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Carole Baskin of ‘Tiger King’ Deserved Better

I ate up Tiger King, Netflix’s smash hit docu-series, as if it were a family-size bag of Hot Cheetos—my mouth watering, my stomach slightly nauseous.

The seven-part series, which dropped a new bonus episode this week, has everything: Baby animals! Giant tigers! Guns! Botched hit jobs! Hot, troubled ladies! Bloody body parts! Murder mysteries! Three-way weddings! The FBI! Meth! The sudden appearance of Shaquille O’Neal!

Because of this, the characters on Tiger King feel more fabulous, more real (and more on meth) than what you’d find in almost any nondocumentary movie or show. It’s as if the creators elevated the greatest parts of reality TV and mashed them up with the most binge-able murder podcast and a kitten-themed Tumblr.

If there is a psychological urge that makes humans want to slow down when we see a car wreck on the side of the road, Tiger King is like a 32-car pileup with a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper’s worth of tiger cubs tumbling out of blood-spattered windows. Of course we stop and gawk.

And of course we pick faves. A poll by the company Morning Consult and the Hollywood Reporter asked just under 500 Tiger King viewers whether they had favorable or unfavorable opinions about each of the main people who appeared on the show.

The poll found that the character viewed most favorably is Joe Exotic (47%). Coming in dead last is Carole Baskin at 27%. In between them is Doc Antle, with 35% of people polled saying they view him favorably. These numbers match the way the media have generally responded to Tiger King. Early coverage of the series focused on the disappearance of Carole Baskin’s husband. Stories about Doc Antle, meanwhile, noted that he attended the 2001 VMAs. When Saturday Night Live spoofed Tiger King last Saturday, Baskin was the brunt of the joke. This series covers animal abuse, domestic violence, suicide, sexual coercion, and hit jobs—but somehow there seems to only be enough space in the narrative to talk about Carole Baskin.

Look at Twitter: 960 people tweeted about her in the last hour, saying things like, “Carole Baskin is a fuckin bitch” and “fuck that bitch Carole Baskin.” #FreeJoeExotic trended for so long on Twitter that the president actually said he would look into it. As for Doc Antle, not enough people have tweeted about him in the last hour for Twitter to provide statistics.

The general attitude of fans towards the folks on Tiger King seems to be: Everyone in this show is a weirdo, so pick your fighter. And of course nobody wants the lady with the condescending smirk and the leopard-print leggings, who’s always tattling to Congress. We want the dude with the gun and the mullet who mass-produces tiger-themed lube with his face on it. This is America, and we know good entertainment when we see it.

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A New Docuseries Focusing on the Disappearance of Carole Baskin's First Husband Is Happening

While much of the fascination with Netflix‘s Tiger King centers on its main subject, Joe Exotic, his nemesis Carole Baskin has received almost as much attention.

In the Netflix show, we learn that Joe has been accused (and spoiler alert: convicted) of hiring someone to kill Baskin, who runs Big Cat Rescue, an organization that actively works to shut down cat parks like Joe’s. But there’s another aspect to Baskin’s life that’s piqued viewers’ interest: What happened to her first husband, Don Lewis, who disappeared in 1987? His disappearance is still an open case in Florida and Baskin has denied any involvement, even though some fan theories posit she killed him and fed him to some of her tigers. Joe also thinks this, according to Tiger King. (For what it’s worth, Baskin called the hit Netflix series “salacious and sensational.”.)

Well, now, a new Investigation Discovery (ID) series, Investigating the Strange World of Joe Exotic, will attempt to get to the bottom of this mystery. “Love her or hate her, Carole is now in the center ring of the big cat circus,” the network said in a statement, per Entertainment Weekly. “Is she a selfless crusader and protector of animals who found unimaginable strength despite the mysterious disappearance of her husband? Or are we witnessing Carole Baskin’s master plan finally take effect? Despite her claims of innocence, did she orchestrate the disappearance of Don Lewis to seize control of his fortune, consolidate power and lay waste to her foes? No one seems to be talking–except for one man–and that man is the center of ID’s upcoming investigative series.”

ID says its new show highlights “the investigation you didn’t get to see, revealing the secrets only Joe knows and the exclusive footage that has never been shown.” Yep, we’re already totally intrigued—though sadly, no premiere date has been set.

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“Viewers are understandably riveted by Netflix’s Tiger King, but the millions of true crime fans around the world were left wanting more,” Henry Schleiff, group president of ID, said. “ID is the perfect place to find the inevitable sequel to this drama–featuring a missing husband, a hitman, and the illegal business of exotic animals. It’s time to let the cat out of the bag and address the lingering questions that viewers demand be answered.”

This isn’t the only bonus Tiger King content that may soon be coming to your TV screens. Dillon Passage, Joe Exotic’s current husband, claims an extra episode of Tiger King may be in the works at Netflix—though the streaming platform hasn’t confirmed this information. According to People, Passage told Andy Cohen on his Sirius radio show, “It’s going to be like a live-based episode I believe, kind of like a reunion.”

We will take any and all Tiger King-adjacent content, thank you very much.

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