Second Cup Café: Christine Ebersole

(CBS)  Actress and singer Christine Ebersole is one of Broadway's hottest stars, having earned critical acclaim and numerous awards for her performances.

Ebersole visits Second Cup Café to sing songs from her current show show, "Grey Gardens."

The Chicago native started out on Broadway, appearing in several plays and landing starring roles in revivals of "Camelot" and "Oklahoma!"

During the 1980s, Ebersol was a series regular on the daytime dramas "Ryan's Hope" and "One Life to Live." She also spent one season as part of the cast of "Saturday Night Live." She has continued to work in television through the years with guest appearances on "Ally McBeal," "Will & Grace" and many others.

Ebersole appeared on the big screen in "Tootsie," "Amadeus," "My Favorite Martian," "Richie Rich," and "My Girl 2."

But it's the theater where she has found her greatest success.

She has starred on Broadway in "Steel Magnolias," "Gore Vidal's The Best Man," and "Getting Away With Murder."

She earned a Tony nomination for her performance in "Dinner at Eight," and won for her work in "42nd Street." Last year she received a Drama Desk award, an Outer Critics Circle award, and a Drama League award for "Grey Gardens."

[evans542]

Saw The View today and they got bleeped saying
" balls" for the word scrotum and one other word I couldnt make out- now isnt that just silly?

[iwm73]

"As I said before, the word wasn't acceptable for TV in years past."

Yes, but using terms like "Negro" and "fruit" were. Heck, Lucy Ricardo couldn't be referred to as "pregnant"!

[momx6boys]

As I said before, the word wasn't acceptable for TV in years past. The fact that it was allowed on the air on Saturday morning is evidence of pushing the envelope of what WILL be accepted. If no one expresses concern, then the networks figure it's no big deal and then they're on to the next "test of what's acceptable."

And yes, evans542, your example of a mispronounced word was, in your own words, extreme and doesn't compare.

[evans542]

Thank you wdk921- your comments were insightful and were a welcome voice of reason

[evans542]

Any lyrics might be " potentially offensive"
Other than the n word and other four letter ones, we get on a slippery slope to censorship if the networks have to think off every possible ways some language might offend someone. I am offended when Bush calls the Democratic party the
" Democrat party" , should I have a right to have that language censored or a disclaimer come up when he speaks on the topic. Thats an extreme but if a network spends all the time second guessing who MIGHT be offended , nothing thats not totally bland would ever get on the airwaves

[evans542]

Any lyrics might be " potentially offensive"
Other than the n word and other four letter ones,

[iwm73]

Ignoring valid and correct points doesn't strengthen your argument, either. Changing someone else's song lyric and performance to suit your morals is censorship, even if you're unwilling to acknowledge it. The word isn't used as an attack on Christians the same way other words that have come up in this debate are, no matter how it makes you feel individually. That's one of the distinctions you fail to understand.

[momx6boys]

IWM73 - My last comment was incomplete and I did not mean to imply that you are not a Christian.

[momx6boys]

"and don't assume I'm not a Christian (I taught Sunday school in the United Church of Canada for several years)."

Teaching Sunday School doesn't make you a Christian.

[momx6boys]

"These two statements are incompatible and show your lack of understanding of censorship."

That is a matter of opinion, to which you are certainly entitled. As I explained earlier, you could see her performance, in its entirety, in many other venues.