On my way out of the student store the other day (after an excruciating experience purchasing over-priced textbooks) I came across a bin full of those lovely little bookmark shaped Berkeley Rep fliers, but this time with Carrie Fisher’s smug-looking face on them. Yes, Carrie Fisher as in Princess Leia from Star Wars. At first a bit bewildered, I picked up the flier only to become a bit more bewildered after reading it. Fisher, whose career was arguably ruined by the success of the Star Wars franchise, is to perform her one-woman show Wishful Drinking at Berkeley Rep starting February 8th. I have to admit my first thought was something along the lines of: “Hmm, sounds like something Lindsay Lohan might produce 20 years from now”. That is if she makes it 20 more years.
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