Joan Rivers

Undertoad · 09-07-2014, 10:36 PM

1974 and it's hard to believe. This is so edgy for 1974, for a woman. when you look at the audience you realize, this is like damn near filthy for these people. And comedy is so culture-bound that can it still be funny after 40 years?

Yah. It's a slow burn thing, she works up to it, bit by bit getting louder until by the end she's all dramatic, in the audience, she's on her knees, she's screaming at them "This is what they like!" about shallow men, at a mainstream TV audience. For 1974 it's revolutionary.

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09-07-2014, 10:36 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1974 and it's hard to believe. This is so edgy for 1974, for a woman. when you look at the audience you realize, this is like damn near filthy for these people. And comedy is so culture-bound that can it still be funny after 40 years? Yah. It's a slow burn thing, she works up to it, bit by bit getting louder until by the end she's all dramatic, in the audience, she's on her knees, she's screaming at them "This is what they like!" about shallow men, at a mainstream TV audience. For 1974 it's revolutionary.

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