Wishful Drinking

This was our last show at the Rep, and very good. Carrie Fisher did a one woman monologue for two hours and was highly entertaining. I think my favorite part was "Hollywood Inbreeding 101" where Carrie goes through the twisted branches of her family tree. The analogy of her father Eddie Fisher = Brad Pitt, her mother Debbie Reynolds = Jennifer Aniston and Elizabeth Taylor = Angelina Jolie. That makes things crystal clear!

Her frank talk about mental illness, family dysfunction and living in Hollywood was enlightening.

The story about how her mother was locked in the closet at age 6 by her grandmother and after a few hours asked for a glass of water. Her mother asked her why. Debbie Reynolds responded that she had used up all her spit spitting on her mother's dresses and she wanted to spit on her mother's shoes! Carrie asked her about this one time, and her grandmother replied that they didn't know about parenting back then.

There were fun Star Wars facts (like George Lucus doesn't allow underwear in space) and how disconcerting it is to have your likeness used for everything from a pez dispenser and screw off head shampoo bottle.