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...have never had a moment's feud with you!" purred Oprah Winfrey on last night's semi-squirmy love-in with David Letterman. No, of course not. Except that, for the last 16 years, the queen of daytime talk had refused to be a guest of the once-hippest guy on late-night talk because he had made her feel demeaned when she did appear back in the 80s, then took her name in vain, oh, about a thousand times in subsequent shows. Not to mention, though of course they both did last night, the "Oprah... Uma..." fiasco the year...
...Winfrey, in New York for the opening of her Broadway musical The Color Purple, seemed apprehensive through most of the Letterman stint. He'd ask a reverent question, she'd laser him a suspicious look, waiting for the zinger. Oprah needn't have worried. Like Nelson, the bully on The Simpsons who melted when Marge showed him a little affection, Dave has been known to puddle in the presence of the more august butts of his jokes. Recall that Hillary Clinton, the victim of several years of merciless nightly barbs about her and her husband, got the caress of sycophancy...
...Last night was no different. Face to face with the most admired woman in America, Dave was ceaselessly devotional, lobbing questions about Oprah's many good works, all but nominating her for the Nobel Peace Prize and any other she might fancy. At the end of her stint, he took her by the hand - I'm saying the Dark Lord of Cool held Oprah's hand, anyone's hand, for two solid minutes - and escorted her down the block to the Broadway Theatre, for The Color Purple's opening night, as gawkers behind police barriers cheered the lovely couple. Thus...
...Color Purple's $10 million advance, which should be enough to let this adaptation of the Alice Walker novel ride out the mostly mixed reviews it received today. Critics wanted to be respectful yet say that this mixture of melodrama and pop music was just an elevated soap Oprah...
...BEYOND OPRAH...