Rolling Stone A Conversation With Frank Oz: ‘In & Of Itself,’ His Greatest Film Moments, Baby Yoda, and More
From his acclaimed collaboration with Derek DelGaudio to ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,’ and his thoughts on the Disney-era Muppets, the director and puppeteer reflects on his singular career
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In & Of Itself, the one-man off-Broadway show that’s now an acclaimed movie on Hulu, and that’s kind of the point. Its star, Derek DelGaudio, is a magician of unusual skill, but the show, built around true stories from his life, employs illusion only in the service of a complex, often unsettling, nearly hypnotic exploration of human identity that tends to leave audiences in tears, even the ones watching at home. For Frank Oz, 76, who directed both the stage and screen versions of the show, it’s yet another triumph in an improbably broad-ranging career. His long run as an in-demand director of no