Chimp Crazy

[Jalapeñomel]

I think it needs its own thread!

What a wild ride.

[starburst604]

I need to know more. I want to watch but am afraid I’m going to feel sad for the chimps.

[TR]

Sept 10, 2024 19:08:36 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

I need to know more. I want to watch but am afraid I’m going to feel sad for the chimps.

This is why I don’t think I can watch.

[jinkies]

It is absolutely bat shit crazy.

My mind was blown that more than one person said on camera that they love their chimps more than their actual human children.

The sanctuary looked so amazing. You can't claim to love the chimps and also fight to prevent your chimp living at that sanctuary.

I'm working my way through the podcasts now.

[sunshineluv]

Sept 10, 2024 19:14:12 GMT -5 TR said:

Sept 10, 2024 19:08:36 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

I need to know more. I want to watch but am afraid I’m going to feel sad for the chimps.

This is why I don’t think I can watch.

I watched it with knowing nothing about it, and based on the title was worried about the same. I do feel sad for the chimps, but not in a way that made the show not fascinating… I think if you could watch tiger king, you can watch this (same director).

[sunshineluv]

Sept 10, 2024 19:45:26 GMT -5 jinkies said:

It is absolutely bat shit crazy.

My mind was blown that more than one person said on camera that they love their chimps more than their actual human children.

The sanctuary looked so amazing. You can't claim to love the chimps and also fight to prevent your chimp living at that sanctuary.

I'm working my way through the podcasts now.

What podcasts? I finished it last night and want more details…

[jinkies]

sunshineluv the podcast Tooth and Claw did interviews with the director after each episode.

It's really interesting to hear some of the background.

[wanderingback]

Sept 10, 2024 19:08:36 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

I need to know more. I want to watch but am afraid I’m going to feel sad for the chimps.

I’ll admit I’m not like the world’s biggest animal lover but I’m not a monster and I don’t think it was horrible. It’s not like there was really any abuse of the animals like you may think. Nothing like malnutrition or injuries or anything like that.

[Jalapeñomel]

It annoyed me that they used monkeys and chimps interchangeably!

[joy]

The sanest comment came from the woman getting Buck’s tattoo on her leg when she said these chimp moms are doing it for themselves and not for the animals.

[dirtyred]

I can't get over the wigs and eyelashes.

And call me horrible, bit I loved the look on her face at the end when her vu ble was burst about adult chimps. Did she realize how close she may have come to dieing?

[missva]

Complete insanity. Tonia saying she'd divorce her husband if she could get her chimp back, and then still wanting them after what happened in the last episode. I told my DH I like my pets to be much less intelligent than me. My Labs are solid B- dog students and I like it that way!

[cville]

Sept 11, 2024 5:38:56 GMT -5 joy said:

The sanest comment came from the woman getting Buck’s tattoo on her leg when she said these chimp moms are doing it for themselves and not for the animals.

Preach. These animals are just a vessel for their neuroses.

[pinkdutchtulips]

*SPOILER ALERT*



We've made it through the first 3 episodes. I called Tonka being alive at the end of E2 when she went to visit him in his basement enclosure. J was STUNNED.

Bad wigs, bad eyelashes, feeding chimps fast food .... its a wreck.

[Jalapeñomel]

I guffawed when she said people call her Dolly Parton. No one calls you that.