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Commentary: 'Tiger King 2's' biggest hurdle: Answering for the misogyny of the first one

Steel yourself: Joe Exotic (aka Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage) returned Wednesday in "Tiger King 2," the sequel to Netflix's hit docuseries, "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness." Set in the eccentric world of big-cat collectors and roadside zoos from Florida to Oklahoma, the 2020 series followed attention-seeking, mulleted wild man Joe as he sought to promote himself through any means necessary. He was a fearless tiger tamer. A sensitive country music singer. A gun-toting gay polygamist with reality TV aspirations. A gubernatorial candidate. A disenfranchised victim of the system.

But above all,

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