New TigerKing episodes will examine the 2003 on-stage mauling of Siegfried & Roy's RoyHorn, who died Friday
are at work on more true-life big-cat content for Netflix. What may be coming, and how they’re going about it, sheds new light on the controversial hit.
The docuseries, which debuted March 20, was the pandemic’s first pop culture phenomenon, a lurid mix of outsized character studies and ranging spectacle set amid America’s exotic animal scene. It delivered more thanStranger Things 2and Kate McKinnon have since been announced, while Rob Lowe has teased a third with Ryan Murphy.
Yet despite mostly positive reviews, it has been criticized as sensationalistic and glib in its portrayal of significant, intractable issues surrounding animal abuse.was directed by Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin. Goode — who initially rose to prominence by developing on-trend New York City hospitality properties — is a prominent figure in global wildlife philanthropy, having started the Turtle Conservancy in 2009 to protect threatened turtles and tortoises and their habitats.
Dr. James Liu, a wildlife veterinarian and field biologist who is the associate director of the Turtle Conservancy, contactedon Thursday, requesting contact information for Chris Lawrence, a former tiger handler for Siegfried & Roy’s Las Vegas show. Lawrence received national media attention in March 2019 when he wasabout his 15-year battle with PTSD following the infamous attack, which left Roy Horn permanently injured.
, Goode had expressed misgivings over the tabloid tinge of the production. “I went into this to explore a different side of the animal world in terms of wild animals in captivity,” he. “After spending years with these subjects the project moved in a different direction. Netflix is very adept at making binge-worthy television and with these larger-than-life subjects that was pretty easy to do. However, my goal is and has always been the same, which is to raise awareness and help save the species.
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