Dat Tiger King de meest bizarre docu ooit is op Netflix, kunnen we nu al wel stellen. Je denkt na elke aflevering dat het niet gekker kan, maar dat kan dus wel. De serie gaat over Joseph Maldonado die zichzelf ‘Joe Exotic’ noemt. Hij heeft een eigen dierentuin met daarin vooral grote katachtigen. Joe moet 22 jaar brommen omdat hij de centrale figuur is in een complot om Carole Basking, een dierenrechtenactiviste, te vermoorden. Maar het gaat veel verder dan dat. Allerlei kleurrijke karakter die amper of geen grenzen kennen, passeren de revue.
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Op het internet vind je verhalen van mensen die op de een of andere manier bij dit verhaal betrokken waren. Eén van hen is Robert Moor, die vier jaar werkte aan een podcast en artikel over de strijd tussen Joe en Carole. Hij verbleef een week in de dierentuin en sprak met bijna iedereen die je in de docu ziet en hoort. Later woonde hij ook de rechtszaak bij.
Hoewel je Netflix je in Tiger King overlaadt met bizarre gebeurtenissen, is dit nog lang niet alles. Er zijn nog zoveel knotsgekke dingen waar we niet van weten. Gelukkig verschijnen er op het internet steeds meer verhalen van mensen die op verschillende manieren betrokken waren bij dit bizarre verhaal. Onlangs onthulde hij op Twitter een groot aantal bizarre feiten en gebeurtenissen. Wij pikten er enkele uit. Check even zijn Twitter-account als je ze allemaal wil lezen.
2. When Joe’s cats died, a lot of them got sold to this strange bone museum in OKC. (Whether they then got sold somewhere else is anybody’s guess.): https://t.co/qnzKyIKAJy
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5. Before Joe married John or Travis, he married another young (straight) guy named JC Hartpence. Hartpence later served time in prison for molesting a young girl, and is now serving life in prison for first degree murder. pic.twitter.com/gn1wtOft3v
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6. At one point I was investigating the fire at the zoo, and I interviewed the case officer at the Wynnewood police dept, Brion Gordon, over the phone. The next day, I got a call from Joe, furious, saying he’d gotten a call from Brion that I was asking about him… (1/2)
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6. I said, “Joe, why is the case officer—on the case in which YOU are a suspect—calling you to tell you a reporter is asking questions about you?”
Joe said, “Well, he’s also my limo driver.”
(Which was true.)
Anyway, this is where Brion Gordon ended up: https://t.co/bjnX7UpGJW
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7. One night in 2015 Joe & I were walking through Walmart when a portly, bespectacled young gay guy walked up, shook Joe’s hand, & thanked Joe for being the only out-and-proud gay man for many miles when he was growing up.
That kid was Josh Diall, who later ran Joe’s campaign. pic.twitter.com/pdzy0NKkzR
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9. For a long time, Joe told everyone he was dying from prostate & bone marrow cancer. He raised $$$ from his Facebook fans for his expenses.
He showed me this horrifying photo as proof. I later learned he just had an infected prostate, dehydration, & a bad outbreak of herpes. pic.twitter.com/uAuXqdsjfQ
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11. Two odd facts about Rick Kirkham:
-Before meeting Joe, he made a film about his addiction to crack cocaine. https://t.co/OUYe8ifcoz
-After the zoo fire, Rick moved to Dallas. Then HIS house mysteriously burned down, almost killing him. He fled to Norway, where he now lives. pic.twitter.com/IHeSoC7WlO
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13. It was announced back in November that the Joe Exotic: Tiger King podcast (from @WonderyMedia) will be made into a miniseries for Universal, starring Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin. No announcement yet on who will play Joe.https://t.co/CWIhg0MFvF
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17. To anyone who came away from #TigerKingNetflix thinking Joe was framed, please take a look at this secretly taped conversation between Joe and James, which was played at the trial. These are not the words of an innocent man! pic.twitter.com/78LpflJRIE
— ?????? ???? (@robertmoor_) March 26, 2020