{"id":116580,"date":"2024-10-21T05:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T22:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116580"},"modified":"2024-10-21T05:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T22:27:44","slug":"fact-vs-fiction-in-anna-kendricks-chilling-true-crime-movie-about-rodney-alcala-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116580","title":{"rendered":"fact vs. fiction in Anna Kendrick\u2019s chilling true crime movie about Rodney Alcala on Netflix."},"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 itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"65\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i26jpt009wjpkytidde290@published\">Before there was <em>Love Island<\/em>, there was the <em>Dating Game<\/em>, a game show where\u2014in the original incarnation that ran from 1965 to 1973\u2014a wholesomely attractive \u201cbachelorette\u201d would choose her favorite from three unseen (by her) polyester-suited bachelors by means of saucy-ish questions laden with clunky double-entendres provided by the producers. Then they, along with a chaperone, would be sent off on a (hopefully romantic) vacation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"96\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b97z002n3571zgwugobq@published\">A 1978 episode became retroactively notorious when it emerged that one of the bachelors, a \u201csuccessful photographer\u201d named Rodney Alcala, had appeared on the show even after serving two terms for \u201cmolesting\u201d (the only charge the DA could prove) two girls under 13, including an 8-year-old whom he had raped and beaten. Also, unbeknownst to the police at the time, Alcala had raped and murdered five women in the months before the broadcast. Nevertheless, like numerous psychopaths, he appeared charming and intelligent on the surface, and Dating Game contestant Cheryl Bradshaw picked him as her date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"122\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b9as002o3571dxq1iev4@published\">This disturbing episode has already been the subject of one film. Now, <em>Woman of the Hour<\/em>, the directorial debut of Anna Kendrick (who also stars), tackles it again. Her post- #MeToo take focuses on how law enforcement missteps, primarily due to not taking allegations seriously and not pursuing leads doggedly, repeatedly allowed Alcala to slip through the net and strike again\u2014to the point where it is now thought he may have killed over 100 women and girls. Kendrick creates a chilling sense of fear and foreboding while largely only suggesting the sexual violence, and she always allows Alcala\u2019s victims to retain their humanity and dignity. We look at what\u2019s fact and what\u2019s fiction in this true crime story. [This article contains spoilers.]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm2i2cz3z00593571724k7prf@published\">\n<p>Was Cheryl Bradshaw an Aspiring Actress?<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"101\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b9f9002q35715dhlo8vn@published\">In the film, Sheryl Bradshaw (fictionalized with an S) is a serious actress who has done stage work in New York and moved out to Los Angeles to try to get into movies. But her reluctance to agree to nudity and her inclination to be cerebral rather than sexy tends to limit her casting opportunities. She is making plans to move back to New York when her agent calls to say she\u2019s lined up a spot for Sheryl on the <em>Dating Game<\/em>, which will \u201cget her seen.\u201d After her episode leads nowhere, she packs up and moves back to New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"91\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b9jb002r357111rju4al@published\">In reality, little is known about Bradshaw. On the <em>Dating Game<\/em> episode, she\u2019s introduced as a woman \u201cwith a wealth of experience\u201d who once earned a living as a foot masseuse. She then says she is currently a drama teacher based in Phoenix. There is no record of her having been an actress in either New York or L.A. A Cheryl Bradshaw who was a communications teacher at a community college in Avondale, Arizona died in 2004, but it is not clear it\u2019s the same person as the game show contestant.<\/p>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2i2gx5a00063571w3yzn0ll@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.66666666666666%;\">\n        <img alt=\"Rodney Alcala\/Daniel Zovatto\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/65f69ec5-8d27-4cc4-971f-571cfbe2dfb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"Rodney Alcala\/Daniel Zovatto\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__caption\">Rodney Alcala\/Daniel Zovatto<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Bettmann\/Getty Images and Netflix.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm2i2ctwh004y35710pwxj6dr@published\">\n<p>Did Cheryl Bradshaw Refuse to Go Out With Alcala After Choosing Him?<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"115\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b9p3002t3571vfwbtuve@published\">Impressed by his answers that seem to respect her as a person, Sheryl chooses Bachelor No. 3, Rodney Alcala (Daniel Zovatto). He waits for her after the show and takes her for a drink at a tiki bar, but she becomes uncomfortable when he insists on ordering another round even though she\u2019s already declined (fortunately she conveys this silently to the waitress, who tells them the bar is closed). And she\u2019s even more put off when he starts following her to her car after realizing she\u2019s given him a fake phone number. She then tells the show\u2019s contestant liaison that she doesn\u2019t want to go on the date with Rodney and leaves L.A. shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"116\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b9s1002u35713q7mea2y@published\">This is largely true. It is unlikely she went for a drink with Alcala immediately after the taping, but Bradshaw was unsettled by him, saying to the show\u2019s contestant coordinator, Ellen Metzger, \u201cThere\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 <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/close-call-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-appeared-dating\/story?id=75039197\">Metzger told ABC News\u2019 20\/20.<\/a> The production team, Metzger recalled, was fine with Bradshaw not following through on the date. (It also must be said that rather than the trip to upscale Carmel offered as the romantic getaway prize in the film, the actual reward the show offered was a trip to the distinctly less lush Magic Mountain theme park.)<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm2i2cn7w004n35716etuogkw@published\">\n<p>Did \u201cBachelor No. 2\u201d Really Warn Bradshaw About Alcala?<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"76\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b9vg002w3571a4g5sk78@published\">The movie depicts Bachelor No. 2, Jed Mills, as good-looking but smarmy, convinced he\u2019s a player of the \u201ctreat \u2018em mean, keep \u2018em keen\u201d variety. Naturally, he and Rodney get into an off-mic competition as to who Sheryl will pick. \u201cI always get the girl,\u201d Rodney asserts. At the end of the show, as the losing contestants give Sheryl a peck on the cheek, Bachelor No. 2 whispers a warning about her chosen date to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"84\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2b9wt002x3571414mg1ys@published\">It\u2019s not known if Mills whispered a warning to Bradshaw, but he later said he had serious misgivings about Alcala, describing him to 20\/20 as \u201ccreepy. Definitely creepy\u201d and recalling that Alcala did indeed say \u201cI always get my girl\u201d in the green room. <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/01\/07\/us\/new-york-game-show-killer-sentenced\/index.html\">He also told CNN<\/a> in March 2010 that he had an instinctive antipathy to Alcala, recalling that there was \u201cSomething about him, I could not be near him.\u201d He also described Alcala as a \u201cvery strange guy\u201d with \u201cbizarre opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2i2jmkf000t3571jgabhtdl@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.66666666666666%;\">\n        <img alt=\"Jed Mills\/Jedidiah Goodacre\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/546f2ad8-2ad4-4f9b-a059-72077b83252a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"Jed Mills\/Jedidiah Goodacre\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__caption\">Jed Mills\/Jedidiah Goodacre<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by The Dating Game\/ABC\/YouTube and Netflix.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm2i2cche004c3571y5pk51hk@published\">\n<p>Did a Teenage Runaway Finally Get Alcala Arrested?<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"124\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2ba1v002z3571jmp7mlh1@published\">Rodney, who always has an expensive viewfinder camera around his neck, entices a teenage runaway into his car by telling her he is a model scout and showing her fashion photos of other women he claims to have discovered. However, the girl is not a total na\u00eff, but a survivor\u2014we\u2019ve seen her break into a laundry machine for the coins, and she quizzes Rodney forensically before getting into his car. As they drive toward the desert, Rodney tries to get her to let her guard down by asking questions about her family, but she turns the tables by doing the same to him. Despite this bonding, as she poses with her back to him facing the setting sun, he knocks her to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"142\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2ba3800303571w47zp887@published\">When she wakes up the next morning, she is covered in abrasions and bruises and her pants are around her ankles. When Rodney asks if he was too rough, she says she likes it that way but asks him not to tell anyone what happened in case people judge her. She also suggests they go back to his place and continue. Lulled into a false sense of security, Rodney does not kill her, as he has his other victims, but drives her back towards L.A. While he is using the facilities at a gas station, she slips away unnoticed and heads towards a diner. Rodney emerges to the sound of police sirens and is handcuffed as the runaway watches with calm satisfaction. A title at the end informs us that her testimony at Rodney\u2019s trial was a major factor in convicting him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"184\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2ba6e003135718k6qtyvv@published\">It is true that in 1979, Alcala picked up a 15-year-old runaway who he raped and nearly strangled (Alcala\u2019s m.o., as shown in the film, was to nearly strangle his victims, resuscitate them, and then rape and torture them). This was Monique Hoyt, whom Alcala picked up hitchhiking. After he raped her, she did manage to escape his clutches by convincing him she wanted to continue the relationship, and was then able to raise the alarm. However, although the police attended, unfortunately they did not arrive in time to arrest Alcala. Hoyt did testify, but not until 2010, at a trial to determine whether Alcala should get the death penalty for the rape-murder of four woman and a 12-year-old girl. He had previously been assigned to Death Row for these crimes but had the penalty overturned on technicalities. Far from being remarkably collected right after her attack, even 31 years later, Hoyt was so unnerved by the prospect of seeing Alcala again she needed an LAPD detective to sit with her in the courtroom and told the jury that Alcala had ruined her life.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm2i2c1o200413571ep35ypcc@published\">\n<p>Did Alcala Work as a photographer for the Los Angeles Times?<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"97\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2ba91003335713n0lb3gy@published\">In the film, about a year after his <em>Dating Game<\/em> appearance, Rodney tells a new, naive copyboy at the Los Angeles Times that he\u2019s a photographer at the paper, and when the boy is on the editorial floor, he sees Rodney regaling a group of male co-workers with tales of the access his fashion work gets him to women, as they ogle the photos of scantily-clad girls Rodney has spread out on a table. The police arrive looking to question Rodney, but he wins them over. Rodney\u2019s co-workers gossip about him, some with admiration, some with trepidation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"105\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2babw00343571rpiok3nb@published\">Alcala did work at the L.A. Times in 1979, but as a typesetter, not a photographer. He was frequently hired as a wedding photographer by customers who were as ignorant of his record as a registered sex offender as the <em>Dating Game<\/em> producers. Kendrick\u2019s choice to play Alcala is considerably more dour and dumpy than the original, who was handsome and by all accounts charming. She may have done this to avoid glamorizing a serial killer, but the real Alcala\u2019s good looks go some way to explaining how he got so many women to pose for him, while the filmic one\u2019s appeal is more inexplicable.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm2i2bqvp003q3571jhqvy7t3@published\">\n<p>Did Alcala Really Study Filmmaking with Roman Polanski?<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"127\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2baev00363571e9j7pldy@published\">It\u2019s 1971 in New York and a young woman is renovating a loft-like apartment. After her movers dump her furniture on the street because she hasn\u2019t paid to have them bring it upstairs, she notices Rodney taking photographs of her plight from across the street. She asks him if he\u2019ll help bring the furniture up. With her things moved in, she offers Rodney a beer to express her appreciation, and they start talking about contemporary films, discovering they both have a taste for arthouse cinema, which he discusses with some authority. He tells her he attended NYU, where he took a film class taught by Roman Polanski. Charmed by his intelligence and sophistication, she lets her guard down, whereupon he pounces and strangles her with a scarf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"121\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2bahj00373571jywjed6z@published\">Alcala\u2019s second known victim was a 23-year-old flight attendant for TWA named Cornelia Crilley, who he strangled with a stocking (not a scarf). She had just moved into her apartment. Under the name \u201cJohn Berger,\u201d he did attend NYU (having previously graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from UCLA), where he did take a film course taught by Polanski. Alcala\u2019s obsessive need to take photographs, and particularly photographs of his victims before, during, and after their rapes and murders, recalls the photographer in Powell and Pressburger\u2019s <em>Peeping Tom<\/em>, who creates a tripod with a dagger in one of the legs so he can film his victims\u2019 death agonies. This was a film he might have seen in the NYU class.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm2i2bki6003f3571khaizher@published\">\n<p>Was a Victim\u2019s Friend in the Dating Game Audience, and Did She Recognize the Killer?<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<aside data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/in-article-recirc\/instances\/cm2i26jpt009yjpkyuwqf5ckn@published\" class=\"in-article-recirc\" data-via=\"article-inline_recirc-section-culture\">\n<ol class=\"in-article-recirc__list\">\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/warriors-lin-manuel-miranda-album-musical-movie-lauryn-hill-hamilton.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            After Nine Years, Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s <em>Hamilton<\/em> Follow-Up Is \u2026 This?<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/nfl-tom-brady-raiders-owner-fox-football-analyst.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            Tom Brady\u2019s New Job Is an Insult to NFL Fans<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/caddo-lake-movie-ending-explained-max-dylan-o-brien-m-night-shyamalan.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            M. Night Shyamalan Is Back With Another Movie\u2014and Even More Twists. Let\u2019s Break it Down.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/donald-trump-president-2024-maga-hat.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            Donald Trump\u2019s New Inception Hat Has Made Hats Great Again<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"97\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2ban600393571u3b80uki@published\">In the film, a woman in the show audience has a panic attack and flees after recognizing Rodney as the man who had approached her and her friend on a beach the day before her friend was found raped and murdered. She tells a security guard she urgently needs to speak to the show\u2019s producer, whereupon the guard tells her to wait in an office and the producer will be with her shortly. Naturally, no one turns up except, eventually, a custodian. She then tries to make a report to the police but they are similarly dismissive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"173\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2i2baoe003a35711rfk2uvm@published\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/anna-kendrick-woman-of-the-hour-interview-director-1235131629\/\">Kendrick herself told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> that this character is a composite, meant to represent all the people who tried to report Alcala over the years and were ignored and all the leads that were allowed to go cold. The Crilley case, for example, went cold and stayed cold for 40 years. 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