I don't know, I went to an all girl's Catholic school, we had no idea that reading wasn't supposed to be cool or social. Everyone read, the popular kids, the unpopular kids, the social kids, the shy kids, everyone. It wasn't until I went to a mixed secondary school that I had to start keeping reading a secret.
If you can, piece this together with another clip where Salmon Rushdie discusses his advertising campaign copywriting past and also summarizes Star Wars in Joseph Campbell or Jungian terms. Also, in time of Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher mentions that her father would attend in the audience and they would sing to one another. Then, after this, Carrie Fisher seems to have tended to her father in his dying days. Some form of reconciliation by her strength.
