These larger-than-life characters provide a look into a lifestyle that can be hard to find anywhere else on Earth and offer more of the Tiger King- esque action we all need in our quarantine viewing. Bertie Mae even helps Kirk hide and clean the knife he used when he attacked the father of her son in the most extreme moment of family loyalty. When a burly young white man inside the revival tent spontaneously picked up a small black boy sitting with his family and clasped him to his chest amid thronging songs of praise, Mr Gorton. From executive producers Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine (Jackass) comes a shocking and outlandish year-in-the-life documentary about the White Family of Boone County, West Virginia's most. Regardless of who they’ve shot or slept with, the family defends each other. The White family’s fight against the world is so much more intense than the feud between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. Turn to The Wild and Wonderful Whites for even better snippets: Watching one of the White grandchildren renew her vows with her estranged husband while high in the flower section of a grocery store is simply another level of crazy. Part of the reason Tiger King has been so successful is that it’s chock full of iconic one-liners that have spurred Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin memes galore. Subtitles are essential to understanding the family’s thick accents and slurred words. Murders and arrests are so casually mentioned that it is hard to keep track of who’s dead, who’s alive and who’s behind bars. Written by Elder Joseph Brackett Arranged by Greg Herzenach & 'Al Wolovitch' D-Ray White Written & performed by Hank Williams III (as Hank III) Jessico Written by Richard Young, Fred K. The Wild and Wonderful Whites can be hard to follow - the expansive family tree makes it difficult to remember how everyone is related. The size of the family is overwhelming, as Bertie Mae apparently raised about 35 abandoned kids over the course of her life. The documentary follows the entire family for a year, featuring the stories of Jesco and his siblings, as well as their children. Jesco is this family’s Joe Exotic, predisposed to violence and proud to say that he feels “like Charles Manson” when he gets mad. Ray” White, was a renowned dancer, and his son Jesco is considered “Appalachian royalty” for his mix of clogging and tapping. Where Tiger King focuses on wild animals, The Wild and Wonderful Whites highlights the White family’s talent for mountain dancing. They do not have a fantastical lifestyle, which makes their notorious law breaking even more impressive. While Joe Exotic’s world of big cats feels isolated from real life, the Whites live among other West Virginia residents. The White family is infamous among their poverty-stricken neighbors in Boone County.
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