We Should Go See Carrie Fisher...
Edward Guthman of the Chronicle:
Carrie Fisher tames her demons in solo show: Carrie Fisher has a phrase to describe the low points in her life: "Bad reality, good anecdote." It applies equally to her parents' scandal-sheet marriage; her problems with bipolar disorder and addiction to painkillers; her failed marriages to musician Paul Simon and talent agent Bryan Lourd; the morning she woke up and found a friend, 42-year-old Republican operative R. Gregory Stevens, dead in her bed.
It applies as well to "Star Wars," the empire-building franchise that made her wealthy but identified her forever with a hideous, matching-cinnamon-buns hairdo and turned her character Princess Leia into a doll, a shampoo bottle and a Pez dispenser.
In "Wishful Drinking," the one-woman show she wrote and is now performing at Berkeley Rep, Fisher spares no one in her will to spill...
It applies as well to "Star Wars," the empire-building franchise that made her wealthy but identified her forever with a hideous, matching-cinnamon-buns hairdo and turned her character Princess Leia into a doll, a shampoo bottle and a Pez dispenser.
And don't forget, a Lego character. Actually, the computer/console Lego Star Wars games are fun. Even the one based on the "new" trilogy.
Posted by: Paul | February 20, 2008 at 05:10 AM
Just another example of someone with too much money!
Posted by: capitalistpig | February 20, 2008 at 06:06 AM
Lots of people who aren't rich or celebrities are bipolar. We just don't all have the talent Carrie does to turn our lives into great stories. I say more power to her!
Posted by: Obnoxious twit | February 20, 2008 at 07:21 AM
Yes, it was very good. Somewhat of a stand-up comedy routine about her life; it's not always funny, and she's not a comedienne, but it works.
Posted by: John | February 20, 2008 at 08:29 AM
We need people like Carrie to remind us -- nay, TELL us -- just why celebrities are generally poor role-models.
Posted by: idlemind | February 21, 2008 at 02:03 PM