r/television • u/Gato1980 • 13h ago

Ellen DeGeneres Is Unapologetic, Unrelatable and Totally Insufferable in Her New Netflix Special 'For Your Approval'

https://www.cracked.com/article_43701_ellen-degeneres-is-unapologetic-unrelatable-and-totally-insufferable-in-her-new-netflix-special.html
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u/dirtydovedreams 13h ago

Netflix is the number 1 platform for standup specials no one wanted or asked for.

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u/MrPractical1 13h ago

Plus 3 we did, by Bo Burnham

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u/mysecretissafe 12h ago

Man, Inside made me cry an ugly cry all by myself in the middle of a global pandemic.

10/10, highly recommend.

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u/MrPractical1 12h ago

Pandemic art

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u/orangeyougladiator 7h ago

Welcome, to the internet

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u/Pennsylvania6-5000 12h ago

Same. Love that work so much. It encapsulated so much of the anxiety and insanity of the pandemic. Ugly cried so damn hard.

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u/Builty_Boy 12h ago

Same fam

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u/LeaveMeAloneLorenzo 10h ago

Just saw the Outtakes recently too and it was pretty great! Inside was sooo good.

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u/authorAVDawn 10h ago

Inside really shouldn't be considered a "comedy special". Not to denigrate comedy - good comedy writing is, in my professional opinion, the hardest type of thing to write - but Inside was so much more than that. I don't even have a name for what it should be other than "art".

It's like a period piece boiled down to it's most raw emotional elements, an exploration of the fears, anxieties, and feelings the entire world shared while in lockdown. It was form given to a universal experience that no one but those who lived through it could ever understand.

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u/DreadDiana 10h ago

Did you watch the Inside Outttakes?

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u/chmilz 10h ago

He's super talented but that one wasn't my jam. I also kinda enjoyed the weird pandemic vibe, so I wasn't in the mindset that I think that piece most appealed to.

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u/SaintTastyTaint 10h ago

Reddit's obsession with Bo borderlines on the obnoxious.

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u/theodoreposervelt 10h ago

I really loved Bo’s other stand ups, but this one kind of missed the mark for me. I wonder if it’s bc me and most everyone I know were never on any kind of lockdown during the pandemic. I can’t really relate to all the “stuck at home” stuff bc I was never stuck at home, and the only person I know who was stuck at home was like one acquaintance who’s a teacher.

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u/FreudianStripper 11h ago

I think my attention span is fried, because I couldn't get past the first 5 minutes of it

I was expecting a comedy special and got ... an opera?

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u/sleeptilnoonenergy 6h ago

I mean it really sucked. But you aren't allowed to have an opinion that goes against the gatekeeping, insecure majority. This is reddit after all.

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u/dspman11 11h ago

I also couldn't get through the first 5 minutes, but because I found it REALLY cringe. I dont see what people like about him, I find his brand of "comedy" insufferable. However, he is a talented filmmaker generally (see: Eighth Grade).

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u/hmsmnko 1h ago

His brand of comedy has evolved a lot over the years (to the point where he's regret some of his older stuff), if you're thinking about Bo from a decade ago you're very out of date

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u/Fuck_Up_Cunts 11h ago

Tons of ADHD here and it’s genius.

What you got against operas?

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u/ajcalifornia 11h ago

I also liked the 3 specials by that blonde woman, Taylor something. She did "Quarter Life Crisis." Those are on Netflix, right? She's pretty OK.

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u/Brodellsky 10h ago

John Mulaney also has Netflix specials and he's just as funny without the cocaine and klonopin.

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u/MrPractical1 11h ago

Tomlinson I think. She is funny

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u/Doctursea 9h ago

The john Mulaney one that came out post rehab was hilarious

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u/draggedintothis 10h ago

How dare you not say James Acaster

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u/BackslidingAlt 10h ago

He was the one who didn't want those.

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u/Abosia 11h ago

I like his little songs but I never found him funny. I think it's an American comedy thing.