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at Amazon  Eddie Izzard: Dress To Kill  HBO // 1998 // 110
Minutes // Rated R Reviewed by Judge Bill Gibron // April 23rd,
2003  • View Judge Gibron's Dossier • E-mail Judge Gibron
• Printer Friendly Review    All Rise...  The Charge  Cake…or
death?  Opening Statement  The gimmick is nothing new to stand-
up comedy. Most performers, hoping to find an audience, provide
a memorable image or an aural calling card to specifically mark
their humor. Be it the prop heavy poop of Gallagher and that red
headed hack, Carrot Top, or the blue streak swear workout of an
Eddie Griffin or Martin Lawrence, comedians need a hook, either
visually or verbally, to stand out in the ever-swelling sea of
merry makers. Sometimes, the conceit works perfectly; Robin
Williams is omnipresent, known for his lightning fast blasts of
jocular gas, while the equally worshipped Jerry Seinfeld works
the opposite, laconic lounge level for all its observational
power. And then there