Just like the main protagonist of this "documentary" (advert), the movie itself is a pretty good manipulator. First, the title sells you the idea this is going to be one of those docs which reveals the dark truth behind a manipulative business figure. Then we get a few snippets of people saying the guy is a manipulater, the course is a cult and so on. All the kind of stuff we're used to seeing in these kinds of docs, so we're no prepared for the twist coming halfway or so into the movie, where are the people who've had bad experiences reveal their side of the story. Except they never happen in this doc. Then there's the TV psychologist whose insights are intercut with the main character being "open" about his back story.
As soon as it reaches the point in the story where he turns his life around by starting a life coach "business" (pyramid scheme), it becomes an advert for the pyramid scheme.
It dawns on me - I've been duped. They've deliberately (and quite cleverly actually) got us all to watch this garbage for over an hour. Which is a classic con-job strategy. The more time your victim invests in your story, the they want to believe it. The more likely they'll become a customer...
Don't be suckered.
As soon as it reaches the point in the story where he turns his life around by starting a life coach "business" (pyramid scheme), it becomes an advert for the pyramid scheme.
It dawns on me - I've been duped. They've deliberately (and quite cleverly actually) got us all to watch this garbage for over an hour. Which is a classic con-job strategy. The more time your victim invests in your story, the they want to believe it. The more likely they'll become a customer...
Don't be suckered.
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