Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America's 19th-century tiger kings
- Written by: Madeline Steiner, Post-Doctoral Fellow of History, University of South Carolina
Big cat showmen have long sought to distance themselves from allegations of animal abuse.Universal History Archive/Getty Images“I am never gonna financially recover from this,” grumbles Joe Exotic, the subject of Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary series.
Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage,...
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