‘Long Island Lolita’ (Pt 2): Amy Fisher Tries to Move On

Amy Fisher would go to prison for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her much older “boyfriend” Joey – but that wouldn’t be the end of the story. The media frenzy surrounding her would continue, and spawn three TV movies about her infamous crime. In this episode, Susie and Jess delve into Amy’s attempts to move on, where she is today, and dissect how that trope – the “lolita” – is used to paint girls as precocious and seductive.

Guests:

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

FOR MORE:

• Whichof Those Three Amy Fisher TV Movies Was the Best—And Which Was the Trashiest? (Esquire, 2016)
• Thetroubling legacy of the Lolita story, 60 years on (BBC, 2022)

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