{"id":115701,"date":"2024-10-18T21:33:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115701"},"modified":"2024-10-18T21:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:33:31","slug":"netflixs-woman-of-the-hour-doesnt-tell-the-whole-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115701","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s \u2018Woman of the Hour\u2019 Doesn\u2019t Tell the Whole Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\">\n<div class=\"lede-image-wrapper inline horizontal\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper crop-override\">\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 1180px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 1180px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/8ed\/71c\/6abbdb8a0007138ba569eae747d80344c5-womanofthehour.2x.rhorizontal.w700.jpg 2x\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1180px) \" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/8ed\/71c\/6abbdb8a0007138ba569eae747d80344c5-womanofthehour.rhorizontal.w700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 768px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/8ed\/71c\/6abbdb8a0007138ba569eae747d80344c5-womanofthehour.2x.rhorizontal.w700.jpg 2x\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/8ed\/71c\/6abbdb8a0007138ba569eae747d80344c5-womanofthehour.rhorizontal.w700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/8ed\/71c\/6abbdb8a0007138ba569eae747d80344c5-womanofthehour.2x.rhorizontal.w700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/8ed\/71c\/6abbdb8a0007138ba569eae747d80344c5-womanofthehour.rhorizontal.w700.jpg\" class=\"lede-image\" data-content-img=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/picture>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"lede-image-data\">\n<p>\n                <span class=\"credit\">Photo: Leah Gallo\/Netflix<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9wgz00130id9vuu1jm6f@published\" data-word-count=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/tags\/anna-kendrick\/\">Anna Kendrick\u2019s<\/a> new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/tags\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a> true-crime film <em>Woman of the Hour <\/em>relives a haunting true-crime story, but the real-life Rodney Alcala, a.k.a. \u201cthe Dating Game killer,\u201d was more terrifying than the film lets on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zo0000g3b82n9ckxdg8@published\" data-word-count=\"81\">In her directorial debut, which premiered at the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/tags\/toronto-international-film-festival\/\">Toronto International Film Festival<\/a>, Kendrick plays Cheryl Bradshaw, who appeared on an episode of <em>The Dating Game <\/em>in 1978. Daniel Zovatto plays Alcala, a serial killer who appeared on the show just one year before he was charged with the kidnap and murder of his last known victim, 12-year-old Robin Samsoe. Although the verdict was overturned, retried, and upheld multiple times, Alcala remained imprisoned until his death from natural causes in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zpy000h3b82tngcjhds@published\" data-word-count=\"94\"><em>Woman of the Hour <\/em>spends a little time with both Bradshaw and Alcala leading up to the<em> <\/em>episode (with some fictional embellishments). But while Kendrick\u2019s scenes seem to flow in sequential order and cover a short time frame before filming, Zovatto\u2019s timeline feels more spaced out; some events happen in the present, and some of the murders we witness appear to be inspired by attacks that happened years before he showed up on <em>Dating Game. <\/em>As seen in the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/crime\/article\/Rodney-Alcala-dies-in-California-prison-16337484.php\">prosecutors have said<\/a> that Alcala tortured his victims by repeatedly strangling and reviving them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zr0000i3b82y1ao6u2c@published\" data-word-count=\"51\">As gruesome a portrait as <em>Woman of the Hour <\/em>might paint of Alcala,<em> <\/em>the film practically glosses over the most chilling aspect of his backstory: Even before appearing on the dating show, Alcala had already been arrested multiple times, including for murder, and had made the FBI\u2019s Ten Most Wanted list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zsk000j3b82y5977n5b@published\" data-word-count=\"87\">National crime databases did not yet exist when Alcala committed his crimes, so TV background checks weren\u2019t possible. <em>The Dating Game <\/em>producers had no idea (and no way of easily knowing) that Alcala had already served three years for child molestation in connection with his attack on an eight year old. <em>Woman of the Hour <\/em>acknowledges in a postscript that survivors and other private citizens had reported Alcala to law enforcement for a decade, but this after-the-fact treatment almost downplays the sheer volume of his previous crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zu2000k3b82wwmz2jfu@published\" data-word-count=\"109\">Alcala\u2019s first known attack occurred in 1968 \u2014 ten years before his appearance on <em>The Dating Game. <\/em>Morgan Rowan, who was 16 at the time, says that he lured her and two friends into his home in California, where he attacked and raped her. \u201cI watched his face turn purple,\u201d Rowan told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/2-women-who-survived-the-same-serial-killer-speak-out-i-didn-t-pray-to-live-i-prayed-to-die-8638507\"><em>People<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>earlier this year. \u201cHe punched me between my eyes with a belt buckle. I saw stars shooting, and I dropped to my knees.\u201d During the attack, she said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t praying to live. I was praying to die.\u201d Eventually, she says, one of her friends entered the room by breaking a window and they all escaped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zvi000l3b82xuok1i83@published\" data-word-count=\"85\">Weeks later, Alcala lured 8-year-old Tali Shapiro into his car and took her to his home, where he beat and raped her. According to <em>People<\/em>, Alcala was still assaulting Shapiro when police arrived and subsequently fled. Shapiro, who was near death and comatose, says the police \u201cmade a choice of saving me or chasing him.\u201d She remained in a coma for more than a month. <em>Woman of the Hour, <\/em>which takes place years later, does not specifically mention Alcala\u2019s attacks on either of the girls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zxg000m3b8220z6vmkk@published\" data-word-count=\"59\">Police issued a warrant for Alcala\u2019s arrest, and he fled to New York, where, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/09\/how-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-ended-up-on-the-dating-game\/\">New York<em> Post<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>and as mentioned in the film<em>, <\/em>he enrolled at NYU under the assumed name \u201cJohn Berger\u201d and studied film under director Roman Polanski (who, coincidentally, would later flee the country after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor).<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cn9zyy000n3b820teu5mgv@published\" data-word-count=\"109\">Alcala\u2019s next known murder victim, Cornelia Crilley, does seemingly make it into <em>Woman of the Hour<\/em>,<em> <\/em>but with a different name \u2014 Charlie. Just like in the movie, Crilley worked as a flight attendant and was moving into a Manhattan apartment on the day that she and Alcala are believed to have met. Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/serial-killer-rodney-alcala-the-killing-game\/\">CBS News\u2019s <em>48 Hours<\/em><\/a>, Manhattan prosecutor Melissa Mourges recalled that authorities found a \u201chorrible scene\u201d at her apartment after Alcala\u2019s attack and found Crilley dead. She\u2019d been stripped naked and strangled with her own stockings, with a bite mark on her breast. Without any solid leads or forensics, the case remained cold for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna017000o3b82xtc835lk@published\" data-word-count=\"136\">Months after Crilley\u2019s murder, in the summer of 1971, Alcala was arrested in New Hampshire, where he\u2019d been using the slightly edited alias \u201cJohn Burger\u201d while working as a girls\u2019 summer camp counselor. (Rodney mentions the upcoming gig to Charlie soon after they meet in the film.) According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/48-hours-mystery-rodney-alcalas-killing-game\/\"><em>48 Hours<\/em><\/a>, two campers recognized his photo on an FBI poster. Alcala was arrested and extradited to California in connection with the outstanding warrant for his assault on Shapiro. But prosecutors declined to charge Alcala with the girl\u2019s rape and attempted murder because her parents refused to allow her to testify. Instead, Alcala served less than three years after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of child molestation. Although Crilley\u2019s murder, which happened earlier, seems to appear in the film, none of the rest of this does.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna02o000p3b82a4s1lne6@published\" data-word-count=\"121\">Less than two months after Alcala\u2019s release from prison, in 1974, police re-arrested him for assaulting a 13-year-old girl referred to only as \u201cJulie J,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/california\/supreme-court\/3d\/36\/604.html\">Justia<\/a>. She also does not appear in <em>Woman of the Hour. <\/em>As seen in the film, Alcala <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/rodney-alcala-the-fine-art-of-killing\/\">landed a job<\/a> at the Los Angeles<em> Times <\/em>as a typesetter in September 1977 \u2014 just one year before he appeared on <em>The Dating Game. <\/em>During that time, he posed as a fashion photographer and snapped pictures of hundreds of men and women. As seen in <em>Woman of the Hour<\/em>, his portfolio is said to have been filled with explicit nude photos, including of <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/archive\/the-eye-of-a-killer-vol-73-no-15\/\">teenage boys<\/a>. <em>The Dating Game <\/em>introduced him as a photographer, as the film depicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna04f000q3b82vm21oeut@published\" data-word-count=\"67\">Not much is known about the real Cheryl Bradshaw. Kendrick\u2019s film frames her as a frustrated Juilliard graduate who only appears on <em>The Dating Game <\/em>because her agent says it\u2019ll get her seen (and she needs rent money). As her misery on the show unfolds, she reminds herself multiple times that <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/sally-field-on-the-dating-game-bachelorette\">Sally Field once did this exact same thing<\/a> \u2014 and if it worked for Sally \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna060000r3b82ba58j98h@published\" data-word-count=\"85\">Although the film portrays Bradshaw as a rebel who went off-script and held her bachelors\u2019 feet to the fire, the actual <em>Dating Game<\/em> episode unfolded with the usual suggestive, slightly sleazy banter. For instance, at one point, Bradshaw introduced a scenario in which she was serving Alcala for dinner and asked what he\u2019d be called and what he\u2019d look like. His response? \u201cI\u2019m called the banana, and I look really good.\u201d When she asked him to be \u201ca little more descriptive,\u201d he added, \u201cPeel me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna0bn000s3b82m0edljht@published\" data-word-count=\"56\">Some of what we see in the Netflix film\u2019s version of <em>The Dating Game <\/em>is true to real life. For instance: Alcala did brag to fellow contestants that he \u201calways\u201d gets the girl. Jed Mills, who appeared as Bachelor Number Two, told <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/close-call-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-appeared-dating\/story?id=75039197\">ABC\u2019s <em>20\/20<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>in 2021 that Alcala told him just that in the green room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna0ib000t3b82h0gvmee9@published\" data-word-count=\"115\">Still, Kendrick and screenwriter Ian McDonald also add a few dramatic flourishes. Some are small: While Alcala appears as Bachelor Number Three in the movie\u2019s retelling, he actually played <em>The Dating Game <\/em>as Bachelor Number One in real life. Other inventions are a little more drastic \u2014 like a seemingly made-up audience member at the game show taping named Laura, who just happens to be a friend of one of Alcala\u2019s victims. Another small discrepancy: In the movie, Rodney and Cheryl receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii \u2014 an ominous prospect, given everything we know about him. In real life, the prize was only tennis lessons and a trip to California\u2019s Magic Mountain theme park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna0jz000u3b82amsn715z@published\" data-word-count=\"50\">But it\u2019s the movie\u2019s version of what happens after filming that seems to be a complete invention. Although Kendrick\u2019s character agrees to go on a date with Alcala, where the energy quickly becomes unsettling, the real Bradshaw called a <em>Dating Game <\/em>staffer to cancel the date she\u2019d arranged with Alcala.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna0lr000v3b82ad9x2adp@published\" data-word-count=\"56\">Speaking with <em>20\/20<\/em>, former <em>Dating Game <\/em>contestant coordinator Ellen Metzger recalled that Bradshaw had told her, \u201cEllen, I can\u2019t go out with this guy. There\u2019s weird vibes that are coming off of him. He\u2019s very strange. I am not comfortable. Is that going to be a problem?\u201d As one would hope, Metzger\u2019s response was simply, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2cna0ne000w3b82rlx410on@published\" data-word-count=\"163\">In February 1979, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/archive\/7307463\/\">prosecutors say<\/a> that Alcala raped 15-year-old Monique Hoyt; he allegedly knocked her unconscious while she posed for photos. That, too, makes it into the film, although Monique has been renamed \u201cAmy.\u201d Alcala attacked his last known victim, Robin Samsoe, months later in June 1979; in 1980, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/news\/2021\/07\/24\/condemned-inmate-rodney-alcala-dies-of-natural-causes\/\">received a death sentence<\/a> for her kidnapping and murder. The judgment was reversed in 1984, and in 1986, Alcala received the death sentence again after a new trial. A federal appeals court overturned the sentence in 2003, and in 2010, Alcala once again received the death sentence for not only the murder of Samsoe but also his attacks on Jill Barcomb, Georgia Wixted, Charlotte Lamb, and Jill Parenteau. Alcala pleaded guilty in 2012 to the murders of both Crilley and Ellen Jane Hover. 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