It’s her birthday today. I miss her.
Here is the tribute I wrote to Fisher when she died, focusing primarily on her writing. I also reviewed the documentary, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.
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If you haven’t seen her speech at George Lucas’s AFI Lifetime Achievement ceremony, you absolutely must. This might be my favorite thing of hers that I’ve seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ97s396kb0
Oh God yes it’s a classic