Netflix has no shortage of documentaries to sift through, so it’s a personal celebration when I find something that truly stands out. And let me tell you, The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga stands way out. At just three one-hour episodes, it’s an easy binge, but the story that unfolds here has stayed with me for months.
Emmy-winning directing duo Maclain and Chapman Way, the brothers behind Wild Wild Country, helmed the series, which explores the stranger-than-fiction true crime tale of Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator and outspoken conspiracy theorist who finds himself at the center of a small-town rivalry that evolves into a terrorist manhunt.
The legend of Elvis Presley looms large in Tupelo, Mississippi (the King’s birthplace), and informs much of who Curtis is. His fascination with Elvis led him to don a bedazzled body suit and hit the stage to do his best rendition of Presley.
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