Margaret Cho Notorious C.H.O.

Margaret Cho (Actor), Lorene Machado (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: VHS Tape

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Actors: Margaret Cho
Directors: Lorene Machado
Writers: Margaret Cho
Producers: Margaret Cho, Lorene Machado, Andrea Cunningham, Karen Taussig, Ran Barker
Format: NTSC
Number of tapes: 1
MPAA Rating:
Studio: Fox Lorber/Vid Can.
VHS Release Date: Oct 1 2002
Run Time: 95 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (48 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005JLL0
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #10,675 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
- #17 in Video > Comedy > Stand-Up

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Margaret Cho is an NC-17 woman in a PG-13 world. Very, very little can be quoted from this concert film, as can be expected from a woman who, in the film's empowering conclusion, sounds the rallying cry to live "without restraint." Leave it to Cho to reference September 11 with a joke that is at once profane and respectful. Like Richard Pryor, the Korean-American outlaw comedian has found her niche with concert films that allow her the freedom to be her "actual self." She riffs unabashedly about relationships gone sour and relates her experiences as a sexual Captain Kirk, boldly going where she has never gone before. Notorious, yes, but not as accessible for the uninitiated as her last concert film, I'm the One That I Want, which recounted the rise and fall of her ill-fated sitcom. The faithful, though, won't pass up the chance for a private audience with the diva of the disenfranchised. --Donald Liebenson

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The world may not be quite ready for Cho... Jun 22 2004

By yygsgsdrassil

Format:DVD

Case in point...this supremely explicit and raw comedy. Her failed sitcom had orientalness (and poking fun at it) which may had unnerved some people, particularly those behind the sponsors...

...I, however, laughed my buns off during this one woman show filmed in Seattle. I laughed because Cho's brashness and complete bluntness is disarmingly hilarious and completely brilliant...one would not expect that rawness from a little Korean lady. Her sendups about her motherdear are roll down on the floor funny. And may be construed as derogatory to some Oriental-Americans: she redeems herself for making a plea for true acceptance and equality for all. Her escapades and misadventures--the fisting, the leather club(John Goodman, not Sharon Stone and unzipping the mouth mask)--garners some of the same type of laughs that Pyror is known for. Cho's routine is the kind that makes you laugh because you are embarrassed that you are laughing at something so bold and taboo. And you know what? Cho, notorious or not, is a great comic. Hey! Anyone who makes me laugh that hard has gotta be one. As one interviewee notes at the end of the show, Cho's Notorious ain't for the weak at heart. I say, So What? If a comedian doesn't provoke you every now and then, then mebbe he/she oughtta find a new job. Find this performance and enjoy!

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hilarious April 25 2004

By Kyoko Heshiimu

Format:DVD

i thought she was so funny. i have not laughed so hard in ages. she has a very blunt gritty humor, which i can really appreciate and relate to. lol. she does talk a lot about sex but that doesnt bother me like it seem some of the other sustomers. sex is a natural part of life. there is humor in it and the experiences we endure and cho really captivates the humor in all of it. highly recommended

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