Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Joan Rivers: Don’t Start With Me

Forget James Brown; Joan Rivers is the hardest working person in show business, and has been for a long while. If you want to know why she’s so driven, watch the fascinating 2010 documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work for a behind the scenes look at what it takes for Joan to put together an act (not to mention her face). If all you want to see is the end product, then you can’t do better than watch this 69-minute set of classic, raunchy Rivers material. The show is a mixed bag of insults and insights as Rivers makes fun of her fellow celebrities, her audience and, most of all, herself. Some of the jokes are old, like her Michael Jackson material, and some of it feels inspired on the spot. All of it, if you like the woman’s comic styling, is funny.

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