Memories of @MargaretCho
POSTED September 1, 2010 BY Rachel Fox

The lovely and talented Margaret Cho killed it at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Saturday. The receptive crowd was enraptured by her scatalogically-inspired storytelling, her filthy potty mouth and her mad singing skillz. As surprised as many of her fans are that she actually had the brass ovaries to put out a musical comedy album, (Cho Dependent was released last week) they were probably even more surprised that the girl can actually… sing. Really well. (If she can dance as well as she can sing Cho will destroy on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars!)

On numbers like “Your Dick” – a loving ode to the male member co-written by New Pornographer Carl Newman that effortlessly managed to rhyme “South Carolina” with “vagina” – Miss Cho managed to seamlessly weave her humour with a certain Broadway bravado that was entirely unexpected yet totally appreciated.

Opening act Ian Harvie was something of a revelation for a number of reasons … primarily that this transgendered man’s comedy was as utterly hilarious as it was completely endearing. His many stories and anecdotes were at times poignant and cutting. After the show both my guest and I agreed that the openness and candor he parlayed about his own experience in turn became our own, which is such a beautiful outcome. When Harvey comes back to Vancity I heartily recommend checking him out.