Review of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) by Courtney S — 12 Sep 2011

I had no desire to see this, even though so many of my favorite podcasters raved about it, until I saw Dennis Perrin write that it made him sad. I have to agree. Comics see in her a woman who is unstoppable.

But it also shows her to be shallow, obsessed with her standard of living and combating her age incapable of not talking about herself as a victim, constantly doing anything for money. Her sense of entitlement seems out of sync with the reality of show business, which is that just because you do something for x number of decades doesn't guarantee you anything, nor can you run on your trailblazer status forever.

She is the kind of person you get when you give someone too much attention and too much money.