Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval explained

Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval is a 2024 American stand-up comedy special by comedian and television host Ellen DeGeneres. It was recorded at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota in August 2024 and premiered on September 24, 2024 on Netflix. For Your Approval was her first stand-up special since 2018's , also produced by Netflix. DeGeneres has stated that the special will be the end of her public career as a comedian.

Synopsis

In a cold open, DeGeneres walks through the back rooms of the Orpheum Theatre interspersed with video and audio clips of her career in chronological order, with significant coverage of her 2020 bullying accusations. Much of the stand-up is dedicated to her professional life since the 2020 allegations and 2022 end of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, joking that she no longer receives botox treatment and that she had been "kicked out of show business." Golden (Jill Scott song) plays over the closing credits.

Reception

For Your Approval received mixed-to-negative from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 33%.

Judy Berman in Time and Adam White in The Independent both described the special as "unfunny." Most critical reviews criticized the special as being a venue for DeGeneres to respond to criticism. June Thomas for Slate wrote that the special was meant to "fan the flames of her own ego" and Fran Hoepfner in The Atlantic described it as "a request for grace that she doesn't quite earn."

Writing for The Boston Globe, Mark Feeney gave the special a positive review, calling it "enjoyable viewing."

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Notes and References

1. Judy . Berman . 2024-09-24 . Ellen DeGeneres' unfunny Netflix special leaves so much unsaid . en . Time . Entertainment . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240924072655/https://time.com/7023028/ellen-degeneres-for-your-approval-netflix-review/ . 2024-09-24 . live .
2. News: Mark . Feeney . Mark Feeney . 2024-09-26 . Ellen DeGeneres is back — twice, in fact . en . The Boston Globe . subscription . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926195038/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/26/arts/ellen-degeneres-is-back-twice-fact/ . 2024-09-26 . live .
3. Fran . Hoepfner . 2024-09-26 . What Ellen DeGeneres isn't hearing over all the applause . en . The Atlantic . Culture . subscription . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926172954/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/09/ellen-degeneres-netflix-special-for-your-approval-review/680036/ . 2024-09-26 . live .
4. News: Olivia . McCormack . 2024-09-24 . What we learned from Ellen DeGeneres's Netflix special . en . The Washington Post . Style . subscription . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241007043433/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2024/09/24/ellen-degeneres-netflix-special/ . 2024-10-07 . live .
5. Matt . Solomon . 2024-09-24 . Ellen DeGeneres is unapologetic, unrelatable and totally insufferable in her new Netflix special . en . Cracked . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240925015833/https://www.cracked.com/article_43701_ellen-degeneres-is-unapologetic-unrelatable-and-totally-insufferable-in-her-new-netflix-special.html . 2024-09-25 . live .
6. June . Thomas . 2024-09-30 . Ellen DeGeneres would like to explain herself . en . Slate . Television . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240930180734/https://slate.com/culture/2024/09/ellen-degeneres-netflix-for-your-approval-portia.html . 2024-09-30 . live .
7. News: Adam . White . 2024-09-24 . Ellen DeGeneres's final stand-up special is bizarre, unfunny and self-pitying . en . The Independent . Culture . 2024-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240924153524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/ellen-degeneres-netflix-b2618152.html . 2024-09-24 . live .
8. Krystie Lee . Yandoli . 2024-09-28 . 'The Ellen Show' staffers say Ellen DeGeneres' new Netflix special 'missed the mark' . en . Rolling Stone . Performance Review . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240928223646/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/ellen-degeneres-netflix-special-for-your-approval-employee-reaction-1235115257/ . 2024-09-28 . live .
9. Web site: Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval . en . Rotten Tomatoes . 2024-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241007045359/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ellen_degeneres_for_your_approval . 2024-10-07 . live .