Eddie Izzard proves there's method in his comic madness

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Eddie Izzard proves there's method in his comic madness
The Vancouver Sun
By Graeme McRanor
22 May, 2010


http://www.vancouversun.com/Eddie+Izzard+proves+there+method+comic+madness/3060427/story.html


Eddie Izzard is many things: actor, marathon runner, charity fund-raiser and, yes, self-proclaimed ->-bleeped-<-.

He's also a first-rate comedian. Now more than halfway through the Canadian leg of his Stripped Tour -- he's not in drag for this one -- Izzard brought his sharp brand of comedy to Vancouver Friday night for the first of two shows at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

The British comic isn't everybody's cup of tea. Often absurd and tangential, Izzard's stream-of-consciousness approach doesn't follow a traditional comic trajectory. It's observational, to be sure, but it's far removed from the material of an everyman's comic such as Jerry Seinfeld or the oft-hilarious and occasionally offensive Chris Rock.