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"Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli delivers cutthroat comedy with heart

Making fun of people and their beliefs isn't new in comedy and neither is the art of being an insult comic. Legendary comic Don Rickles built his career on the backs of jokes that were specifically directed, sarcastic, edgy and off-color. In the same vein as Rickles is the "Queen of Mean," Lisa Lampanelli, a comedienne to whom no topic is too far or too taboo.