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I saw the first episode of Tiger King, expecting to see some epic, thrilling dramatic series, given all the buzz. I was severely disappointed. Is this really wh

• laxd 7y ago
  I'm on episode 4 as we speak, taking it for what it is (low brow entertainment). Still waiting for it to live up to the hype. I've seen far more engaging junk.
• fortran77 7y ago
  Are you a cat? C'mon now. People who read Hacker News are as human as anyone else. I personally love popular television reality shows, and I bet you do, too.
  • surewhynat 7y ago
    I don't think the comment was meant to exclude him or herself from humanity. I interpreted the sentence as inclusive of him or herself, but riddled with shame for our species, ie: why do you human beings like trash tv?
• jm547ster 7y ago
  It only gets worthwhile in the last episode when he’s giving the eulogy
• darkstar999 7y ago
  I wasn't super impressed with the first episode. But if you are generally into documentaries and true crime, the series as a whole is great.
  • dawnerd 7y ago
    It was a bit of a letdown at the end. I was expecting more to it than just, well he's in prison how. Very anti-climatic.
• mavsman 7y ago
  Gotta throw on one more to the pile here. My wife and I have had one episode left for a while now, not sure if/when we'll watch it. Mostly I'm wondering why they didn't just shrink this down to 1.5 hours of content. We basically knew about all the crazy stuff from the trailer.
• ChikkaChiChi 7y ago
  The best description I read was that is was a perfect "Human Zoo"