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Scholar [[Miguel Tinker Salas]] wrote that the film was part of a practice intended to make the American employees more sympathetic to the Venezuelan locals upon arrival, and to not be too brash; he also believes it was unsuccessful in this aim. He states this is because it was only shown to employees of petroleum corporations, not their families, and was paired with extensive classes in [[Venezuelan culture]] that generally perturbed the employees — enough for stories of expatriates calling the practice "indoctrination" to arise. Tinker also suggests that anything learnt from the lessons and film were quickly forgotten, with American oil workers still retaining their opinion of cultural dominance.<ref name=tinker>{{cite book|last=Tinker Salas|first=Miguel|last2=Joseph|first2=Gilbert M.|last3=Rosenberg|first3=Emily S.|title=The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_R5JkihMrXAC&pg=PA148|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2009|ISBN=9780822392231}}</ref><sup>:147–148</sup>
In examining the ''MST3K'' spoof, [[Television studies|television scholar]] Erin Giannini argues the original film "shares features with [[Social guidance film|mental hygiene films]] such as ''[[A Date with Your Family]]'' as well as the overt propagandizing of ''[[Invasion U.S.A. (1952 film)|Invasion USA]]''", writing that ''Assignment: Venezuela'' "attempts to sanitize" many of the racial and environmental issues relating to US-Venezuelan oil ventures. She notes that "some" treat the film as an accurate historical record of 1950s Venezuela.<ref name=giannini/><sup>:150</sup>
==''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' version==
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