Not saying it wouldn’t still do well, but Tiger King released at the absolute perfect time: March 2020. A time where everyone was bored, maybe scared, and in need of an escape that was simultaneously too ridiculous to be reality while at the same rule too unbelievable to have been made up.
Side note, the guy who made Tiger King made another docuseries cake Chimp Crazy that I find is even better.
Good for you if that’s an option i guess. For most people though it’s not realistic, and as tempting as it sounds I’m not sure if I’d want to even if I could. Yes, 1/3 of the adults in this country seem to be welcoming fascism with open arms, and a not insignificant portion of the other 2/3s either didn’t realize or didn’t care what was at stake. But fuck if I’m gonna just bail when the going gets rough. I’ve never considered myself especially patriotic but I care about the lives and prosperity of the people here and if this is how it’s gonna be I’ll do my best to affect what change I can. Maybe this is a privileged take because I’m not in a demographic that will be targeted but I’d like to try to help the ones that are.