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This post-coming-out performance fully acknowledges Ellen DeGeneres's status as America's most famous lesbian, but it is nevertheless imbued with a sense of fun. For instance, rather than describe the experience of closet-exiting on her self-titled situation comedy in the late 1990s, she performs an amusing "interpretive dance." She uses her trademark goofiness to ruminate on the necessity of directions on shampoo bottles, ant road rage, and the possible nightmarish consequences of buying cheese. While the performance is not orientation-specific, the comedienne spends a fair amount of time on sex-related issues, including jokes about blow-up dolls and people who videotape their relations. She does venture into the political with an appeal for same-sex marriage and a monologue on meeting God, who turns out to be a middle-aged black woman. None of this fazes her clearly supportive audience at New York's Beacon Theatre who get to ask her questions at the end à la Carol Burnett. The best moment of the 65-minute performance for HBO comes at the end, when DeGeneres accidentally exhibits some gender confusion with a young audience member, who then pays her moving tribute as a role model. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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By Patrick
Format:DVD
... Ellen is hilarious! She has this unique style. Her facial expressions are half of the joke. She looks like she's uncomfortable on stage but that's all an act. When she's on stage she owns it. The part at the end when she mistakes a woman for a man is the funniest part! ... When the audience got to ask her questions that's all they wanted to talk about. Get over it already! Other gay celebrities aren't treated that way. Just let the woman be funny. She's excellent at it!
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By A Customer
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Not only is she funny, but some of her comedy makes very valid points. Like she she says "Do we still need directions on the back of a shampoo bottle. Who's shampooing for the first time anybody? IAnd if you are you can't read anyway. And there's also a 1-800 number in case the directions are too vague for you. the only thing more pathetic that calling the 1-800 number is working at the 1-800 numer." That is not only very funny, but it also makes a valid point. this is a must buy for any Degeneres fan
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This was the first show Ellen did after she came out. There are a fair number of celebrities in the audience supporting her. I loved the jokes. She has a very light touch and keeps the laughs coming.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed.....
Bought this DVD on blind faith--I've seen enough of Ellen talk shows,etc. to realize that her dry, witty sense of humor is something that I wanted to see more of. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2004
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sorry folks... not her best work.
I've seen and heard so much of her older stuff before watching this. Somehow she failed to make me laugh out loud once. Read more
Published on Nov 27 2003 by "damned_dutch"
3.0 out of 5 stars
A comedy before it's anything lesbian
Don't be so hasty...
I've had many guests who were itching to watch this, only to be diappointed because they expected a big dose of homosexual humor. Read more
I've had many guests who were itching to watch this, only to be diappointed because they expected a big dose of homosexual humor. Read more
Published on Sep 13 2003 by "rainboknows"
4.0 out of 5 stars
A classic stand up routine.
"And I'm back to the loving place". If you have not seen this album, and are a fan of Ellen's sarcasm, with and ability to lead you down a path only to throw a u-turn at... Read more
Published on July 22 2003 by M.B.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Get This Unless You're Ready To Laugh
Well, I'll start by saying that I've loved Ellen's style since before she came out. I caught part of this on cable and even though I hadn't seen the whole thing, I knew I had to... Read more
Published on Mar 21 2003 by Paula Maestaz
4.0 out of 5 stars
Starts off slow
This is a very different Ellen Degeneres from her first HBO special. The interpretive dance sequence at the very beginning made me hope the show would get better. And it did. Read more
Published on Mar 1 2003 by K. Stuckey
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Point, and I do have one....
What a wonderful performance. I have watched this show many times with my daughter, and we constantly quote from it. Whenever I hear Gloria Estafan, I have to smile. Read more
Published on Feb 19 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Disappointing Return to Stand-up
As a fan of Ellen DeGeneres, I had high hopes for her return to the stage in her first stand-up comedy routine after a lengthy absence. Read more
Published on Feb 19 2003 by Tucker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Laughed my behind off!
Ellen is in fine form in this video, mixing her trademark easy going humor with just the right amount of comments that make you stop and think a little. Read more
Published on Nov 11 2002 by Nancy A. Renfree
5.0 out of 5 stars
WHAT A FUNNY GAL!
What can I say.... Ellen is hillarious. This DVD had me
rolling non-stop.
rolling non-stop.
Published on Oct 24 2002
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