Margaret Cho: Difference between revisions

[[Stand Up Comedy|Stand-up comedian]] Margaret Cho was born Moran Cho in 1968 to a Korean family in California. Her routines often talk about her bisexuality, sexuality in general, Asian-American stereotypes and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''[[All American Girl]]'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time tv. She currently plays Terri on the [[Lifetime]] series ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]''. She also lends her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''[[Rick and Steve|Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World]]''. Was once on ''[[Dancing With the Stars]]'', but was eliminated in the third round. She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

 

 

* [[All Asians Are Alike]]

* [[Asian Baby Mama]]

 

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* [[All Women Are Prudes]] - In ''[[All American Girl]]'', her character was written to turn down sex at pretty much every opportunity, even in cases where she herself would have consented. Cho found this annoying, as the show was based on her.

** Ms. Cho herself averts this trope to hell and back. "Slut pride!"

{{quote|"I want morning-after pills more than over-the-counter; I want morning-after pills with my check at dinner. I want morning-after pills on my pillow before I go to bed."}}

* [[Asian Rudeness]] -- Her mother, but brought up in an affectionate manner.

* [[Beautiful All Along]] -- in the semi-autobiographical ''Bam-Bam & Celeste''

* [[Berserk Button]]: The "Hong Kong Phooey" [[Useful Notes/Fonts|font]]: that stereotypically Asian typeface used to advertise anything remotely Asiatic. She once yelled at a passing driver for having that on a bumper sticker, forcing him into the wrong lane.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: She has her moments.

* [[Dream Team]] - On ''Cho Dependent'', Margaret collaborated with indie/alternative musicians like Fiona Apple, [[Tegan and Sara]], and [[Ani DiFranco]].

* [[Fag Hag]] - or more accurately a [[Fag Hag|Fruit Fly]] since she's not unattractive.

* [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers]] - Inspired by Cher and [[Bjork]], Cho once wore an outlandish peacock dress to the Grammy Awards. While she didn't win the Grammy she was up for, she considered it a point of pride to be named Worst Dressed by various [[Fashion Magazine|fashion magazines]].

{{quote|"If you win a Grammy, you beat out, what, four, five people? If you win Worst Dressed, you beat out ''15,000 people.'' I beat out Mary J. Blige! I beat out Lil' Kim!"}}

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]] - Her biggest bone of contention with the producers of ''[[All American Girl]]'' was how she was forced to lose weight for her role. ''[[Completely Missing the Point|To play herself.]]''

* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: She's gotten this from (many non-Asian) critics. Also, inverted by [[Moral Guardians|some conservative elements]] within the Asian/Korean American community who would [[Positive Discrimination|actually prefer]] a [[Yamato Nadeshiko|more "traditional" image of Asians]] in the media. This was the reason the "Asian Consultant" was hired and manages to be a topic of great ire for her today.

 

* [[Asian Airhead]]

* [[Asian Baby Mama]]