Opinion

TELEVISION: Netflix’s docuseries concerns the world’s richest dog

Gunther the wealthy German shepherd is served steak by a member of his staff in the Netflix docuseries “Gunther’s Millions,” now streaming. (Netflix)
Gunther the wealthy German shepherd is served steak by a member of his staff in the Netflix docuseries “Gunther’s Millions,” now streaming. (Netflix)

Editor's note: This review was written by Los Angeles Times TV critic Robert Lloyd's cat, Visity Kitty.

I don't watch a lot of television, ordinarily being busy with sleeping, eating, chasing things that aren't there and trying to teach the people around here how to speak my language. (What about "meow" do you not understand?) But occasionally something catches my eye while the person who lives with me is watching things for work. And I happened to be awake, and not eating or chasing anything, when "Gunther's Millions," a docuseries about the world's richest dog, came on.

First of all, why is it always a dog? Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Beethoven, Bluey. Pop culture loves a pooch but is unkind to cats — we're supposed to be unlucky, we get cast as troublemakers if not outright villains.

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