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 (15[1])used chalkboard diagrams to map out her parents’ affairs in a one-woman show that criticizes her father (15[1])for pursuing an affair with his mistress (15[1])by “consoling [her] with his penis.” This script doctor (15[1])on Lethal Weapon (15[1])3 punched up Whoopi Goldberg’s dialogue in Sister Act and (*) Tinkerbell’s (10[1])dialogue in Hook. This writer’s books Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking (-5[1])depict her (10[1])struggles with drug addiction, bipolar disorder, and (10[1])a rocky relationship with her actress mother, who died just one day after she (10[1])did in 2016. (10[1])For 10 points, what writer of The Princess Diarist altered some of her own dialogue in Star Wars films as Leia? ■END■

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