{"id":23022,"date":"2017-11-20T15:47:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T19:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=23022"},"modified":"2017-11-27T17:35:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:35:25","slug":"will-mackin-the-lost-troop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/11\/20\/will-mackin-the-lost-troop\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Mackin: &#8220;The Lost Troop&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=&#8221;no&#8221; equal_height_columns=&#8221;no&#8221; menu_anchor=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; fade=&#8221;no&#8221; background_parallax=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; video_mp4=&#8221;&#8221; video_webm=&#8221;&#8221; 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