| Three
questions with Margaret Cho
March 25, 2008
by Julie Seabaugh
You’re very prolific
in the sense that you’ve always got a one-woman show/tour or another
in the works, and you must just constantly be writing. Are you very
disciplined in that you sit down at a specific time every day, or is
it more whenever the spirit moves you?
I try to be disciplined, but often that’s not the case because
of the way I’m traveling or doing a lot of other projects at the
same time. Being a blogger helps, because I end up writing a lot of
my material as a blog first. It kind of starts there, and then it develops
into something different. It’s fun for me, and it’s a way
to keep connected, and also a way to give back. I like to blog every
day, and I’m a fan of a lot of different ones … I love to
watch YouTube videos and to see what other people are doing. It’s
a great, creative outlet for people to make little films. I love to
make films myself when I have time to do that kind of stuff.
Among your titles are stand-up, actress, designer, director, screenwriter,
activist, dancer; any outlets you’ve always wanted to explore
but haven’t been able to yet?
Well, I guess I’d like to learn more about editing. To me that’s
kind of a lot like sewing, like fashion. You sort of finish things and
put them together and hem things up, and there’s kind of a way
to line it up that’s very similar. Some of these disciplines can
be very similar in a lot of ways.
How is the Beautiful tour going thus far?
It’s going really well. I opened it in Australia, and it was received
tremendously. Then I went to Hawaii, and it was great. It’s a
little different, because the audience is very Asian; it’s a very
Asian place. I feel like it’s really important for all Asian-Americans
to experience that, being in the majority at one time. They should all
go to Hawaii to feel that. I really love it, because it allows me to
be really specific about things and have a good time about things. It’s
a little bit different and a lot of fun.
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