I finished the first 3 episodes last night.
After seeing some posts and memes about this show before I even began watching, I am really confused how we are supposed to feel about each individual. I could swear I've seen some posts around reddit/twitter praising Carole but... I hate her? Is this the wrong impression I'm supposed to be getting or am I just not far enough into the series yet?
OK, so I binged this whole thing in one setting yesterday morning--or maybe it was two days ago. Who knows. What even is time anymore?-- But I've had some time to sit and think about this and honestly, I did not come out this series with a positive opinion on Carole but I've kinda changed my mind a bit.
I still think she's annoyingly smug and unlikable but I do think she's the only person depicted here (besides some of Joe's staff) that have the best intentions for these animals. I applaud her actions on trying to pass legislature that'll ban these private zoos and I do think she's got balls of steel to go up against these gun wielding assholes that are fighting her on it.
I'm honestly kind of astounded by the amount of Pro-Joe Exotic crap I've read. Like, fuck that guy. For real. Anyone who will take advantage of drug addicted
straight men and essentially bait them into sucking dick for meth is a total sack of shit in my book.
And fuck Doc Antle and whatever bargain basement Ted Nugent fantasy he's living out. Throw that asshat in jail next, please and thank you very much.
And fuck that other guy (the one who was going to rebuild the zoo with Jeff Lowe...I forget his name) who said private big cat breeding was saving the species. That's not how it works, you fucker.
....OK, so I might be feeling a bit more passionate about this than I realized, lol.
But yeah, I feel a little less vitriol for Carole Baskin now than I did while watching it. I'm pretty sure she knows what happened to her husband--maybe she killed him, maybe not, but I firmly believe that whatever happened to him, she knows about it which doesn't make her look all that good but ya know, shitty people can do good things in this world. So for that reason, I hate that bitch Carole Baskin just a little bit less than everyone else.