r/television • u/Gato1980 • 15h 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/Status_Web_8917 15h ago

It will be interesting to see if she can still write, and tell, a good stand up joke. I don't think she has done a stand up routine in over a decade.

I did think she was quite good when she was young and coming up, but I don't know how much of that Ellen is still around, it may just be the crazy a-hole Ellen that's been around since she got her own talk show.

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u/IDrinkUrMilksteak 14h ago

Meh. Her comedy was always very one-note. Say a standard line. Follow it up with a “well actually something absurd” or just pseudo-ramble tags in rapid succession. Got old quick. Worked for 80s clubs but audiences now are more sophisticated.

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u/LeviHolden 14h ago

She’s great in The Beginning and Here and Now. Check her out and give it a chance because it doesn’t sound like you’ve actually watched much of her standup. 

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u/IDrinkUrMilksteak 14h ago

I’m a huge standup fan for 30 years now. That’s cool you like her, you do you, but your comment comes off like astroturfing. Links and everything.