I'm not sure what the motivation for portraying Koresh as a humble, understanding, all around good guy was. It's pretty disturbing that they would put this out there and give people the impression that it's factual. Koresh was a very mentally disturbed, narcissistic, evil person. That is a stone cold fact. He beat children as young as 8 months old, raped young girls and impregnated them, forced men to let him sleep with their wives. The scene where he catches the kid sneaking ice cream would've gone a lot differently in real life. He'd have beaten that kid mercilessly and forced him to sleep outside. He also provoked the fight with the ATF and FBI waaay more than is depicted in the show. He wanted a fight. In the end he lit children on fire because of his massive ego. Don't get me wrong, the FBI and ATF really screwed the pooch too, but to portray Koresh as an innocent victim just trying to live peacefully is a joke! The man was pure evil and just as, if not more, responsible for the deaths at the Waco compound as the US Government. After 3 episodes you can see it's anti government propaganda if you know the real story behind Koresh. Again, the government is not innocent by any stretch, but the story is ridiculously one sided. Great acting though.
Review of Waco
