Joan is awesome! My respect for her grew immeasurably after watching this documentary film on her life. She is a phenom in the entertainment world, but not because she is specially gifted. Her main talent is her incredible work ethic. This woman is in her mid-seventies now and all she wants to do is book her calendar with work. Any work will do. Outsiders may perceive her as vain and self-absorbed, but she is not these things. She simply has an outlook on life different than you or I. She wants the limos to keep arriving at her door, but she'll never take the luxuries for granted. They'll have to tug the "Queen of Comedy" mantle from her casket, because in her lifetime she will never yield.
I love that at 77 years old Joan Rivers is still THE edgiest comedian in the business and any of her detractors just don't get that she is full of dichotomies. On the outside you think she's a brash Las Vegas comedian with no class - while she actually is an Ivy League educated old-money type rubbing elbows with the likes of C.Z. Guest and Blaine Trump. She's a Tony-nominated actress and runs a real legitimate jewelry empire, among other things.
ReplyDeleteLOVE her and LOVE this movie. I hope everybody gets to see it.
I'm with you, brother.
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