Genre: Drama

Created by Etan Frankel

Based on Joe Exotic: Tiger King by Robert Moor, Matthew Shaer, Eric Benson

Directed by Justin Tipping, Natalie Bailey

• Casts:
  John Cameron Mitchell
• Kate McKinnon
• Kyle MacLachlan
• Dean Winters
• Brian Van Holt
• William Fichtner
• Nat Wolff
• Sam Keeley
• Lex Mayson
• Joel Marsh Garland
• Marlo Kelly
• Aliandra Calabrese

Executive producers: Kate McKinnon, Etan Frankel, Hernan Lopez, Marshall Lewy, Aaron Hart, Alex Katsnelson

Production locations: Brisbane, Australia, Queensland

Production companies: Matchbox Pictures, Wondery, Universal Content Productions

Network: peacock.

Plot: Based on the Wondery podcast “Joe Exotic,” the limited series will center on Carole Baskin, a big cat enthusiast, who learns that fellow exotic animal lover Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel is breeding and using his big cats for profit. She sets out to shut down his venture, inciting a quickly escalating rivalry. But Carole has a checkered past of her own and when the claws come out, Joe will stop at nothing to expose what he sees as her hypocrisy. The results prove dangerous.

Joe Vs. Carole Miniseries was not that good.

Pros: I like John Cameron Mitchell as Joe Exotic, Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin and their performances were very good.      

Cons: But most of the bits that were meant to be funny didn’t work. It didn’t add anything interesting to the tiger king saga and if you already know about the story, I feel like it’s just milking too much of the tiger king craze.  There was certain scenes that were unnecessary and seemed to be put in to pad out the episodes.    

Cast & Characters:

Main:

• John Cameron Mitchell as Joe Exotic
• Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin
• Kyle MacLachlan as Howard Baskin
• Dean Winters as Jeff Lowe
• Brian Van Holt as John Reinke
• William Fichtner as Rick Kirkham
• Nat Wolff as Travis Maldonado
• Sam Keeley as John Finlay
• Lex Mayson as Kelci “Saff” Saffery
• Joel Marsh Garland as James Garretson
• Marlo Kelly as Jamie Murdock
• Aliandra Calabrese as Lauren Lowe

Recurring:

• Jack Scott as Joshua Dial
• Will McNeill as Tyler
• Jenna Owen as Amber
• Nic English as Brian Rhyne
• Benedict Hardie as Agent Thomas
• Shareena Clanton as Susan
• Alexandra Jensen as Chealsi
• Anthony Sharpe as Erik Cowie

I recommend watching this series to those who are still invested into the tiger king saga.

Rating: 6.5 out of 10 Stars

Ryan Balkwill:

Resident TV reviewer,

Level Best Art Cafe.