Word: oprahization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Elise could radiate; Winfrey had to seethe. "On the surface," Demme notes, "Sethe is stoic, immovable, but inside she's an inferno of emotions. Oprah had to find the exact way to communicate both of these things, and it was great theater every day watching her do it. There were times when Oprah the person would be so overwhelmed with compassion and empathy for Sethe the character that her emotions would take her far away from where Sethe needed to be. As Toni Morrison told me, 'Remember, Jonathan, Oprah cries. Sethe doesn...
Through a tough course of suppression and revelation, Winfrey finally got it right. This isn't a gimmick performance; it is genuine acting, and it abrades nicely against the more ingratiating characters in the ensemble. Her work will be called brave, but really it's canny; Oprah becoming the anti-Oprah will win deserved praise. Off camera, though, she was totally Oprah. Demme tells of an electrician on the crew who was in a deep depression over a family crisis. Winfrey, who didn't know the circumstances but could tell something was wrong, went to the man and hugged...
Supermodels and Nobel prizewinners tend to travel in separate circles, but at a recent party held in honor of Oprah Winfrey in downtown Manhattan, both Toni Morrison and Cindy Crawford were in attendance. The gathering, held at a restaurant where it's difficult to get a reservation unless you call long in advance or are a recent recipient of an MTV Video Music Award, was a starry one. Mariah Carey. Barbara Walters. Maya Angelou. They were all there. Oprah worked the room, shining attention on each guest briefly but brightly, a passing Lexus with her high beams on. The occasion...
...When the Oprah Winfrey Show went into national syndication in 1986, it helped democratize the world of talk shows; it wasn't quite the fall of the Berlin Wall, but an important barrier was breached. Here, finally, was a woman--a black woman, a plus-size woman, a woman with an attitude--holding the mike and holding forth. Says Geraldo Rivera, host of CNBC's Rivera Live and Upfront Tonight: "Oprah was the first host of any daytime talk show who looked and sounded like her audience...
...spur her viewers into doing good works, like building houses for needy families, volunteering at local schools and saving spare change to fund college scholarships. She recently added a regular segment to her show titled "Remembering Your Spirit," which focuses on the rather lofty goal of soothing viewers' souls. "Oprah set the standard in daytime television," says fellow daytime host Rosie O'Donnell. "She consistently maintains a decency and morality on her show that gives talk shows a positive name...