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True Stories: Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work, More4
True Stories: Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work, More4
The 75-year-old super-trouper relives the agony and the ecstasy of the showbiz life
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Plastic fantastic: Joan Rivers is painstakingly reassembled for another performance
This bit was at the end, but it might as well have been at the beginning. Or, really, just bannered across the bottom of the screen all the way through: "I am a performer. That is my life. That is what I am. That's it."
This bit was at the end, but it might as well have been at the beginning. Or, really, just bannered across the bottom of the screen all the way through: "I am a performer. That is my life. That is what I am. That's it."
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