Photograph by Mary Taylor. Many comedians claim to challenge the status quo, question norms, push the limits, and speak funny truth to power. But few do it as consistently, as powerfully, and as hilariously as Margaret Cho. Whether describing her first colonic, singing about her love of receiving oral sex, or taking the ALS ice water challenge in a different direction in enema form, to be precise , Cho makes it her business to offend, and often enrage, polite society.
Like, obsession level. Only gay Ahead of her stop Saturday at the Chicago Theater, RedEye talked to Cho about gay marriage, her favorite women in comedy and the real meaning of twerking in Korean culture. Probably the most recent was like, we were watching that Miley Cyrus thing I know my parents in a different way. I think everybody comes to know your family in a different way as you get older.
Comedian Margaret Cho sits down with MAKERS to talk about growing up the daughter of Korean immigrants, the impact of the AIDS crisis on her comedy, and how harnessing her identity as a queer woman of color comic allowed her to overcome even the most devastating personal failures. There was a way to acknowledge that there was a lot of racism against Asian-Americans, but there was also an understanding, like, well, I can do those jokes, too, and I could actually do them better, because I have a better take on it. My family came to the United States in from Korea.
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