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November 26th, 2008
Joan Rivers on the Hypocrisy of Celebrity

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Joan Rivers: What happened was, for me, I was talking about myself, but I wanted to talk about other things that the whole culture exploded of celebrity.  And all these wonderful people that had absolutely feet of clay.  And it was wrong, and it was stupid to worship a fat lady like Elizabeth Taylor when she was fat.  Say she’s fat!  It’s ok. I was the first one to come out with the Elizabeth Taylor’s fat jokes.  If I heard one more person say, “She’s the most beautiful woman in the world,” she’s the most beautiful three women in the world at this point.

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#1

Joan must be laughing constantly during the day, assuming she frequently passes mirrors. People with shattered faces shouldn’t throw botox…

#2

Hey Rosenthal ,lighten up..Fat is Fat is Fat, Joan laughs at herself often. what do you look like..Im skinny and great looking!

#3

Maybe you forgot Joans first act, which ran for 15 years…23 minutes of “my fat legs” jokes. Ed Sullivan had to cue the band to get her off stage before all the women in the audience started throwing stuff.

#4

Who was the woman narrating the program on Jan. 21st? Her voice sounded so familiar, but I can’t put it to a name or face.

#5

Who was the female narrator, you ask? Her name is Amy Sedaris (sister to author David Sedaris) and her delightfully eccentric brand of satire has made her one of Letterman’s favorite guests. She’s the funniest control freak you’ll ever know.

#6

L love Joan Rivers. She makes me laugh out loud when I’m all alone. I don’t agree with her about politics or personal grooming, but she’s fearless and smart and most of all, funny.

#7

[...] look good.” (You can see part of her interview about “fat” Elizabeth Taylor here.) Second, I read a blog “Fat Pedagogy: On Gluttonous Enterprise and the [...]

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