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- Peacock
- Mar 3, 2022
- Peacock
- Mar 3, 2022
Summary The limited series based on the Wondery podcast "Joe Exotic" focuses on Carole Baskin (Kate McKinnon) and how her rivalry with Joe "Exotic" Schreibvogel (John Cameron Mitchell) grew.
Created By: Etan Frankel
- Peacock
- Mar 3, 2022
- Peacock
- Mar 3, 2022
Summary The limited series based on the Wondery podcast "Joe Exotic" focuses on Carole Baskin (Kate McKinnon) and how her rivalry with Joe "Exotic" Schreibvogel (John Cameron Mitchell) grew.
Created By: Etan Frankel
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
53
29% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
18% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
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.
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.
Joe vs Carole is a lot to take in, as might have been expected. You can hardly call the source material understated. But it is bracing, fun and surprisingly measured. If the Tiger King saga has not lost its shine for you, there are worse ways to dip into its staggering twists and turns once more.
Joe vs. Carole simply doesn't contain enough fresh insight to justify its existence today — despite game performances by the stars.
The filmmaking is not shallow—it can have some inspired, immersive usage of angles and framing—and the performances themselves are not lifeless, even if they’re playing something straight that was originally sold to us like a reality-altering joke. ... But why would you patronize something that now feels like a knock-off, when you can enjoy more from the real thing?
Tiger King’s appeal – however misguided – was its proximity to reality, and the voyeuristic thrill of watching a convoluted and undeniably loopy story. Joe vs Carole merely photocopies it, resulting in something neither illuminating nor emotionally cathartic.
The show’s big problem is that, from the CGI tigers to the Halloween-costume versions of Exotic and Baskin, it cannot match the real thing. ... [Kate McKinnon's] presence makes it almost impossible not to view the entire thing as an extended SNL sketch, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a good gag in there.
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