Carrie Fisher was a treasure .

Now she is a buried treasure.

Me too.

And the bipolar and an alcoholism were just color to that vibrant personality.

Maybe her audience were bipolar and people with alcohol and drug addictions. The "Hollywood Royalty" thing of her parents had faded by about the time she was born, and what a grim talentless mother caught in a time warp her whole life. The big blowsy no filters personality might have been more appealing had she not had all the many other excuses.

I never found much charm or humor or insight behind all the faces of Carrie Fisher. There was no part of her story that ever grabbed - the one exception might be the stories of her turning over a guest house to various people she barely knew, for them to write, or rehearse, or just hole up. That at least is interesting and generous, more so than the "I'm so fucked up!" schtick.

She surely had her demons, but she was talented enough to give at least as much or, per chance, more in sheer talent to make up for it. A charmed life? Sure...perhaps. What of it anyway?. In life there are no guarantees. I'm sure she'd be able to add a few great script re-writes. Perhaps something off-beat at least. Now, well never know. This is how we can better define depression.

She made M seem sufferable by writing her speeches.

That took real talent.

She was best friends with Griffin Dunne

She really was. 2016 was a shitty year in general, we lost a lot of great talents. Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Carrie & her mom. I was crushed by the end of the year.

Me too.

I know she had lots of issues, but she was just so fucking talented.

Saw her one woman show at Studio 54 and she was hilarious. Great storyteller.

She roasted George Lucas to within an inch of his existence at his year to be honored at the AFI.

Carrie was intriguing fun

Outside of Princess Lea for a brief moment, her charm evaded me. Sad way to die, though. Addiction really didkick her ass, then kill her at its leisure. Felt sorry for her mom to outlive her child. Must have hurt her so much she died so soon after Carrie. Thought her mom had more sparkle than Carrie by a long shot. Would have loved to do lunch & drink w. Mom. Carrie, not to be rude, but if I had to do lunch, I would have worn earplugs.

She had mental illness which she talked about and helped others. She was an addict because she would self medicate. and that was her downfall. But she was wickedly funny.

R14 FFs she lived in Hollywood was massively rich, like she couldn't find a shrink? Spare me the self medicate blather. She was an addict, not her fault. Doesn't matter how it happened. What is sad is there is loads of help for it. To die like that on a plane. JFC that thought of it, is just dreadful. I still feel great compassion for her, and for any active addict who has to die an addict's death, even though, I never saw her charm or humor.

Her second husband left her for another man - even though she was gay-friendly I suspect that this didn't do much for her self esteem.

First hubby singer Paul Simon and her didn't get along very well so it ended in divorce. Didn't have much luck with men.

[quote]Carrie Fisher was a treasure .

Stop typing a space before your stops/punctuation, you insufferable cunt.

Actually, Carrie is entombed with Debbie. They have a beautiful ‘grand resting place at one of the most exclusive resting places in Hollywood.

"resting"

That'll be a long-ass rest

[quote]Spare me the self medicate blather.

She had a real serious mental illness that regular prescribed medication didn't help for a century sufferers were institutionalized. So shut the fuck up.

She was Princess Leia. And that was all. If she'd never gotten that role nobody would have ever heard of her.

I feel like in an earlier version of Hollywood she would have had a place. Her wittiness would have been embraced.

Just as an earlier era of Hollywood would have better appreciated Lucie Arnaz.