Fishers novel is chockablock with lines like I narrate a life Im reluctant to live, and describing herself was her way of being herself I related so much I thought my head might fall off. Perusing my quote book, I assume I was about fourteen when I read Postcardsthe thicket of Fishers quotes I chose to record are smack between excerpts from Woody Allen and Sylvia Plath, the infamous dynamic duo of teenage angst and hilarity. My true Carrie Fisher awakening came by virtue of her book, Postcards from the Edge, a witty, blunt, lightly fictionalized account of her time in rehab. It was a point of contention between my mother and me, so much so that I assumed her little lapel button with the crossed out hanger on it was a warning directed at me. I cant tell you how many wire coat hangers I unraveled and stabbed through my braids, trying to force my hair to defy gravity too. I admired it, but only because I liked braids in general, though I preferred the way Pippi Longstocking wore hers: a horizontal braid arrow that seemed to pierce her head. In Wishful Drinking-a one-woman show Fisher later adapted into a book-Fisher dug into her complicated relationship with the Star Wars franchise, which both made her a household name and, she jokingly wrote, "ruined" her life.Princess Leias impact on my childhood was minimal and mostly to do with her hair. But its best showcase may have been the obituary Fisher wrote for herself. You can see it in her novels (like Postcards from the Edge) you can see it in her memoirs (like The Princess Diarist). She was, at one point, one of Hollywood's most sought-after script doctors, using her signature wit to punch up everything from Sister Act to, yes, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.īut especially in her later life, Carrie Fisher was, primarily, a writer-one with an unmistakable voice and self-deprecating humor. She was a mental health advocate who spoke bravely and publicly about her struggles with bipolar disorder. She was an actress, of course, best known for her role in the Star Wars movies (as well as smaller but no less memorable parts in films like When Harry Met Sally and TV shows like 30 Rock). Carrie Fisher- who died Tuesday, days after suffering a heart attack-packed a whole lot of living into her 60 years on earth.
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