Exotic Facts About Tiger King, Netflix's Most Outrageous Show
Here’s a multiple-choice question for binge-watchers who’ve fallen down the Tiger King rabbit hole. Is the Netflix docu-series Tiger King: A) Weird, B) Inconceivable, C) Gross, or D) Addictive? The answer is “all of the above,” and most of us are craving even more answers. Well then, buckle in, all you cool cats and kittens.
Tiger King Facts
1. Beyond the Concrete Jungle
Tiger King is the beastly masterpiece of Rebecca Chaiklin and her long-time friend Eric Goode. Several years back, Goode struck up a conversation with Chaiklin, telling her about an underworld that he compared to Breaking Bad. Except instead of dealing in illicit powders, the shady characters Goode described traded in exotic animals.
2. A Comedy of Memers
Many viewers have been thirsty for a follow-up about how Joe Exotic is feeling behind bars. Well, wait no more: Both Goode and Exotic's husband Dillon Passage say that things have improved slightly for the tiger king since the doc came out. Passage said that Exotic “loves the attention, obviously," and especially adores the fan-generated memes floating around in cyberspace.
3. Not Your Average Joe
Chaiklin has called Exotic “creative, colorful, abusive, horrific…all at once.” But she thinks there’s a dark reason behind his antics. The show stayed away from revealing it, but Exotic suffered immense emotional and physical mistreatment as a child. Chaiklin believes he never worked through his issues, and only continued the cycle.
