- Network: Peacock
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 3, 2022
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McKinnon embodies a down-to-earth but quirky version of Baskin, totally selling the idea that a woman this committed to saving tigers could find herself involved in a bizarre death match with the likes of Joe Exotic. Mitchell is equally convincing.
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McKinnon and her co-producers must be credited for conveying the tale in as serious-minded a fashion as possible. In so doing they have achieved something the original Netflix documentary had little interest in attempting. Pushing past hillbilly cliches, they’ve succeeded in portraying Exotic and Baskin as living, breathing human beings.
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John Cameron Mitchell and Kate McKinnon own “Joe vs. Carole” from the start. They turn middling and well-worn material into a deeply engaging human (and feline) drama.
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If Tiger King was your version of the tale, Joe vs. Carole feels more like your parents' version of the story, sanitized and surface-level.
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“Joe v Carole” is a victim of its own timing. Even in the hands of this skilled group of actors and behind-the-scenes personnel, it just feels … unnecessary.