Stuck in Isolation, Lawyer Did Legal Analysis of Netflix's 'Tiger King'
"People today are looking for a distraction," Peter Bowman said, "This is an opportunity to do something amusing for myself and the legal community and those interested in the show."
April 08, 2020 at 04:25 PM
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Before the COVID-19 epidemic, Connecticut lawyers knew Peter Bowman as a partner for Billings, Barrett & Bowman, where he specializes in personal injury, workers' compensation business and criminal work.
Now, they know him as something else: super fan of Netflix's true-life crime drama "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness."
Stuck indoors under public policies to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, Bowman put his legal skills to work in a new way: posting video analyses of the show via Facebook and LinkedIn. As of Wednesday morning, more than 10,000 people had seen him on Facebook and more than 1,000 on LinkedIn.
"So I'm having a new obsession in the coronavirus self-isolation and social distancing," he says in one video. "My wife and I are enjoying the show that everyone else is on Netflix: 'The Tiger King.'"
The lawyer tackles a series of legal issues in the show about a zookeeper arrested for murder for hire. The Netflix show has emerged as a pop-culture sensation, attracting about 34 million unique viewers within the first 10 days of its release, according to CNN.
And now Bowman is using his videos as a way to keep his firm's name and brand in front of potential clients.
Fans of the lawyer's commentary can expect more content. There will be seven Bowman-made videos rolled out over the next few weeks. The first answers the question whether it's legal to own a tiger in Connecticut. It's a near 4-minute video with footage from the show and a quote pulled from the state's General Statutes on tiger ownership.
"It's illegal for us to own one here," Bowman tells his audience. "But it looks like there is nothing to stop a nature center or aquarium or museum from owning one."
Future videos will answer other legal questions posed from content in the show: polygamy and whether someone whose arm is ripped off by a tiger could sue.
"People today are looking for a distraction," Bowman said. "This is an opportunity to do something amusing for myself and the legal community and those interested in the show."
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