Wild Wild Country

Psh, these people are crazy. But hey, they are legally fighting for equality. These people are legitimately crazy! Oh look, they reclaimed rough land and made it green again. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY! Some of them hippie chicks got nice cans, like to be naked, and are dtf. THESE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING BIOTERRORISTS?! Seriously, how is Ma Sheela not in jail. Shout out to youtube series Down the Rabbit Hole. Usually covers weird Internet stories but was where I first learned about this story. Good stuff

This is fucking batshit crazy and it's the first I am hearing of it. I was very young when it happened but even with the amount of time I spend pointlessly reading things never a word did I see about this. There is every form of drama, corruption, violence, sex, and humanity you can imagine.

A wild wild ride. Worth a watch but huge problems. It is the story of Sheela and not Rajneesh. Sheela story is really interesting! But the dark side of Rajneesh is glossed over. He comes almost looking like a good man. The child abuse wasn't even mentioned! The limited main interviews is a problem. While it was fascinating to hear from Sheela, it also made the story lopsided. We needed people who were in the cult telling their stories good and bad. Needs a 2nd season about the guru and abuse.

Last episode was more or less pointless and almost nowhere in te series I caught a glimpse of the devotees' and the guru's actual motivations. It is funny to see him stacking up the rolls royces while staying indoors at all times. He truly seems to be some kind of human bird, sitting in his nest, collecting shiny things for no apparent reason.

First few episodes were better than the last few episodes, but all were worth a watch.Bizarre yet real, and really not all that long ago. What I couldn't quite figure out though is why people followed Bagwhan in the first place.

Started strong but then lost me. Was very slow.

I am a sucker for cult documentaries. This was a very interesting story. It lost its way a little in the middle, but captured pretty well overall.

Entertainment: 4. Heart: 1.5. Mind: 1.5. Wholesome: 0.5.

A heavily whitewashed portrayal, particularly w/r/t the—watta surprise—abuse & trafficking of women & children (see Win McCormack & co.'s invaluable reporting in THE RAJNEESH CHRONICLES, or here https://archive.ph/gvAIR) and marred by the airless hyper-stylized presentation now standard in these streaming-era true crime things, where nagging questions go unaddressed and needed pressings unpressed so as not to disrupt the seamless hybrid editing. Nevertheless, essential for the archival footage.

Starts off very promising, interesting villains on both sides, utopian city of love vs rednecks, conspiracies etc. But it gets mundane but the end, seems like a lot have been left out because they focused on conspiracy theories mentioned by locals without digging into them. Loudly annoying music didn't help either.