent honest. The real-life
people that make up the Ti-
ger King cast are some of the
weirdest individuals you will
ever meet, and this often makes
the show seem like an exercise
in mean-spirited mockery. The
aforementioned tattooed man
with three teeth, for instance,
a man named John Finlay, was
actually asked to remove his
dental bridge to achieve the
look because the producers
wanted to portray him in a
certain way, according to an Us
Weekly interview with another
star, Doc Antle. That look, one
must assume, is “methed out
hillbilly.” Even when the show
isn’t actively
trying to make
fun of its sub-
jects or warp
the narrative
to its own
ends, the feel-
ing remained.
Or, rather, it
remained until I was reminded
of another fact: that these peo-
ple aren’t just weird, a lot of
them are also not great people.
Some of them are downright
unpleasant and dangerous. The
“Murder, Mayhem and Mad-
ness” is in the title for a reason.
So maybe making fun of them
is okay? I don’t know, but I do
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The antics of a man who calls himself Joe Exotic are center
stage in a new Netfl ix documentary series.
know that questions like this
kept me from enjoying the se-
ries as much as I could have,
but I wouldn’t say this is a fault
of the documentary itself.
Because what the docu-
mentary sets out to do, it does
well (a few narrative biases
notwithstanding). Not only
was it entertaining, but it was
also informative. Who knew
there was a heated war over the
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I certainly didn’t. The subject
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Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem,
and Madness is now available
on Netfl ix. It can also probably
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