Ellen DeGeneres Escapes Being Such a "Convenient Screen" for Hate-Mongers

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Multiple Choice

Ellen DeGeneres escapes being such a "convenient screen" for hate-mongers or bearing the responsibility of being a spokesperson for all of gay America, while she still maintains a televisibility of queer identity. She does this through which methods?

• A) She performs queerness through stand-up comedy and through the ritual action of her interview sequence.
• B) She performs gender expression through what implicitly "exceeds" her stand-up jokes and sit-down talk.
• C) She performs queerness through what implicitly "exceeds" her stand-up jokes and sit-down talk and, physically, through the ritual action of her daily dance sequence.
• D) She sometimes expresses queerness through the ritual action of her daily dance sequence but often comes across as gender-neutral.

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