Saw the new Joan Rivers documentary last night and I have to say I love that gal. I love her foul mouth, I love her insane work ethic, I love how she is singlehandedly fighting society's prejudice against age, I love her honesty, her hilarious self-abasement, her vulnerability, even her cosmetic surgery.

You may go into the movie thinking Joan Rivers is an over-the-hill has-been, a stereotypical old Jewish lady and a Michael Jackson-variety plastic-surgery freak.

But you come out seeing a...