When you hear that Jordan Peele has made a documentary series about Lorena Bobbitt, you might make one assumption: This is the true-life story of every man's nightmare, getting his penis cut off by a vengeful woman. But you'd be half wrong. The
Get Out writer-producer isn't predictable like that. He and director Joshua Rofé instead set out to make this four-part series for Amazon a fresh take on what went down between Lorena and husband John Wayne Bobbitt and how their story paved the way for the 24-hour news cycle we're now so used to.
"With this project, Lorena has a platform to tell her truth as well as engage in a critical conversation about gender dynamics, abuse, and her demand for justice," Peele said in a press release about Lorena.
Before we get to this fresh version of events, though, you could probably use a little primer. Even the people who were around on that infamous day in 1993 don't tend to remember the details beyond that whole penis thing.
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