It’s been over 25 years since Lorena Bobbitt – now Lorena Gallo – severed John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis, a singular act of violence that sparked a media firestorm. Overnight, the pair were transformed into household names, as well as late-night punchlines, but lost amongst the jokes and innuendo was the opportunity to honestly engage with the serious issues that predicated Gallo’s actions: a documented history of domestic abuse and accusations of marital rape. But times change, and in the aftermath of #MeToo and #TimesUp Gallo’s story is ripe for reassessment, as evidenced by Joshua Rofé’s stellar Amazon four-part docuseries “Lorena,” which strips the signal from the noise and contextualizes both the incident, as well as the media circus that followed. For as unique as Gallo’s tale is, Rofé was almost uniquely qualified to tell it. The director’s two previous documentaries explore similar stories, explorations of individuals...
- 5/27/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
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