‘Long Island Lolita’ (Pt 2): Amy Fisher Tries to Move On
In Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett · iHeartPodcasts and The Meteor
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Show Notes
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:
- Which of Those Three Amy Fisher TV Movies Was the Best—And Which Was the Trashiest? (Esquire, 2016)
- The troubling legacy of the Lolita story, 60 years on (BBC, 2022)
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