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Father --. fisher wove her experience as the kid who struggled with addiction into a best selling comedic novel postcards from the edge. >> i think of that as sort of the edge. the obsession. and i thought of it in the car one day. >> and fisher turned the book into a movie starring meryl streep. >> remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those people, including that guy michael. >> i did -- it twirled up. >> reporter: pokes fun at the absurdities of the showbiz life and all manner of the medication. >> any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. so you feel b...

Thought of in the the car one day driving back from palm springs with the music up loud. >> reporter: she turned her acclaimed book into a movie starring meryl streep as a recovering addict embroiled in constant often funny mother/daughter drama. >> remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those -- >> i do not lift my skirt up! it twirled up! >> reporter: fisher poked fun at the absurdities of show biz life and all manner of self-medication, including taking pills to control her emotions. >> any mood stabilizer is a weight gain sore so whether you feel -- y...

This is a typical street of this neighborhood. houses of wood, houses of concrete. the street is not in good condition. here was the bus station. it's not a bus station anymore. now it's a building. it's a monument. of the past. >> montea is a suburb of havana, home to one of cuba's most celebrated writers. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> author of the internationally successful mario detective series, padura has been able to portray the daily struggles, the absurdities of life in cuba. it's a delicate dance, and few have been able to replicate it. your hero in the books, does he live in thi...

Of prostitution, his grandmother was a madam who ran a brothel, and that's where he was raised. >> my grandmother was the lady that used to discipline me, beat my ass. >> kareem was always doing imitations of richard pryor like when we were traveling, he would start laughing out loud no matter where we are. i would say what were you thinking about when you laughed? and he says, something richard pryor said once, and he would do it is and do it in such an animated way, the exact way you could see richard pryor doing it. >> he's been dead some time now, but without richard pryor we would not h...

Kind of scary aspects of his life, he was raised in a house of prostitution, his grandmother was a madam who ran a brothel, and that's where he was raised. >> my grandmother was the lady that used to discipline me, beat my ass. >> when we were traveling, he would laugh outloud and i would say what were you thinking about when you laughed? and he says, something richard pryor said once, and he would do it and do it in such and an mated way, you could see richard pryor doing it. >> he's been dead some time now, but without richard pryor we would not have chris rock or dave shap pell, you talk ab...