September 08, 2008
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Carrie Fisher sure can dish it. And we're only too happy to take it. Her blissfully gossipy one-woman show, "Wishful Drinking," acerbically, uproariously and, yes, even affectionately mines the rich veins of a life lived to a conveniently lampoonable degree in the public eye. Think of all those ringside seats: As the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Carrie Fisher grew up an innocent bystander to that Hollywood ur-scandal, the one in which Eddie ditched Debbie for Liz (as in, you know, Taylor). Then, at 19, she landed the role of Princess Leia ... (more)
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