Notes on "Wishful Drinking"

Wishful Drinking, at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, is a one woman performance written and performed by Carrie Fisher. Fisher, of course, was Princess Leia in Star Wars, was the child of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and was briefly married to Paul Simon. She has a clever, biting humor that she directs principally at the other celebraties in her life. The performance had the feel of a tell-all celebrity memoir dramatized. This was a narrative that started from the assumption that celebrities are the American royal class, and their doings have inherent interest. The events described might have weight and meaning for a dedicated fan of her or her parents, but meant not a thing to me.

- J