Lorena: Amazon documentary about the notorious Bobbitt case is a 1990s time capsule
The trial of a woman who cut off her husband’s penis was sensational at the time, but Get Out director Jordan Peele’s series shows just how much it changed
With great relish, Whoopi Goldberg gees up the audience at the televised Comic Relief VI with some timely observations about Lorena Bobbitt, and how this one woman evened up the odds by cutting off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis.
“It’s 1994 and the shit is hitting the fan,” Goldberg declares. “Women are pissed!”
Lorena, the four-part docuseries produced by that debuted on Amazon Prime in early 2019, is a harrowing tale of domestic violence. But it also has a secondary focus on the cultural impact of the case.
