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When Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husbands penis in 1993, the incident turned into a worldwide punch line.
The Late Show With David Lettermanmade top-ten lists about it.
Andrew Dice Clay, Robin Williams, and Whoopi Goldberg built stand-up routines around it.
But the story of the Bobbitts is not a laughing matter.
Shes not that great looking.
Bobbitt contended that he never did rape or assault his wife, and still contends that.
I told her its not ladylike to strike out, he says.
But John Wayne Bobbitt ranks pretty high.
Lorenamakes it clear that men werent the only ones reacting to this story with great vengeance and furious anger.
that women have been abused for centuries and that the tables are turned a little bit.
Its clear now that people do care about that.
Lorenais compelling not because its a well-done look at a wild and notorious true-crime case.
