Round 8: Tossup 13

At the climax of a film based on a novel by this writer, the band Blue Rodeo backs up the protagonist’s performance of Shel Silverstein’s Oscar-nominated song “I’m Checkin’ Out.” Many obituaries for this writer included an anecdote with the punchline “I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.” This writer used chalkboard diagrams to map out her parents’ affairs in a one-woman show that criticizes her father for pursuing an affair with his mistress by “consoling [her] with his penis.” This script doctor on Lethal Weapon 3 punched up Whoopi Goldberg’s dialogue in Sister (-5[1])Act and (*) Tinkerbell’s dialogue in Hook. This writer’s books Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking (10[1])depict her struggles with drug addiction, bipolar disorder, and a rocky relationship with her actress mother, who died just one day after she did in 2016. For 10 points, what writer of The Princess Diarist altered some of her own dialogue in Star Wars films as Leia? ■END■ (10[1])

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