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What does it take to host a late-night talk show? The title of Handler??s Times profile (“I’m Chelsea Handler. And You’re Not.”) is a play on Chevy Chase’s famous “Weekend Update” introduction, but the comparison with “Saturday Night Live” is misleading. A talk show’s standard news-rehashing monologue and various sketches certainly call for traditional comedic chops, but the celebrity interview, a talk show staple?...
...very good job of concealing her contempt for the people who actually appear on her show. It’s not that her C-list guests don’t deserve it, nor that it isn’t funny. But it represents the limitations of Handler??s draw—someone like Jennifer Aniston wouldn’t deign to waste an evening in an uncomfortable couch in front of an audience of gawking tourists just so that she could be insulted on national television...
Much of the online criticism lampooned Handler??s Ivy League origins and allegedly flowery language...
...only this article was also post-pretentious,” wrote one reader, referring to the title of Handler??s essay, “The Posteverything Generation...
Online reaction to Handler??s victory was largely negative, said Jim Schachter, the deputy editor of the magazine...