Tag Archive

Tiger King

Remember When “Tiger King” Was a Thing?: Or, Why Lord, Did This Intellectual Historian Watch It?

What follows comes really late to the show, but I’m grading a mountain of student work right now. So much has been said about this ridiculous offering from the culture industry already, but maybe American intellectual history might have its little say. We’re always late to the punch anyway, otherwise we wouldn’t be historians. Anyhow, it seemed to me that our number might enjoy some silly—surprisingly dark now that I look at them—observations I wrote up about the Netflix “documentary” “Tiger King” a few weeks back.  For those who don’t know what it is: It’s a sordid tale of love Read more