![]() ![]() To make things worse, Reynolds and Fisher had been pals with Taylor and her husband, movie producer Mike Todd. To enlighten those who might be unfamiliar with the magnitude of this event, Fisher rightly compares Eddie Fisher to Brad Pitt, Reynolds to Jennifer Aniston, and Taylor to Angelina Jolie. Fisher begins with an insider’s view of a major Hollywood scandal: her parents’ 1959 divorce, when her singer father (Eddie Fisher) abruptly dropped her actress mother (Debbie Reynolds) for the legendary Elizabeth Taylor. ![]() Fisher involves her audience, pokes fun at Star Wars merchandise made in her likeness as Princess Leia, and often sits leisurely on a cozy chair as if she’s gossiping with a dear friend.Īnd she really dishes the dirt. This philosophy, and the idea of surviving adversity by laughing at it, is the theme of Fisher’s Wishful Drinking, a one-woman show based on her 2008 memoir. Tragedy plus time, Fisher wisely notes, has brought her to the realization that the things which caused great pain years ago “can no longer do you any harm.” ![]() Carrie Fisher walks across a stage, sprinkling her audience with glitter and singing Happy Days Are Here Again as newsreels announcing the demise of her famous parents’ marriage flash on a screen behind her. ![]()
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