According to DeGeneres, her straight audience left her and she received wounding criticism from gay viewers for not being political enough. And yet, while DeGeneres has a spikier, more confessional style in her new special, this is more of a recalibration than a reinvention. She also disagreed with Gadsby’s biting critique of the art form, saying, “I think comedy is the best medicine.”Before DeGeneres stumbled into stand-up, really honing her craft at a comedy club in New Orleans, near where she’s from (Metairie, La. In fact, DeGeneres said, in elementary school she didn’t think she would live to see adulthood. She remains sensitive, she added, confessing that she stayed up the night before worrying that she had sounded like she was accusing Jimmy Fallon of stealing her show.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2018 09:00 UTC