I think the public was unusually rough on Joan Rivers because she was looked upon as an adult.
Most comics such as Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison, Whoopi Goldberg, George Carlin, Woody Allen (etc.,etc.) are seen as aging juveniles and so they can get away with anything.
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