"Chimp Crazy," the latest from maker of "Tiger King," is disturbing in more ways than the obvious

“Things are getting kind of strange” is what you’d expect someone in a docuseries called “Chimp Crazy” to say. “Tonka always makes me feel safe,” Haddix says, later adding, “He’s just a very kind and loving person.” Tonka and Tonia Haddix in "Chimp Crazy" By that point the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has upended her life with a 2017 lawsuit, aided in its efforts by Tonka’s “Buddy” co-star Alan Cumming. We’ve Eric Goode, the filmmaker who gave us 2020’s “Tiger King,” is behind “Chimp Crazy.” Although he’s been documenting exotic animal keepers for many years, his “Tiger King” notoriety also made it difficult, if not impossible, to approach exotic animal brokers like Haddix head-on. Like other docuseries with a knack for being in the right place at the right time, Goode and Cunningham are deeply insinuated in Haddix’s life as the situation evolves from garden-variety chimps in cowboy hats “strange” to “taking a kidnapping turn.” The culmination is funny but troubling; enraging at times but also somewhat empathetic to both the apes and the people loving them to death. But “Chimp Crazy” is less fascinating for the story’s outcome than its insight into the types of people who are obsessed with chimps regardless of the dangers they pose.