By: Keaton Marcus

DISCLAIMER: IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 15, YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR PARENTS IF YOU ARE ALLOWED, IF THEY SAY NO…IT MEANS NO!

Review of Netflix’s Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness:

Netflix goes full throttle in this hilariously enjoyable documentary series that may be a bit overlong, but Tiger King provides a captivating portrait on a true crime story that almost ended up in murder. The seven episode doc tells the story of Joe Exotic, the eccentric man who is referred to as the “Tiger King” cause of his vast amount of exotic, big cats kept up in cages for some cash. The doc often focuses on his nemesis Carole Baskin as well, but she isn’t a person to root for either, principally doing the same sort of thing as Mr. Exotic, keeping big cats in cages and well, profiting off of them. Ya, I’m telling you guys there’s nobody in this doc that’s necessarily “good”. But it’s enjoyable alright. The people interviewed such as Exotic, Baskin and others aren’t attempting to be hilarious, but audiences get that unintentional hilarity that keeps them interested enough. One issue might be the length of each episode, which vary from about 40-50 minutes long in what could have been told in seven 20 minute episodes. Still, you’ll be intrigued enough to watch the whole season. Hopefully. The whole premise is too unbelievable when heard, so you have to see it to actually believe it happened. Maybe something to lessen the unbelievability of it is it all takes place in Oklahoma and Florida.

Should you Binge, Browse, or Skip?

Tiger King is a stellar Netflix doc that could use a lessening of the running time, but still benefits from terrific interviews and a captivating portrait of obsession that almost ended in murder.

I would say…BINGE IT