MEMO TO KITTY LECLAW, caustic comic Margaret Cho's favorite Atlanta drag queen and karaoke hostess: The comic wants to see your blond bouffant and balloon breasts at Symphony Hall tonight.

Confesses Cho: "Actually, I hope there's an entire row of drag queens when I get to Atlanta!"

Prior to downloading her latest one-woman show, "Assassin" on stage in Atlanta, the 36-year-old Korean-American chatted about her latest work.

Unlike many of the comics she started out with 20 years ago, Cho, once the star of an ill-conceived ABC sitcom, "All-American Girl," has distinguished herself with themed theater pieces like "Assassin." Over the years, she's written and toured with autobiographical, pointedly political shows with titles like "Cho Revolution," "Notorious CHO" and "I'm the One That I Want." In between laughs, she's skewered societal thinking on body image, sexuality and interracial relations. Tickets and books and concert films based on the shows have been snapped up by fans.

"Assassin" is no exception.

Fueled in part by her anger over last fall's election results, Cho says, "Assassin" pretty much wrote itself.

"It was just all so insane," explains Cho. "The whole idea of states bragging about being blue or red was really weird to watch. It reduced everything to a professional sports event. It's not sports, people. It's life or death."

In "Assassin" the comic quips: "You know things are bad politically when you reminisce about how good Ronald Reagan was." But Cho says the current red and blue state climate is positive because it shows "where all the stupid people are."

The performer also works the fight over gay marriage into her latest work. And yes, Cho's mother, a long-running character in her act, makes an appearance in "Assassin," as well. Audiences initially have been taken aback, however, when Cho discusses her mother's 2004 heart attack.

It's actually easy to talk about now because she's doing so much better," says Cho. "I didn't really have to dig for the humor, either. It was right there while everything was happening. She just approaches everything with humor anyway, so it wasn't difficult to write about."

So will Kitty LeClaw see her old friend's new show?

"Of course I'm going!" assures LeClaw. " I wouldn't miss it. We're also saving a seat for Margaret at the Kitty LeClaw's Meow Mix 4th anniversary show at Burkhart's Pub immediately following her show. Now, will my picture be bigger than hers in this article?"