margaret cho
Soon she was sharing a comedy special with just one other comic (”Pair of Jokers: Margaret Cho & Bobby Collins,” Showtime, 1993) and, by 1994, headlining and scripting her own (”HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret Cho”). [...] The comedy club where she began developing her act was conveniently located above the bookstore owned by her immigrant parents. [...] Cho skillfully mined the many contradictions and absurdities of her dual heritage as a twenty-something Korean-American to generate laughs while exposing and exploding ethnic and sexual stereotypes from within and without. [1]
Pre-Order Cho Dependent from Margaret’s site for an instant download of the album! [2]
Moran “Margaret” Cho (born December 5, 1968) is a Korean American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. [3]
Her 2001 “Notorious C.H.O.” tour culminated in a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall, and in 2004, the CD of her “Revolution” tour was nominated for a Grammy. [4]
Cho was born into a Korean family in San Francisco, California. [3]
“All-American Girl” provided the comic-actor with a strong supporting cast including theater star B D Wong and veteran character actor Clyde Kusatsu. [1]
We had discussed earlier a song of his that I am obsessed with, “The Whole Shebang,” which is from the soundtrack to “Velvet Goldmine,” which is probably my favorite rock and roll film, and how I wanted our song to have the same type of rhythm and cadence. [...] I am going to write this song and magically I will start caring about the song and stop caring about you. [2]
Bam Bam and Celeste, a low-budget comedy about a “fag hag ” and her gay best friend, co-starred Cho’s friend and co-touring act Bruce Daniels. [...] While at the school, she became involved with the school’s improvisational comedy group alongside actor Sam Rockwell. [3]
Television newcomer and stage actress Brooke Elliott stars as lawyer Jane Bingum, and Margaret plays her gal Friday, Terri. [...] The lyrics on CHO DEPENDENT, which tackle issues of sex, drugs, rock & roll (and lice), may be laugh-inducing, but Cho has made no compromises when it comes to the quality of the songwriting and production. [4]
We recorded it at Ryan Freeland’s studio ‘ the amazing engineer responsible for Aimee Mann’s terrific sound as well as Crowded House, Brett Dennen, and of course Grant Lee Phillips ‘ with the incomparable Alexander Burke and many of Aimee Mann’s band ‘ Paul Bryan and Jeben Bruni included! [2]
Sources:
[1] Margaret Cho Biography - Yahoo! Movies
[2] BLOG ” Margaret Cho
[3] Margaret Cho - Wikipedia
[4] Margaret Cho on MySpace Comedy - Comic Clips, Funny Videos …