The #MeToo movement was at the front lines in getting people to pay attention to this. Then it becomes institutionalized by these films and TV shows which people will continue to be able to watch years and years later in a way they won't be watching news coverage of #MeToo.

Robert Thompson

The audience in the venue is no longer the economics. The media is the economics.

Robert Thompson

I think this would have been one of those things that every now and again breaks through the incredibly fragmented pop culture environment.

Robert Thompson

There are a few reasons that I think some people really might despise this show, they don't want to spend time with these characters, people who are sensitive to stories about animals very much could be bothered.

Robert Thompson

These investigative stories may not appeal to you at all in the first place. I think there is nothing wrong with the many, many people who just don't like that, like some people don't like sitcoms, I think there's nothing inherently wrong with someone who doesn't like' Tiger King.'.

Robert Thompson

It is an exquisitely put together thing, one of the reasons it's captivated so many people is the way it's edited. You get to know these characters and they wait one episode, two episodes, three episodes before they drop, like really major, major bits of detail.

Robert Thompson

Whenever anything gets the kind of attention that' Tiger King' has been getting, there is an automatic built in backlash with this American sense of superiority, there are some people who figure that if that many people are so excited about something, it couldn't be very good.

Robert Thompson

There is still a lot, lot more to tell about this story and these events.

Robert Thompson

' Curb Your Enthusiasm' is supposed to make us uncomfortable, but some of the ways Your Enthusiasm is treating this is really kind of dicey.

Robert Thompson

Hollywood is now becoming its own loudest voice in helping to call out what a bad thing this is.

Robert Thompson