One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody

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Company:Chicken for Supper Productions, Victoria

Genre:Play Comedy

Venue:1 John Hirsch Theatre

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When you think about it, Charles Ross and Batman aren't that different. Both don strange outfits to pursue endurance-testing solo crusades,both will inspire imitators good and bad,and both can be difficult to understand when they're talking.

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Batman's job may be easier he just has to beat up criminals with high-tech gadgets. Ross has to cram seven hoursworth of laborious plotting into one, do two dozen impressions (GaryOldmanis dead on; MichaelCainesounds like Obi WanKenobi;Batman, well, see above), and deal with unresponsive opening night audiences.

Bottom line: this parody is as much fun as watching Adam West do theBatusi. However, also like the modern grim and grittyBatman(and unlike last year's great One Man Star Wars Trilogy), I get the sense that Ross is doing it less because he wants to, and more because he feels he has to.