One-man force
Critics’ Pick – One Man Star Wars Trilogy, (NNNN) out of five.
Using only his expressive body as a prop and his vocal chords and imagination as special effects, Charles Ross entertainingly recreates the first three Star Wars movies (20 minutes per film) with laughs and insights. He’s a master caricaturist, filling in character, plot, mood and even sexual subtext – an ongoing gag concerns Luke and Han Solo’s rising or falling erections depending upon their relation to Leia – with a few strokes. He suggests a lot with a wink, a growl or by humming John Williams’s score. His Leia could be spunkier, but his Jabba the Hutt is priceless, as is his big zinger at the end, which comes in the trilogy’s emotional high point. A must-see for Star Wars fans, perhaps a head-scratcher for everyone else.
GS
Now Magazine
July 11-17, 2002
