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Tiger King investigates the controversial characters who collect big cats—and the murder-for-hire plot that rocked their niche community
, a seven-episode docuseries about people who own and breed lions, tigers, and other big cats. The series, from filmmakers, has so many binge-watch qualifiers that it seems as though it was special-engineered in a streaming lab.
It centers around a delusional protagonist—, the self-fashioned “Tiger King”—who is equal parts Joe Dirt and Gob Bluth. For many years, Joe Exotic owned a large-cat facility and dabbled in magic, drugs, homemade country-music videos, and polygamy before he was sent to prison for a wild crime committed against his sworn enemy—has it all. The series also features enough serious plot twists to contend with; romantic tragedy; one large-cat owner who claims to be the real-life Scarface; another large-cat owner who seems to carry on a deeply problematic, polygamous relationship with the female interns in his employ; and a cowboy-hat-wearing,Beneath all of those circus-ready characters and cartoonish theatrics is a serious message about the number of big cats being bred specifically for use in roadside zoos and pet farms. ’s message is that big cat owners can be more dangerous than the wild animals they house.
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