Late comedian Joan Rivers jokes on the red carpet
She talked about her bad luck in the bedroom, about plastic surgery, about Heidi Abromovitz’s fictional sexcapades, about Elizabeth Taylor’s weight. The outrageous comic was not a devotee of the awkward pause. Rather she thrived on in-your-face confrontation and pushing the limits of what’s considered offensive. With feeling.
Joan’s wit, both cruel and kind, was evidenced by her more-than-fifty-year career in stand-up , her longstanding permanent guest host slot on “The Tonight Show” and her short-lived “The Late Show with Joan Rivers” on Fox.US Open tennis fans are disgusting boozehounds — but at least we’re not the world’s rudestSigh. Remember the days when red carpet coverage was actually watchable?
Meanwhile, in a cowardly move, E! enlisted safer, faker, publicity-friendly personalities to man the main carpet.Kathy Griffin gamely tried to keep the repartee alive for a single year, but the network quickly made a sugary about-face. That spray-tanned duo made me press mute and shield my eyes as if I was not watching a night of nominated stars, but “House of 1000 Corpses.”And, before next Sunday’s Emmy Awards, we’ll once again be treated to the unbearable fumbling of “Orange Is the New Black” star Laverne Cox, whose softballs are Wiffle balls and whose interview skill level is sub-second-grade.It’s two painful hours of discomfort and bewilderment.
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