The fearless Joan Rivers performs.

Joan Rivers is fearless (OK she does admit to being afraid of an empty date book). The first shot in this movie is a close-up of her 76 year old face sans makeup. After all the plastic surgery she's had that takes courage. She is also endlessly ambitious and a workaholic.  At her age and with all the success and accolades she has received she still performs stand-up several times a month in and around New York City. We go to a dive comedy club in Queens where she points out the ripped seat cover on her stool and makes a self-deprecating joke about the state of her career.

Joan Rivers is fearless. Watch the way she handles a heckler when she makes a joke about a deaf child. He says, “That’s not funny when you have a deaf son.” To which she replies, “Oh yes it is! Humor is how we deal with things. You stupid man.” - Or something to that effect.

Joan Rivers is Fearless.  Here's a sample joke for you.  "You know what I love about anal sex?" She says bending over her stool and sticking out her ass.  "You can do other things at the same time, like texting or ironing."  While she mimes each. 

She lives extravagantly, splitting her time between a fabulously decorated New York apartment and a luxurious country estate. She worries about the people she employs and gives her time and money to the charity God’s Love We Deliver which brings home-cooked meals to homebound invalids. She worries that Kathy Griffin has taken her place in the entertainment industry.

This documentary is fast-paced, funny, insightful about its subject, and it produces its share of real emotion as well. I’ve been a fan of hers since the day I bought her “What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most” comedy album in the early 1980’s. “Oh, Grow Up!” She is indeed a piece of work and I admire her even more now. Yes, Joan Rivers is fearless.
 

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