Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Summary:
Joan Rivers launched her career as a standup comic in the early '60s, a time when female comedians were few and far between, and after several years of working nightclubs to unresponsive audiences, she was booked on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965 and soon became one of the most successful comedy acts in the nation. Since then, Rivers has hosted several TV t... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Joan Rivers
Jocelyn Pickett
Billy Sammeth
Kathy Griffin
Dr. Joy Browne
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Review:
For some kinds of people, there is no greater poison than to be ignored, and in the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, we spend just short of 90 minutes watching a textbook example of this personality type in action. Joan Rivers has been a standup comic and actress since the late '50s, but in this film, as Rivers works her way th... Continue >>
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