Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn her second career iteration as a talk-show host, Ellen DeGeneres has been buoyed by generalities.
Her show’s success lies in the degree to which it could conceivably be for any viewer; other than an occasional tension thrumming under the show’s studious politeness when DeGeneres is at odds with a guest, the show is sanded down, smilingly vague.This has, lately, helped give rise to a new way of viewing DeGeneres: As someone who can’t or won’t effectively defend herself against fair criticism, defaulting to a sort of lofty moral outrage that conveniently lacks substance.
When, for instance, she was photographed hanging out with George W. Bush, the former president who campaigned against gay rights to win.
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