The book followed Fisher’s one-woman play in which Fisher had been performing. Now I think that this would make for a fantastic obit-so I tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra. The author, who died on 27 December 2016, had written the following comment in the book, and it was widely published by the news media after her death: The paragraphs are short, and the jokes – the puns, the wisecracks, the deadpan one-liners – come rattling along at the rate of one every other sentence or so.” Salon reviewer Rebecca Traister found the book quite funny in large part, but was disappointed that “instead of pushing aside the twinkling craziness of her outside life to meaningfully reveal the crazy on the inside, as she has always done so well, Fisher is now gathering all the starry stuff around her for comfort and reassurance about who she is and what she means.” The January 2009 New York Times review described it as a “funny, sardonic little memoir”, but “pretty slight, padded out with big type, extra space between the lines and some family photographs, and it displays at times an almost antic need to entertain. Wishful Drinking received generally positive reviews from critics. In 2010, HBO filmed a feature-length documentary of the stage play.Īlso known as Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking. It enjoyed a successful Broadway run and then toured in other cities.
Fisher performed with Ravetch co-creating and directing. The show debuted at The Geffen Playhouse. Fisher’s book was based on her one-woman stage show, which she developed with writer/director Joshua Ravetch. The song was co-written by my friend JP Saxe, and it became this amazing sad bop, which we all know I love.Wishful Drinking is an autobiographical humour book by American actress and author Carrie Fisher, published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. “I admire how he stays so true to himself and am so happy to have him join me for my first collaboration. “I’ve always wanted to work with Sam and have been such a fan of his for a long time,” Andress says in a release. “I get hopeful when I’m tipsy, thinking you might actually miss me/ It’s a hundred proof, nothing I won’t do for another round of me and you,” they sing together in the chorus. “When I’m a couple in I get optimistic, like you and me are realistic,” Andress sighs, before Hunt joins the party and sings the second verse. Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt have collaborated on the heartbroken new single “Wishful Drinking.” It’s the first new music Andress has released in the wake of her album Lady Like and Hunt’s first new recording since 2020’s Southside.Ī sleek, R&B-flavored production with hints of Dobro and acoustic guitar, “Wishful Drinking” gets at a longing for someone that intensifies with a few cocktails.
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