Winter Binged 2022 - Joe vs. Carole - miniseries

Joe vs. Carole (based on Wondery's Over My Dead Body podcast, entitled Joe Exotic: Tiger King (before being retitled to Joe vs. Carole)) stars John Cameron Mitchell, Kate McKinnon, Kyle MacLachlan, Dean Winters, Brian Van Holt, William Fichtner, Nat Wolff, Sam Keeley, Lex Mayson, Joel Marsh Garland, Marlo Kelly, Kenneth Radley and Aliandra Calabrese. 

Landing on Peacock/Stan (in Australia) on March 3, 2022. So I did give this some time to marinate. However we all know the now famous Netflix series based on the Tiger King. The criminal case of Joe Exotic, a zookeeper who has been convicted of murder-for-hire, to kill (yes guessed it) Carole Baskin.

Dean Winters, John Cameron Mitchell, Brian Van Holt, Sam Keeley, Nat Wolff, and William Fichtner were cast to portray Jeff Lowe, Joe Exotic, John Reinke, John Finlay, Travis Maldonado, and Rick Kirkham, respectively.

Kyle MacLachlan, Lex Mayson, Joel Marsh Garland, Marlo Kelly & Aliandra Calabrese joined the series, to portray Howard Baskin, Kelci "Saff" Saffery, James Garretson, Jamie Murdock, and Lauren Lowe respectively.

The miniseries was shot here in Australia, well Brisbane, Queensland to be precise.

Filming also occurred in areas around Queensland, Australia, including Screen Queensland Studios, which doubled for Oklahoma and Florida.

So after watching Tiger King on Netflix around when it first landed, was there anything new here?

No. In one word, no.

However Kate McKinnon as Baskin was a bit of fun. Joe Exotic however though is super damn toxic. This was one of Stan's random Peacock acquisitions. This deal apparently ends at the end of the year. Will NBC/Peacock also try and launch a streaming service in Australia? Do we really need another? Where will Stan source their international content from other than Starz and the odd HBO Max series.

Ok Joe vs. Carole is easily one of those shows you can leave on whilst you do your housework. Once you have watched the Netflix doco you basically know exactly what's around the corner. Maybe I will go back and watch the other Tiger King episodes I never watch after the first season.

Until next time...