Ellen Degeneres - The Beginning (Keepcase)
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Actor: Ellen DeGeneresDirector: Joel Gallen
Brand: HBO HOME VIDEO
Producer: Ellen DeGeneres
Writer: Ellen DeGeneres
Producer: Joel Gallen
Editor: Bill DeRonde
Producer: Frank Garritano
Producer: Kathy Blake
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 66 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: HBO Home Video
DVD Reviews of Ellen Degeneres - The Beginning (Keepcase)
DVD Review: Thank God for Ellen Degeneres!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the funniest women on the planet talks about everything from the world of insects to mundane shampoo bottle directions to being caught by the highway patrol wearing nothing but a leather harness, captain's hat & paddle on the road. She opens her stand-up comedy special doing an interpretive dance expressing her experience coming out, and it's a classic Ellen bit that only she could think up. Her visit to God's house (as it turns out, God is a fortysomething black woman) is a brilliant satire of mankind's relationship with religion, cleverly funny, much like her earlier "phone conversation with God" routine. Ellen has that unique gift for approaching her material at a sideways slant, particularly when she discusses the controversy over same-sex marriages (the "goat" analogy was hilarious).
But the evening concludes with a Q&A segment. The most touching moment is when an androgynous-looking young Lesbian woman (which temporarily causes some embarrassment for Ellen) tearfully thanks Ellen for being such a great role model.
A terrific evening showcasing a brilliant comedic talent that so deserves her success. See it, and you'll laugh from start to finish!
Description of Ellen Degeneres - The Beginning (Keepcase)
Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 10/14/2005 Run time: 65 minutes Rating: NrThis 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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