If you enjoy American history, and a well-narrated story, tune into Wild Wild Country on Netflix. It’s binge worthy.
This six-part Netflix original weaves together hours of newsreel beginning in the early 1980s and commencing near the end of the decade. It tells the story of the Rajneesh community located just outside of Antelope, Oregon. Antelope was a town of less than 100 citizens when the Rajneesh community, followers of Osho an Indian mystic guru with a penchant for Roll Royce vehicles, decided to build a city inside the same county as Antelope.
What unfolds over the course of the 6-hour show is a takeover of the small town via the election of Rajneesh members to the local council and, eventually an attempt to win the majority of seats on the Board of County Commissioners.
To review the series, would in many ways, reveal too much of the story, so I won’t. However, I will say I was impressed with the style of storytelling, and found the story intriguing. It is yet another window to peer through to uncover what it means to be an American. The series exposes some of our traits, both good and bad, and demonstrates, in my opinion, how beliefs and motivators often have nothing to do with one’s nationality — they are just universal human tendencies.
Rating: 4.5/5
Charlie R. Claywell 
Excellent review! It was a fascinating show, I knew nothing about this group or these events beforehand!
I’d never heard of the situation before either, and it was really quite a big deal.
Netflix did a great job slowly unravelling the story. I ended up buying one of Osho’s books from Amazon after watching the show just because I’m intrigued as to why his followers were so fascinated with him.
Oh interesting!! I hope you post your take on it, I’d love to know the same thing.
If I don’t forget, I will post a review on the book.