true crime

Just as Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday, so too did the spirit of Joe Exotic return from the meth-fueled fever dream from whence it came to grace our screens once again.

We've already explored the many, many questions Netflix's Tiger King leaves its audience to answer, like "are you really allowed to just own a tiger?" and "what is Howard's deal?" But the most pressing question Tiger King asks is if who, if anyone, are the good people here?

If you manage to make your way past coronavirus Twitter, you'll notice that people are talking about something called Tiger King. The new Netflix docuseries that follows Oklahoma-based, eccentric, openly gay tiger breeder and zookeeper Joe Exotic (not his government name) has been taking the internet by storm, and for good reason: it is the quarantine distraction we all need.

If you haven’t been following the news, you’re probably enjoying your vacation on the remote island you’re currently on, and are in for a rude awakening when you return.

We live in a world that is streaming-obsessed.

If there is one thing I’d love to get to the bottom of, it’s why super unrealistic horror movies about immortal clowns who eat children keep me up all night, but fictional crime shows about sexually-based offenses that are considered especially heinous basically put me to sleep.

Another day, another American true crime story.