Review: Oprah Goes Deep in Henrietta Lacks

Oprah Winfrey is so culturally omnipresent that it's easy to forget just how precise her gifts are. Her daily talk show is more remembered for splashy moments of genius spectacle-making—"You get a car!," the "Favorite Things" episodes, blockbuster interviews—than for her more surgical skills. Anyone can put on a reasonably big show, but it takes a particular gift to find moments of real connection within that spectacle.