If it weren't for Star Wars, most people probably wouldn't think of Carrie Fisher very often. She did play that awesome wicked ex with a flame thrower in The Blues Brothers, but even that's not enough of a legacy to rest upon.
The thing is, Carrie Fisher is an insanely hilarious writer. And even when she's not trying, she says stuff like this:
"I'm not as cooperative as you might want a woman to be."
Which is pretty much the story of my existence.
It's just that I have watched A LOT of Star Wars in the past two years, since my youngest discovered it, and because of that I keep thinking about Carrie Fisher. When the first movie came out, in 1977, she was a pretty actress, but not a babe by today's standards. And thank goodness. She gives Princess Leia substance, and the more of her stuff I read, the more I understand how.
She also happened to utter my new personal mission statement:
"If my life were not funny, it would simply be true, and that is unacceptable."
Words to live by.
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