Debra Goldman's Postscript: A Sitcom of One's Own

Am I the only one who feels that I’ve already seen the coming-out episode of Ellen–even in reruns?





Though it isn’t due to air for another week, by now everybody who reads the tabloids knows the script by heart. Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang and Demi Moore sprinkle stardust on the proceedings. And Oprah, America’s mother confessor, plays a therapist who blesses the event with the healing words, ‘It’s OK to be gay.’ The show’s wistful conclusion finds Ellen testing the waters at a lesbian coffeehouse.





Stop, you’re killing me! Ellen’s coming out may well be as ‘poignant’ and ‘sensitive’ as advertised, but it doesn’t sound very funny.