If the theme of the first series was the demented lengths people like Joe would go to in search of validation through attention and fame, this series spotlights people who desperately try to insert themselves into these stories. The documentary spends not one but two episodes on his case, with these people saying very little of anything. Some overzealous viewers have even taken on the role of amateur sleuths and delved into the mystery of Baskin's former husband Don Lewis, who disappeared in 1997. But most sinister is the reaction from viewers taking sides, with many calling for Joe Exotic's freedom and Carole Baskin's head.īaskin no longer has any time for the people behind the Netflix documentary, but does appear in clips recounting the hate-filled abuse sent to her by viewers. They even get recognized by cops when pulled over for DUI. People featured can't escape their fame even as they hamfistedly try to exploit it. In a meta twist to season 2, the documentary reports on events that it also influenced. A suddenly upended world got even loonier as Netflix's hit inspired TikTok dances and memes, and even the president of the United States joked about it.
The new season opens with stay-at-home orders shutting down the US in March 2020. The problem is that the novelty of the first season's oddball reveals has given way to a stumbling parade of troubled people still doing stuff that's kinda mad and kinda bad, but mostly just desperately sad. Plus animals! There was an element of pointing and laughing in the Tiger King frenzy, but, my word, we needed a laugh back then.
It had eccentric characters like the country-charismatic Joe Exotic, an unsolved mystery or two, and salacious twists at every turn. When the world turned upside down in 2020, we were all looking for some kind of shared experience, and many of us found that in this stranger-than-fiction streaming series. Widening its scope, Tiger King 2 is a snapshot of the modern era from grubby roadside zoo to the US Capitol under siege. Everybody went nuts for the bizarre true crime documentary at the start of the pandemic, and now Netflix is revisiting Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin and the weirdos and wannabes prowling the wild world of American animal sanctuaries. Tiger King 2 returns to the wild world of Netflix's hit true crime documentary.
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