First of all, it’s a really good show. Thornton is at the top of his game and the rest of the cast are just as good. Ali Larter is off the rails and off the charts as the craziest hot chick in Texas.
Actually, there is no second. It’s a fun show full of horrible people doing stupid stuff because they are crazy and greedy. It says in the article that the actual Petroleum Propaganda Agency took out an ad denouncing it.
I started watching out of boredom. Thornton plays an even more degenerate version of his character in Bad Santa.
Even watching with no background or expectations, I wouldn’t say it’s propaganda. It’s consumable media, not a docu series.
When you go past the headline, yes. The depiction of the oil industry as in decline and dangerous for both people working in it and around it is accurate
I think the spin on it being dangerous is more “Look at these brave heroes working hard to bring you oil! Such sacrifice! Like brave soldiers!”
People who watch this are unlikely to say, lobby for stricter safety regulations in the oil fields. They think the danger just has to be part of the job.
We could of course move to wind and solar. No more houses exploding from gas.
They’re not riskless; people can and do fall off the roof, but a bunch of the hazards just go away
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