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Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America's 19th-century tiger kings

  • Written by Madeline Steiner, Post-Doctoral Fellow of History, University of South Carolina
Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America's 19th-century tiger kingsBig cat showmen have long sought to distance themselves from allegations of animal abuse.Universal History Archive/Getty Images

“I am never gonna financially recover from this,” grumbles Joe Exotic, the subject of Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary series.

Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage,...

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