I have never been near anything remote such as this so this documentary is totally baffling to me. Like the guy who was paying $50 to get raped by Michel doesn't make any sense to me.. but maybe that's what brainwashing and being in a cult does to you.
I once too decided to join the Osho ashram (even paid membership and got invited) but changed my mind at last second and documentaries like this help me realize how I may have dodged a bullet .
Anyway, even though the case is compelling I just want viewers to remember that there are always two sides to a story and we're only seeing one here. A lot of questions are also unanswered.
1. Why did the author go to Hawaii to help him settle?
2. Why hasn't anyone pressed charges yet?
3. Why do so many members stay with him still?
4. Why didn't the undercover person confront him and get him to admit something meaningful on camera?
5. Lastly I assume this is just brainwashing doing it to them, but did they really feel those things when the joined (the lights, etc)? That's some powerful trance state to go into without drugs.
6.and may more things..
Anyway I'm sure there are some very reasonable answers to all these questions but this would have been much more impactful film had Michel been indicted and behind bars.
I once too decided to join the Osho ashram (even paid membership and got invited) but changed my mind at last second and documentaries like this help me realize how I may have dodged a bullet .
Anyway, even though the case is compelling I just want viewers to remember that there are always two sides to a story and we're only seeing one here. A lot of questions are also unanswered.
1. Why did the author go to Hawaii to help him settle?
2. Why hasn't anyone pressed charges yet?
3. Why do so many members stay with him still?
4. Why didn't the undercover person confront him and get him to admit something meaningful on camera?
5. Lastly I assume this is just brainwashing doing it to them, but did they really feel those things when the joined (the lights, etc)? That's some powerful trance state to go into without drugs.
6.and may more things..
Anyway I'm sure there are some very reasonable answers to all these questions but this would have been much more impactful film had Michel been indicted and behind bars.