because it's an excellent piece of propaganda / advertising, not a documentary. No doubt, it was interesting to eavesdrop on one of Robbins' seminars and check out what the decades-long fuss is about. However, there is an astonishing lack of questions, offstage (or even backstage) interviews, critical questions raised, skeptical viewpoints (or even viewpoints of anyone other than Robbins, his sister/assistant, or his acolytes) or just simple commentary in this "documentary". There IS an alarming amount of emotionally manipulative music, scenes of people weeping, and fables and general statements offered by Robbins.
In addition, for some odd reason, every featured participant seems to be a naturally or artificially hot woman with simple, selfish concerns (weight, sex life, etc.). The few true sufferers ( the suicidal dude, the abuse victim) do seem to be comforted by Robbins' platitudes (the abuse victim is $100,000 and a career richer by the very next day, the geeky suicidal guy appears to be comforted by a few minutes of Robbins growling at him). Throw in a vacuous hippie (mr. white dreads) and a weak guy dragged there by his gf (the "lion") and you've got the whole picture.
Sure, these burnouts & simpletons are free to throw away thousands on this cultish, empty self- help time waste and Robbins is free to exploit them. Both sides appear to be satisfied. Sometimes, placebo does work. That's not the issue here. The issue here is that this infomercial is being presented as a real documentary, which is laughable. Save it for Scientology.
In addition, for some odd reason, every featured participant seems to be a naturally or artificially hot woman with simple, selfish concerns (weight, sex life, etc.). The few true sufferers ( the suicidal dude, the abuse victim) do seem to be comforted by Robbins' platitudes (the abuse victim is $100,000 and a career richer by the very next day, the geeky suicidal guy appears to be comforted by a few minutes of Robbins growling at him). Throw in a vacuous hippie (mr. white dreads) and a weak guy dragged there by his gf (the "lion") and you've got the whole picture.
Sure, these burnouts & simpletons are free to throw away thousands on this cultish, empty self- help time waste and Robbins is free to exploit them. Both sides appear to be satisfied. Sometimes, placebo does work. That's not the issue here. The issue here is that this infomercial is being presented as a real documentary, which is laughable. Save it for Scientology.