There Is Nothing Like This Dame

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By David A. Kaplan

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She's back! She's shocking and benign, caring and outrageous, she's high and low comic. But most of all, she's a he.

Dame Edna, the British-Australian superstar of theater and television, returns in May to America for her second special on NBC in less than a year. Joining the lampoon will be the likes of Kim Basinger, Chevy Chase and Ringo Starr. Next time, Dame Edna hopes to have "presidents and their wives" join the fun. At this pace, the impresario may become the tube's best-known import.

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