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TO MARGARET CHO |
Margaret
Cho has led a colorful life and experienced the great and awful things
that come with it: racism, the horrors of Hollywood, a loving yet overbearing
family, self inflicted health issues, and a thriving career in comedy.
But that’s the beauty about life, how you can really make it what
you want it to be, and for years now Ms. Cho has clearly been at the helm
of her own ship with a number of tours and other projects, including her
State of Emergency tour she test drove at Denver’s Comedy Works
last year. I’ve been a big fan from way back, even before the sit-com crazies tried to fit her into a role that was destined for failure because of her resilience again conformity, seeing her comedy specials but never seeing her in person other than a random sighting at a Bay Area nightclub. So it was a thrill to see her perform her unique and analytical wit that brings about a whole new definition of Diva. Margaret definitely commands and deserves attention, bringing to light so much of what we see, hear, and feel, and actually enabling us to laugh about it all while embracing how serious things have become. This time around she takes on Buell Theater with her next evolution of material, Assassin, posing and poking fun at the historical Patty Hearst shot, replacing a rifle with an equally powerful weapon: a microphone. One can only expect this one-woman formula to again annihilate the audience with rolling in the aisle lines and stories, resulting in an overwhelming standing ovation by night’s end. Margaret is taking on Hollywood again with her new film “Bam Bam and Celeste” that wrapped earlier this month and will be the first fiction screenplay she’s written. The movie stars Margaret and Bruce Daniels (Margaret's friend and opening act for whom she wrote the part of Bam Bam) who escape their Midwest hometown on an road trip to New York City with a mission to take revenge on their high-school nemeses - now the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage. As opposed to the disappointing and confusing alliance between the ACLU and Courtney Love, their recognition of Margaret Cho with the First Amendment Award is more than deserved, as was the 2003 Intrepid Award from the National Organization for Women (NOW). Her fans also recognize her accomplishments for supporting equal rights and organizations such as GLAAD, Lambda Legal, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). www.margaretcho.com
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