Here’s a relic of the pandemic. (I know it was only three years ago, but still.) It’s a sequel to Corona Zombies (which I liked more than I probably should’ve) where the ditzy duo Barbie (Cody Renee Cameron) and Kendra (Robin Sydney) mysteriously find themselves back at home. With nothing to do and nowhere to go, they settle on binge watching their new favorite show, Tiger King.
Man, remember when Tiger King was all anyone could talk about? (Besides COVID, wearing masks, catastrophic death tolls, and such.) Now, it just seems like so long ago. Has the world finally moved past COVID? Has the world finally moved past Joe Exotic? I sincerely hope so.
Anyway, the “show” the titular bimbos watch is an unfunny, foulmouthed variation on What’s Up Tiger Lily? Scenes of Terror in the Jungle and Luana, the Girl Tarzan play out with “comedy” dubbing over the soundtrack. A little boy named Lil Tiger Joe (voiced by the late Leslie Jordan of all people) boards a plane with his trusty stuffed animal tiger. The plane crashes in the jungle, and Lil Joe is the only survivor. Meanwhile, his movie star father sends out a search party to rescue him. Occasionally, things switch back to Barbie and Kendra on the couch for more lame shenanigans.
The humor is often painful. The dubbed movie portions are torturous. The stuff with Barbie and Kendra work slightly better, if only for the actresses’ bubbly presences. Unfortunately, the material they’ve been given is anything but funny. Things really get weird when the flick stops on a dime so Barbie and Kendra can interview one of the stars of the real Tiger King show via Zoom. In fact, the show seems like so long ago that I don’t even remember who the guy on the show was.
Overall, watching Barbie and Kendra Save the Tiger King is preferable to getting COVID (or mauled by a tiger), but not by much.
AKA: Tiger King: The Movie.
Corona Zombies was also dogshit.
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