The film makers, and this author, create a false narrative of a besieged Rajneesh. For instance, they made the hotel bombing seem to be some sort of violent escalation by the local townsfolk. The hotel was bombed by Jamaat ul-Fuqra, a violent Islamic sect. This wasnt a secret, one of their members was convicted of the crime in 1983. Ignoring that and intimating that innocent Oregonians were a threat that somehow legitimized POISONING 700 INNOCENT PEOPLE WITH SALMONELLA is outrageous. Sheela is a clinical psychopath, the way she lies and manipulates makes for good television, I suppose, but it should have been challenged accurately.
Review of Wild Wild Country
