{"id":38717,"date":"2023-02-11T19:54:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T01:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=38717"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:52:25","slug":"robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/robinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Kara Robinson and Elizabeth Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38718\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/robinsonsmart.png\" alt=\"Survivors Kara Robinson and Elizabeth Smart\" width=\"487\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/robinsonsmart.png 798w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/robinsonsmart-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/robinsonsmart-768x289.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> Interview with survivors Kara Robinson and Elizabeth Smart about &#8220;The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story&#8221; on Lifetime by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 2\/2\/23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38720 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/douglas.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Douglas of &quot;The Girl Who Escaped&quot; on Lifetime.\" width=\"214\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/douglas.jpg 316w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/douglas-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>This was from a Lifetime Press Panel about 4 &#8220;Ripped From the Headlines&#8221; movies coming up. This part of the panel was odd because, rather than talking to any of the actors, we spoke with Kara Robinson (on whose experiences the movie is based) and producer Elizabeth Smart. Both of these women were kidnapped in 2004 when they were young teens. Frankly, I would have preferred to speak to the actors (like we usually do). The actress who plays Kara, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3353780\/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7\">Katie Douglas <\/a>, did an amazing job in this movie. It&#8217;s kind of spooky how much she looks like the real-life Kara, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0120648\/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3\">Cara Buono<\/a>, whom I know from &#8220;Mad Men&#8221; and so many other shows, plays her mom. I don&#8217;t set these panels up, though!\u00a0 I would like to say one thing: there is one scene where Kara is running and running, in a housing complex where everything looks the same, trying to get help. I have had a nightmare like that so many times! It&#8217;s an interesting movie, although a bit hard to watch. Of course, they do play up the uplifting parts, rather than anything too lurid or depressing. At any rate, you should watch the movie, and this panel is very interesting. Note that they call themselves &#8220;survivors&#8221; and not &#8220;victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview with Kara Robinson &amp; Elizabeth Smart about &quot;The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SbrlkTZfUJA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MORE INFO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylifetime.com\/movies\/the-girl-who-escaped-the-kara-robinson-story\">Lifetime Official Site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38719\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/girlwhoescapedposter.png\" alt=\"Poster for &quot;The Girl Who Escaped&quot; on Lifetime\" width=\"451\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/girlwhoescapedposter.png 564w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/girlwhoescapedposter-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"text-component-item-9ad47b43-aa77-11ed-864f-dd11736f8a2d\" class=\"text-component-item body-copy sanitize-html\" role=\"region\">\n<p>15-year-old Kara Robinson (Douglas) was watering plants in her best friend\u2019s front yard in South Carolina when she was approached by a man who put a gun to her neck and forced her into\u00a0a plastic storage bin and drove off.\u00a0 He took Kara to his apartment where he held her captive and sexually assaulted her for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, Kara memorized as many details as possible throughout her ordeal and when her captor finally fell asleep, she escaped the restraints and fled his apartment. Kara was able to lead the police back to the apartment\u2019s exact location and identify her captor as Richard Evonitz (Bruun), a serial killer who was also responsible for the unsolved murders of at least three other young girls. Cara Buono portrays Kara\u2019s mother Debra.<\/p>\n<p>Smart returns to Lifetime after narrating and executive producing the network\u2019s highly rated 2018 film <em>I Am Elizabeth Smart<\/em>, and hosting the doc specials <em>Elizabeth Smart: Finding Justice<\/em> and <em>Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case<\/em> which featured Smart leading a roundtable discussion with other well-known victims of abduction including Kara Robinson.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>The Girl Who Escaped:\u00a0 The Kara Robinson Story <\/b><\/em>is executive produced by Joseph Freed and Allison Berkley of Marwar Junction Productions, Howard Braunstein and Elizabeth Smart.\u00a0 The film is produced by Juliette Hagopian.\u00a0 Simone Stock directs from a script written by Haley Harris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/interviews\/\">Back to the Primetime Articles and Interviews Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38721\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/douglasbuono.jpg\" alt=\"Cara Buono and Katie Douglas of &quot;The Girl Who Escaped&quot; on Lifetime.\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Interview! 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