text | Mi Lima
" Awesome Lady Maisel " has everyone watched the American drama. What Mi Li’s mother is going to write today is the prototype of the heroine in the play, Joan Rivers.
She has had ups and downs throughout her life, owing huge debts, being a widow in middle age, and having a lot of controversy, but her comedy spirit still affects countless people.
The first half of the ups and downs
In 1933, Rivers was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It is the place where the two heroines often complain about in the American drama " Bankrupt Sisters ".
is just like the drama "The Great Lady Maisel". Rivers' life was perfect and smooth before the age of 23. After graduating from , she chose to get married and have children. Her husband is the heir to more than 100 men's clothing chain brands, and she is definitely tall, rich and handsome.
Rivers' parents were also very satisfied. In the eyes of outsiders, this is a perfect marriage.
But the last marriage ended after only half a year because of her husband's cheating. After the divorce, Rivers started working. Later, with the encouragement of her colleagues, she began to try to write for a talk show called Candid Camera.
After her comedy talent was slowly known to everyone, she gradually began to move from behind the scenes to the front stage.
Rivers, who had just begun to show his face in front of the audience, did not make a hit. She wanders around major variety shows, but most of them are just some small shrimp characters.
It was not until the 1960s and 1970s that Carson, the number one in the American television industry, invited Rivers to be a guest on the Tonight Talk Show he hosted, that Rivers became famous with his unique comedy style.
Rivers became the host in "Tonight's Talk Show". She gritted her teeth and did not miss any opportunity to realize her dream. Whenever the host Carson was going on vacation, she would take the lead.
Her complaint angle is very bold and novel. From celebrities to families, every little thing can become her material. When she outputs it crazy, she doesn’t even let herself go.
Like Mickey in the play, Rivers also pays great attention to his image and body management, because he was obese in middle school, which led to Rivers feeling inferior in appearance throughout his life.
After adulthood, Rivers became a "plastic surgery maniac". According to incomplete statistics, she underwent more than 700 plastic surgery surgeries of all sizes, and is often criticized by the media and audience.
But she never feels ashamed of this, but often complains about her plastic surgery on the stage.
"I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery."
I wish I could have a twin sister so that I could know what I would look like without plastic surgery."
"I've had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware."
I have had so many plastic surgery, and after I die they can donate my body to Tuberhui (home plastic products company).
Rivers did not hide his plastic surgery at all, which instead aroused the favor of many viewers. Yes, Mi Li's mother also feels that being open and generous is better than always hiding and denying it. After all, everyone has a love for beauty.
While working on the TV station, Rivers met his second husband and gave birth to a daughter Melissa.
Although Rivers performed well in "Tonight's Talk Show", she was never a formal host and could only serve as a foil by Carson.
It was not until 1986 that fox TV station dug Rivers over and tailored a program called "Late Night Show" for her, and she had a stage that truly belonged to her.
But the opening of this show angered Rivers' old boss NBC TV.Because " Tonight Show " and "Tonight Talk Show" are aired at the same time, it will inevitably affect the ratings of the old boss.
The old friend Carson, who had the kindness of knowing her, never said a word to her again, and used all his connections to ban her.
has no choice, the contract has been signed, so you can't break the contract, right? Despite his grievances, Rivers gritted his teeth and fucked him down.
But just after joining fox TV, Rivers was suddenly asked by his superiors to fire his husband.
In order to protect his family, Rivers finally chose to stand opposite to the TV station and rejected this request.
The result is that both the couple were fired.
Smiling is healing than crying
Misfortunes never come alone. After both husband and wife were unemployed, the husband's investment also experienced a crisis and owed huge debts.
The husband who could not bear all this eventually chose to commit suicide, leaving Rivers and the child to depend on each other and a huge debt of $37 million.
It was the most difficult day in Rivers' life, and that year, she was 55 years old.
Career is gone and family is gone. Such a blow is even more difficult to support even if a strong person is. At that time, Rivers often sat on the bed and fiddled with his pistol, thinking that he might just leave with his husband like this.
But she still has a daughter to take care of. Her husband has left such a big mess. If she put this mess away again, what will her daughter do in the future?
Rivers bit the bullet and began to cheer up slowly and continue to live a life with strength.
Not only that, she also used her powerful humor skills to successfully get her daughter out of the shadow of her father's death.
One day after her husband left, in order to make her fifteen-year-old daughter happy, she decided to take her daughter to a high-end restaurant for dinner.
As soon as she entered the door, she picked up the menu and found that the dishes in this restaurant were very expensive.
She looked at her sad daughter and said:
"Baby, if your father is still there, if you see these dishes so expensive, you will definitely commit suicide again."
The daughter was amused, and she smiled back at the lively and cute daughter.
Rivers once said that Life is already difficult enough, and if you don’t smile, it will be even more difficult.
In order to repay the huge debt, Rivers began to take on fancy jobs. Whether it was a red carpet film festival or a show, she didn't care about it and did not miss any opportunity to make money.
Slowly, she returned to the audience's sight.
She wrote suffering into poems. She was using humorous jokes to make the audience laugh, and she was also trying to make herself laugh.
She laughed while talking, but when she teased her sadness, she couldn't help but choke, but she still didn't stop to be sad, but continued the next joke immediately.
The next joke is still very funny. When the audience laughed, she followed her laughed.
Back on the stage, she is still the comedy queen who can control everything. The laughter of the audience is an achievement and a healing for her.
The kernel of comedy is a tragedy. Although there are a lot of suffering in life, looking at it in a humorous way and smiling more can always help yourself to cheer up quickly and not be too pessimistic.
There is no hurdle that cannot be overcome
Some people say that when you are frustrated in life, you can go and check out Rivers' talk show to see how she treats life.
Mi Li's mother found that in the face of suffering, there are always some people who are tense and harsh themselves. After
was hit, most people couldn't laugh, but instead cried. Whenever there was something funny, they would also order themselves to be serious because "I am in a state of sadness at this moment."
But Rivers' humorous behavior tells us that laughing is healing than crying. As he smiles, he can see it.
So, don’t be too harsh on yourself, because living is already amazing.
Speaking of which, Rivers is really humorous, and some of her classic jokes are simply unforgettable.
Faced with her husband's death, she also joked like this:
"My husband wanted to be cremated. I told him I'd scatter his ashes at Neiman Marcus - that way, I'd visit him every day."
My husband hopes to be cremated after his death. I told him that I would scatter his ashes to Neman Shopping Mall so that I could see him every day”.
She teased the relationship between mother-in-law:
"I said to my mother-in-law, "My house is your house." She said, "Get the hell off my property."
I said to my mother-in-law, "My house is your house." My mother-in-law said, "Get the hell off my property."
"The fashion magazines are suggesting that women wear clothes that are 'age appropriate.' For me that would be a shroud.”
Fashion magazine recommends that women wear clothes that suit their age. If so, wouldn’t I wear a shroud?
Mi Li’s mother dare not drink water every time she watches her talk show, for fear of being choked while smiling.
Every joke about her is unexpected, but behind the joke, she can also see her optimistic and strong attitude towards life.
After experiencing unemployment and her husband's death, Rivers, who was in his fifties, did not stagnate, but chose to set off again and ushered in the peak of his life.
At the age when others are retired, she ran around and performed, she played shows, published books, and started jewelry brands.
She truly interpreted what it means: "Life is endless, and it is endless tossing. "
She struggled until she was 81 years old. Until the first two weeks of her death, Rivers was still busy on the show and rushing to announce.
Mi Li's mother felt that Rivers was really a very powerful woman.
In my heart, she always looked like this: Fate knocked her down, and she was covered in wounds. When everyone thought she could never stand up again, she cursed, stumbled and stood up, continuing to resist fate and struggle forward.
She never compromised with life. In the face of suffering, she chose to conquer.
In the end, she won, she paid off all her husband's debts, and when she died, she left 200 million. The legacy of many dollars.
She was in the dark, her thin body was fighting a bloody path, and then ran to the light, never compromise, never give up!
Even though she has passed away now, her spirit has affected thousands of people,
No matter how many lives there are, There is no hurdle that cannot be overcome.
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