![]() ![]() It focuses on her childhood as the child of Hollywood royalty, and her experiences with Star Wars, her relationship with Paul Simon, and her struggles with addiction, among other things. Wishful Drinking, published in 2008, is Fisher’s first of three memoirs, and was based on a one-woman play she began performing in 2006. What I’ve always appreciated about Carrie Fisher is that she always seems to be such a strong individual. Science fiction movies in the 70s and 80s were not kind to women, so her portrayal of Leia as a strong, independent, powerful woman matters quite a bit.īut many people admire Fisher not for her role as Leia, but for her honesty and humor as a writer and her advocacy for those with mental illnesses. While I can’t say Carrie Fisher shaped my self-image as a girl, I can say she’s one of the best parts of the movies. There are women who can say that her portrayal of Princess Leia changed how they viewed women and themselves. I actually didn’t grow up with the Star Wars movies (I’m the right age, we just weren’t a movie-going family). Having suffered through the last three, he’s in a kind of heaven right now with the latest two being so good. ![]() ![]() I was especially sad for my husband, who grew up with the Star Wars movies. And we had just seen her in Rogue One and Star Wars: A New Hope. ![]() I was really saddened by Carrie Fisher’s death last month. ![]()
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