ON "Oprah Talks to Ellen DeGeneres"

On "Oprah Talks to Ellen DeGeneres" from Oprah.com


This was a chat log with a 1-page introduction to contextualize it and a nice wrap-up in the end. Definitely a human interest story, it was sadly, not very interesting.

I am not a fan of the two subjects of the article, though I have watched my share of their shows. Based on what I have watched, their appeal is in their honesty and charity. Both have given away countless gifts on air, of course pioneered by Oprah giving away cars to each of her unsuspecting audience members. Ellen herself has a yearly 12 Days of Christmas give-away promo. Along with the laughs, the smiles, and their flamboyant characters, these two have also shed their own fair share of tears on air. I guess it is because of these that I expected more from the article. I had the illusion that somehow, there were still behind-the-scenes acts that would be opened up to us. Of course, we can see it in different ways. There may still be privy scenarios which are still privy from us, or that these two icons have been so open that, what we see on screen, is what we would get whatever vantage point we have.