KITCHEN
KITCHEN WITH 4@LOBSTER ALFREDO. 34 MILLION PEOPLE 4@HAVE TUNED INTO TIGER KING.
A DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON NETFLIX
ABOUT THE STRANGE WORLD OF
ROADSIDE ZOOS AND 4@PEOPLE WHO
OWN 4@BIG CATS.
AMANDA, 4@OUR PRODUCER AARON AN
I ARE AMONG THE MILLIONS WHO
HAVE BEEN PULLED IN BY TH4@E
STORYLINE.
>> IT TOOK ME TWO DAYS TO GET
THROUGH THAT SERIES.
THAT'S HOW INTO IT I 4@WAS.
I WAS 4@OF COURSE ECSTATIC TO
FIND OUT THAT THE CODIRECTOR OF
THE SERIES ACTUALLY GREW UP IN
KEYSER FALLS IN4@ OXFORD COUNTY
REBECCA SAID HER PARENTS WERE
HIPPIES AND WANTED TO 4@LIVE OF
THE LAND SO THEY 4@MOVED HER
FAMILY TO MAINE.
WHILE AS A TEENAGER SHE DIDN'T
REALLY 4@HAVE THE RIGHT
APPRECIATION FOR, SHE DID GROW
TO LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE
PEOPLE OF MAINE.
BUT BY THE TIME SHE GOT BACK 4@
TO LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF MAINE. BUT BY THE TIME SHE GOT BACK 4@@
NEW YORK, SHE STARTED A CAREER
IN FILM MAKING.
I SPOKE WITH HER 4@THROUGH ZOOM
AND FAIR WARNING IF YOU HAVE
NOT SEEN 4@THE SERIES A PLAN TO
THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS
INTERVIEW.
>> EVERY STORY IS ITS OWN CRAZY
SET OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND PEOPLE
AND INTERESTING DIVES INTO A 4@
DIFFERENT WORLD.
>> THE WORLD THAT THE WORLD IS
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THIS
BIG 4@CAT WORLD.
THAT 4@YOU TOOK A LOOK INTO IN @
TIGER KING4@. HOW DID YOU EVEN
GET PULLED INTO THIS.
AND 4@WHAT 4@WERE YOUR THOUGHTS
WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED THIS
PROJECT?
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN
COLLEGE, I WORKED AT A SUPER
TRENDY RESTAURANT/NIGHTCLUB.
IT WAS OWNED BY ERIC GOODE WHO @
IS MY PARTNER ON THE PROJECT.
WE BECAME FRIENDLY.
>> WHEN I STARTED THIS PROJECT,
I HAD NO IDEA HE WOULD CONSUME
FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE4@.
>> WE LOST TOUCH FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS AND WE WERE AT A
DINNER PARTY AND HE STARTED TO
TELL ME ABOUT THIS CRAZY WORLD
THAT HE KNEW ABOUT BECAUSE HE
WAS SORT 4@OF AN OBSESSED REPTI
PERSON.
SUPER PASSIONATE BUT HE TOLD ME
ABOUT THIS WORLD IN THE SOUTH
FLORIDA WHERE THERE IT IS KIND
OF LIKE BREAKING BAD BUT
4@ INSTEAD OF DEALIN4@G METH THEY
WERE DEALING EXOTIC REPTILES.
IT 4@REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION
AND HE SAID WE SHOULD GO4@ DOWN
LIKE A RECONNAISSANCE TRIP 4@4@
SEE IF WE CAN GET ACCESS
BECAUSE IT IS A SUPER SECRETIVE
WORLD.
AND WHEN WE 4@WERE THERE, A GUY
DROVE UP WITH A SNOW LEOPARD IN
WORLD. AND WHEN WE 4@WERE THERE, A GUY DROVE UP WITH A SNOW LEOPARD IN@
HIS VAN4@4@ AND IT SORT OF SENT
ON A DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY INTO
THE WORLD OF BIG CATS.
>> HOW FAR INTO THIS WORLD WERE
YOU.
WERE YOU ALL IN ON IT DURING
THIS DOCUMENTARY.
YOU WERE PART OF THIS FOR FIVE @
YEARS.
>> I WAS, FOR THE FIRST 4 1/2
YEARS WE WERE ON EVERY SHOOT
TOGETHER.
AND THEN WHEN WE REALIZED DEEP
INTO IT THEN WE REALIZED IT
WOULD BE A SEARS AND NOT JUST A
AND THEN WHEN WE REALIZED DEEP INTO IT THEN WE REALIZED IT WOULD BE A SEARS AND NOT JUST A@
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY.
WE STAFFED UP WITH A HUGE EDIT
TEAM AND REALLY HAD TO BEGIN
STRUCTURING IT.
>> BY THE 4@END OF WATCHING THE
NETFLIX SERIES, I DIDN'T CHEER
FOR ANYONE.
YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH
THESE PEOPLE.
DID YOU DEVELOP ANY EMPATHY FOR
SOME OF THESE CHARACTERS?
>> I DID.
I DEVELOPED EMPATHY FOR ALMOST
ALL OF THEM, 4@ACTUALLY.
EVEN THOUGH I HAD 4@HUGE
OPPOSITION TO WHAT MOST OF THEM
WERE DOING WHEN IT CAME TO THE
ANIMALS.
AND I THOUGHT 4@4@IT WAS QUITE
CRUEL.
YOU GET TO SEE A HUMAN SIDE OF
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE CAME FROM A 4@
DIFFERENT CULTURE WHERE THEY
HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON @
HOW ANIMALS4@ -- WHAT OUR
RELATIONSHIP TO ANIMALS WERE.
AND A LOT 4@OF THEM, ESPECIALLY
THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THESE
FACILITIES AND AT THESE PARKS
AND ROADSIDE ZOOS, WERE REALLY
DOING THE BEST THAT THEY COULD.
AND REALLY WERE TRYING TO DO
THE BEST 4@BY THE ANIMALS.
WITHOUT REALLY BEING AWARE THAT
IN MY 4@OPINION WILD ANIMALS
DON'T BELONG 4@IN CAGES.
IT'S JUST A 4@BEER INHU4@MANE L
THAT THEY GIVE THEM.
>> YOU SHED LIGHT ON THIS WHOLE
IT'S JUST A 4@BEER INHU4@MANE L THAT THEY GIVE THEM. >> YOU SHED LIGHT ON THIS WHOLE@
NEW WORLD. 4@
WHAT WAS THE END GOAL WITH
4@ THIS?
WHAT DID YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
TAKE AWAY FROM THIS?
>> I MEAN, WE STARTED THINKING
THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE MUCH
MORE AND EXPOSE IN LOOKING INTO
THE EFFICACY OF KEEPING BIG
CATS IN CAPTIVITY.
AND THEN THE CHARACTERS WERE SO
COLORFUL AND IT TOOK SO MANY
TWISTS AND TURNS THAT 4@WE DIDN
EXPECT THAT IN MANY WAYS THE
CHARACTERS ENDED UP OUTSHINING
THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE HOPING
TO HIGHLIGHT.
BUT WE 4@HOPED THAT THE TAKE AW
WAS THAT IT'S NOT GOOD TO
PATRONIZE THESE ROADSIDE ZOOS.
IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO PET
BABY TIGER 4@CUBS BECAUSE IT
SUBJECTS THEM TO A REALLY 4@CRU
IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO PET BABY TIGER 4@CUBS BECAUSE IT SUBJECTS THEM TO A REALLY 4@CRU@
LIFE.
>> AND WE HOPE THAT IT WAS A 4@
FUN, ENTERTAINING RIGHT AS
WELL.
NOT JUST AN ISSUE-BASED FILM
BUT ACTUALLY FUN FOR PEOPLE TO
WATCH AND IT WAS LIKE THIS
REALLY W4@ILD 4@4@LOOK INTO THI
COLORFUL WORLD.
>> WERE THERE THINGS THAT YOU
CUT FROM THIS DOCUMENTARY.
I'M SURE THERE WERE A LOT, THAT
YOU REALLY WISH HAD MADE THE
CUT?
>> THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS.
SO MANY.
IT WAS SUCH A PAINFUL -- WE CUT
OUT SO MANY CHARACTERS 4@AND WE
HAD TAKEN A MUCH WIDER 4@LOOK A
BIG CAT KEEPERS IN THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH BIG CATS
AND KEEP THEM AS PETS.
WE HAD TO LOSE A LOT A VERY 4@
COLORFUL, 4@AMAZING CHARACTERS.
>> TIGER KING REALLY DOES
EXPOSE THAT WORLD AND THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN IT.
SO TOMORROW ON 207, WHEN WE
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH
CODIRECTOR REBECCA, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT HOW SO4@ME OF THO
MAIN CHARACTERS ARE RESPONDING
TO THE 4@FINAL PRODUCT.
ONE OF THOSE CHARACTERS, 4@4@CA
BASKIN, AN INVESTIGATION HAS
NOW BEEN LAUNCHED INTO THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF HER HUSBAND
MANY YEARS AGO.
SO WHAT IS HER REACTION TO ALL
OF THIS.
PLUS WHAT DOES REBECCA ACTUALLY
THINK HAPPENED TO 4@HER HUSBAND
THAT IS TOMORROW