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    Amazon's Lorena Bobbitt docu-series asks: Why did we vilify domestic-abuse victim?

    by Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times Feb 14, 2019 6 minutes

    PARK CITY, Utah - During her trip to the Sundance Film Festival, Lorena Bobbitt got the celebrity treatment. Black cars shuttled her around the snowy mountain town. A professional makeup artist was on-call for touch-ups during her on-camera interviews with major publications. And when she stood in front of a packed theater at the premiere of a new Amazon docu-series about her life, moviegoers eagerly held up their phones to snap photos of her.

    But of all the glittery moments at the festival last month, there was one in particular she clung to: Kevin Smith apologized to her. Yes, that Kevin Smith - the one behind "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy" and "Jay & Silent Bob." She met him during a stop at IMDb's studio, where he was doing interviews on behalf of the website.

    "And it totally caught me by surprise, but he apologized - he apologized on behalf of the whole country," recalled Bobbitt, who now goes by her maiden name, Gallo. "I sensed that he got it, that this man absolutely understands. Men

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