‘Long Island Lolita’ (Pt 1): Amy Fisher Becomes a Trope

In 1992, Amy Fisher, a teen girl from Long Island became a tabloid sensation almost overnight – when she shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her much older “boyfriend” Joey Buttafuoco. Within days, the New York Daily News would splash a picture of Amy across its front page with a headline that would follow her forever: The Long Island Lolita. In this episode, Susie and Jess interrogate the way Amy Fisher was covered and examine why her story gripped the nation.

Guests:

• Amy Pagnozzi, former and longtime New York Post columnist who covered the Amy Fisher trial

FOR MORE:

• LongIsland Lolita (Daily News, 1992)
• Treachery in the Suburbs (People, 1992)
• Inside Edition Flashback: Amy Fisher Sentencing (YouTube)

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