{"id":3004,"date":"2017-10-19T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2017-10-19T20:34:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T20:34:56","slug":"mindhunter-series-misguided-in-choice-of-role-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mindhunter\u2019 series misguided in choice of role model"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3005\" style=\"width: 80px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171019Garcia80.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garcia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Oct. 19, 2017<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5290382\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mindhunter<\/a>\u2019 at times seems like a fictitious nightmare, the new Netflix series is very much rooted in reality. Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) is based on real-life FBI agent John E. Douglas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/Y9kPrftnihvge9XaswzENSHLCRw\/fit-in\/2048xorig\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2017\/10\/16\/765\/n\/1922283\/tmp_OGkHXd_ce878408629988d8_194_Mindhunter_107_unit_06945R5.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Wendy Carr\u00a0<\/a>(played by Anna Torv) is based on Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, a pioneer in the treatment of trauma and abuse victims&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe character molded after Burgess helps Ford and his partner legitimize their research with her sociological and science-backed knowledge&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2013 From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Dr-Wendy-Carr-From-Mindhunter-Based-44148647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Influential Trailblazer Who Inspired Mindhunter&#8217;s Dr. Wendy Carr<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Kelsey Garcia at Popsugar (Oct. 16)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s just a TV character. But the depiction of Ann Wolbert Burgess as a trustworthy source of \u201cscience-based knowledge\u201d should appall anyone who recalls her national prominence in igniting the \u201csatanic ritual abuse\u201d day care panic.<\/p>\n<p>Most grievous for the Little Rascals defendants, it was Burgess who led a three-day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2668\">conference in Kill Devil Hills<\/a>\u00a0just months before Bob Kelly\u2019s arrest. The agenda: learning how to spot child molesters operating day-care facilities.<\/p>\n<p>She has never apologized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LRDCC20.jpg\" alt=\"LRDCC20\" width=\"132\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct. 19, 2017 \u201cThough \u2018Mindhunter\u2019 at times seems like a fictitious nightmare, the new Netflix series is very much rooted in reality. Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) is based on real-life FBI agent John E. Douglas, and Dr. Wendy Carr\u00a0(played by Anna Torv) is based on Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, a pioneer in the treatment of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3007,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions\/3007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}