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There is a documentary, which has become the first popular work that can be called a phenomenon worldwide since the impact of the new crown epidemic on the global film and television industry at the beginning of the year.
Reluctantly sorted out the shattered three views, today I will talk to you about this——
"Raising Tigers"
Don't be fooled by the name "Raising Tigers".
The original title of the documentary is "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness" (Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness)
The documentary begins with precious "big cats" such as tigers and lions, but the humans who raise them contribute unexpected highlights along the way.
I assure you, the three sensational terms "murder, mayhem, madness" are really an understatement compared to the feature film.
Don't try to pre-set any definitions until you actually see the feature.
The grievances between animal rights defenders and private zoos, and the black industrial chain of breeding rare animals are of course the key.
But "cults, the FBI, hired murders, drugs, running for the presidency, suspected homicide" and so on, make this documentary have twists and turns of drama.
"Raising Tigers" on Rotten Tomatoes received 86% of the favorites. Once it was launched, it set off a national carnival, and even surpassed the "Stranger Things" series to become the traffic king of Netflix.
The host "Cui Wa" strongly recommended it and said bluntly, "If you haven't watched this drama, you are wasting your life!"
Jared Leto and the Stallone family all dressed up as characters.
Joining the Amway team are Kim Kardashian, Sam Smith, Kadibi and many other celebrities. "Tigers Are Affected" continues to impact the topic list of social networks. (Tons of expression packs are standard)
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Forget what you know about America for a moment. Life experiences that used to be considered common sense don't apply here. Just look at the three wonderful bigwigs below.
First we came to the Gway Zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, which has been home to all kinds of exotic animals since it was built in the 1990s, the most famous of which is the tiger.
The huge lineup of more than 200 tigers attracts tourists from all over the world who love them.
Tickets that cost hundreds of dollars can’t stop tourists from getting up close and personal with tigers. If you’re willing to spend money, you can buy tiger cubs from here.
However, compared to the tiger, the host here, who is also one of the protagonists of this film, Joe Wild is the real "exotic beast".
Joe, with his mullet head, looked rustic and wild.
As a red-necked Joe, who loves guns and explosives, he pours firepower into the lake in the garden when he has nothing to do.
In addition, Joe is a country singer, has released CDs and MVs.
With a performative personality, Joe is extremely narcissistic and paranoid when he encounters things. He has his own TV station in the zoo, and he also invites people to create a reality show for him.
Almost all of the people who work under Joe are personally recruited by him. Joe will find those marginalized people who have nowhere to go, give them a second chance, and obtain cheap labor.
Joe is definitely a star in the business of selling tigers, and his high profile has led to boycotts from animal protectionists, one of whom has become his old enemy, Carlo Baskin.
Based in Tampa, Florida, Caro is the founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, the largest certified big cat shelter in the world.
Caro, an animal rights advocate, is extremely opposed to using big cats for money.
She's very good at marketing her ideas, even in the film where she puts big cats in cages and charges expensive tickets.
On social networks, relying on big cats, Carlo can get millions of traffic every week, and at the same time, he will also receive donations from netizens.
Regarding "control", Carlo is also very good.
Her shelter relies on the extremely hard and unpaid labor of the volunteers. She classifies the volunteers by the color of their work clothes and establishes a promotion system that serves her.
The third boss, Dr. Bhagavan Antel, has a 300-acre Myrtle Beach Reserve in South Carolina.
He is not only Joe's mentor in running the zoo, but also another big owner of big cats.
However, it is not uncommon to train animals, and the Doctor seems to be more interested in beautiful women than beasts.
Dr. Antel established his own utopia in the park, and is an out-and-out top-level mind control madman (this "Doctor" title is actually a Doctor of Mysticism, and it really has nothing to do with animals).
All his female employees are his wives, and these girls come here as teenagers and stay there for decades or even decades.
Barbara, who had worked under Antel for 8 years, finally chose to escape. In Barbara's mouth, Dr. Antel was a brainwashing master.
The female employees work all year round, from eight in the morning to midnight, yet they have no complaints and consider it their way of life.
The doctor hopes that the women who come to work in the park are all virgins. From food selection to clothing, they must strictly follow the doctor's arrangement. He even arranged breast augmentation surgery for the girls.
The content of brainwashing also includes sleeping with him to be promoted, and also to transmit spiritual energy.
In his mouth, this so-called "Tiger Conservation Society" is a united and harmonious big family unit.
Building a harem by brainwashing is like a cult leader.
Compared with the simple-minded Joe, Antel is obviously more sophisticated in handling business.
The rare animals in his hands have participated in the production of 500 films, such as "Giant Joe Yang", "Prince of the Forest" and "The Detective Plane", etc. He also preempts legislative issues, making parliamentarians and celebrities have close contact with the tigers, Change your attitude and hold the handle.
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Whether it's Joe or Dr. Antel, they have a set of logic to justify themselves.
According to his own personal experience, Qiao believes that few people are willing to listen to the concepts of animal protection and environmental protection.
Especially children whose three views have not yet been formed.
And "endangered" means to artificially promote its reproduction and increase the number to alleviate the predicament.
The cost of an adult tiger's feed alone is quite astounding, and it is impossible to generate electricity with love alone, so it is necessary to use the tiger itself to earn profits to maintain its survival and carry out rescue work.
Under this logic, their black industry chain can feel at ease, and in their eyes, animal protectors are the ones who deprive animals of the possibility of establishing intimate relationships with humans. These protectors are cruel, not to mention the reality that there is no So much wild space for the big cats to return.
This ideological disagreement has led to a farce that has lasted for several years.
At first, Qiao's business was going smoothly, and she took the little tigers to perform in big shopping malls all over the country, while Carlo organized everyone to boycott. She would directly contact the shopping mall and cut off Qiao's fortune.
This led to Joe's frantic counterattack, including endless abuse and black material on the live broadcast. He even got Carlo's diary to be read aloud, and even more crazy things such as the inflatable doll dressed as Carlo in the live broadcast. shot.
Of course, Carlo is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Carlo, who has many fans, has also made black material on the Internet.
The two stalemate each other for a long time, until Joe throws out an explosive charge that Caro's second husband, Don Luis, was killed by Caro and fed to a tiger. (Joe also wrote a song called "Come and Eat, Kitty!")
In 1981, 20-year-old Carlo and his first husband were walking on the street to relax after a quarrel, and met 42-year-old Tang who already had a family. The two soon abandoned their family and got married.
Tang is also a big cat lover. At first, Carlo also participated in the trading and breeding of big cats with him. Later, the relationship between the two became worse and worse.
It wasn't until Don started telling his friends that Caro threatened to kill him, and two months before he disappeared, he applied for an injunction against domestic violence from the police.
Carlo said that Tang disappeared because he suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and he must have lost himself. However, this was directly denied by many people who knew Tang.
After Tang disappeared, Carlo pried open Tang's assistant's office and took Tang's will and power of attorney privately. The most bizarre thing is that the beginning of the power of attorney reads "After I disappear...".
Then Carlo successfully obtained 90% of Tang's property and became a millionaire, while Tang's first wife and daughter were directly threatened by her, warning them not to continue to speak out in the media.
The case is full of doubts, and Joe and Carlo have another infringement lawsuit. Joe can't fight the rich and powerful Carlo, and he is almost bankrupt. Just when Qiao Shan was running out of water, another big villain named Jeff Law appeared in the name of an investor.
After being deceived, Joe lost his power and started his own presidential campaign, and his campaign manager was actually the small manager of the Walmart gun district. Subsequent murder charges brought Joe into the abyss.
In this way, the grievance between Joe and Carlo turned into a big trial against everyone.
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"Raising Tigers in Trouble" can become so popular, first of all thanks to the spectacle it shows.
There are still such a group of people living in the United States. These eccentrics have distinct personalities, are deadly, each with their own characteristics and tend to be extreme, and have their own eye-catching characters.
The producers have captured and amplified these features, and are quite astute in terms of enhancing the entertainment.
Not losing the absurdity of any bloody episodes, it's even more punchy because of its authenticity.
For example, the third episode of "Secret" is definitely a real "American Horror Story", and the Rashomon composed of many clues and conspiracy theories is creepy.
At the end, Joe and Carlo's staring from a distance, with the blessing of the narration and the soundtrack, is quite a bit of a "Game of Thrones" sense of sight.
Carlo's foggy "Husband Killing Suspect", Jeff's "Kingdom Plan", Joe Wild's "King's Trial", the "Spy Shots" after Garretson turned to the FBI...
Every single clue can be made into a movie. The amount of information in "Raising Tigers" is so large that the audience has no time to think.
There is also a more interesting point, Joe VS Caro, in terms of character, appearance and behavior, are too similar to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (Joe actually participated in the 2016 election)
Judging from the reaction of the people, it seems that the shocking election results of that year have been repeated. Take a look at the two most unpopular presidential candidates in American history, and then look at the "Tiger Raising a Trouble", which was dubbed "true" by the public. The villain and the hypocrite" crazy confrontation.
Everyone deviates from their original intentions, and this seems to be a true portrayal of the current online discussions around various social issues.
However, in addition to the carnival of public opinion, the "documentary" attribute of "Tiger Raising a Trouble" should be discussed more.
Directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Cheklin did not expect the filming to take five years. Their original intention was to expose the black industry chain of the rare animal trade in the United States, and the abuse involved.
Ironically, this is precisely what "Raising Tigers" lacks the most. If discussing legal issues, the most appropriate choice is to place it within the legal dimension as much as possible.
Once too much morality and branch stories are involved, this discussion will inevitably slip into the quagmire of public opinion, and various details will become weapons of mutual criticism, and the purpose is no longer "protection", but "destruction".
There is still a lot of content in the film that can be further explored. Aside from the superficial industrial chain, this morbid obsession with exotic animals also needs to be explored.
Being willing to spend money to touch a little tiger and spending money to own it are two concepts. Through Jeff's behavior, we can see that the tiger has become a bargaining chip for some people, and is tied to the deformed "male charm" and "power worship" another plaything.
Due to the drama of reality and the direction of the producers, the original good intentions have been covered under various unsightly human wonders.
In the final cut, you can even see the shift in focus during production by the passages.
From various perspectives, except for a few people such as the zoo manager with cool prosthetic legs and the guy with a broken hand, almost all of them are villains.
But at the same time, it is necessary to be more cautious when connecting this kind of episodic reversal with reality, especially "Tiger Raising", which almost blurs "documentary" and "reality show" or even "soap opera" A new breed of dividing line.
Just imagine if the film hadn't downplayed Dr. Antel's and Joe's abusive behavior, would there still be so many people supporting Joe in prison today?
Whether Joe was caught by fishing law enforcement or framed by villains, all these disputes are outside of Joe's illegal actions against animals.
The broadcast of "Raising Tigers" changed the lives of everyone in the film.
In the past, the unknown marginal people would be asked to take a group photo when they walked in the supermarket. The disappearance of Carlo's ex-husband was reopened amid the crusade. Joe in prison was ecstatic when he learned of his popularity. Even Joe's reality show system The filmmakers made the front pages of local Norwegian newspapers.
And what about the big cats? No one knows what they are thinking, Jeff's ambitious new zoo has already been completed.
PS. I saw an emoji package on Twitter before. Before watching the film, I thought it was just based on the length. After watching it, I took a breath. No wonder the level of excitement is catching up with the heyday of "Game of Thrones" hahaha!
In addition, it is reported that "Raising Tigers" will shoot a limited series, and Nicolas Cage is expected to play the male protagonist Joe, look forward to it.
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