Carrie Fisher’s Genius & These Old Broads

By Cynthia Bemis Abrams | 08/05/2021

Cynthia delves into deep Hollywood history to help listeners understand and love Carrie Fisher’s genius in the made-for-TV movie These Old Broads. All in their late 60s, Debbie Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins and Elizabeth Taylor look like they had a ball in this send-up of aging and the scandals of Hollywood’s golden years. RESOURCES These Old Broads – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207156/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds (2013) – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16075986-unsinkable?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=dSbiGfRu7P&rank=2 LA Times, Scandal’s History for “These Old Broads (Feb. 12, 2001) – https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-12-ca-24245-story.html CONNECT WITH ATVH AND CYNTHIA ATVH Newsletter – https://cynthiabemisabrams.com/ Website – https://cynthiabemisabrams.com/ Podcast Archive – https://cynthiabemisabrams.com/advanced-tv-herstory Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/advancedtvherstory/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/tvherstory Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Media.Cynthia YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@advancedtvherstory/featured