Why Netflix’s Agent King is a Perfect Match For Elvis Presley’s Story

Elvis Presley’s stock has risen in recent years, with a spate of televisual and cinematic projects devoted to the singer’s remarkable career and colorful private life. Documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki’s 2017 work The King profiled Elvis’s rise and fall as a metaphor for the decline of American exceptionalism, while Thom Zimny’s HBO film Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) more squarely focused on Presley’s musical and artistic development.