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I can't tell if OP is posting because of the Netflix documentary or because they are unaware of the documentary but stumbled upon this anyway. Either way, I fin
by dawhizkid 8y ago
I can't tell if OP is posting because of the Netflix documentary or because they are unaware of the documentary but stumbled upon this anyway. Either way, I finished watching it a few weeks ago and thought it was extremely well done.
Honestly did not think they were nearly as creepy as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVM which has gotten news in the last few weeks because the founder was arrested in Mexico for suspicions of child molestation/rape as well as his top recruit Alison Mack from Smallville for their crazy sex branding cult masquerading as an executive training + female empowerment program.
- azernik 8y agoOften, fictionalized or documentary movies based on historical events will come with a social media blitz promoting retrospectives on said events. You can often tell when the publisher is marked as e.g. "Buzzfeed With Dunkirk" on Facebook.
- Spare_account 8y agoOP wrote in a comment chain elsewhere (link below) that the documentary did inspire this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17057295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17057295
- jhbadger 8y agoI enjoyed Wild, Wild, Country as well. Although as a microbiologist I was only aware of the Rajaneeshee due to the salad bar attack and was surprised how little that was dealt with in the documentary as opposed to internal power struggles between Ma Anand Sheela and her rivals. Yes, at least if you take the documentary's word, the majority of the Rajaneeshee including the Baghwan himself were harmless hippies and it was pretty much Sheela that was the problem.