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Review

This delightful and engaging Tony Award—winning two-hour, one-woman show can easily be considered Tomlin's magnum opus. The show centers around Trudy the Bag Lady as she escorts a group of visiting aliens from outer space and attempts to enlighten them on human idiosyncracies. Using this premise, Lily jumps from one character to another amazingly giving life -- without benefit of makeup or costume -- to a host of wonderful characters. The best humor in the piece comes from Trudy, however, as she pontificates on her own unique brand of cosmology. Relying primarily on footage from the actual show, the film occasionally cuts to staged re-creations of the vignettes.