Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia Was One of the Few Truly Iconic Characters–Yet Her Greatest Role Was Herself

Carrie Fisher, Star Wars, 1977
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There are so few true icons.

“Iconic” is a word that gets thrown around haphazardly, having become interchangeable with any word that connotes fame and losing its primary definition as something inspiring unflagging, uncritical devotion. More

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