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She touches on the attack on New York and at the time of the taping was probably one of the first jokes made after 9/11. And she campaigns for all people who are minorities whether based on race, sexual orientation, body type, social status, etc. to stop believing in all the ad campaigns and prejudices and start loving themselves to hilarious effect.

Unfortunately, this doesn't come close to the bravery of I'm The One That I Want. No where in Notorious does she come close to the depth of soul-searching and honest reflection of herself as she did in I'm The One, which in itself is a hard act to follow.

Notorious C.H.O. is more frivolity and less substance, but that's just fine this time around. With all the chaos in the world that Cho mentions it's wonderful to just sit back and have someone this talented keep you stitches for 90 minutes.

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I was sooo disappointed seeing Notorious. Margaret Cho's other work is sooo funny. Most of this film, however, seems forced and unpolished. She is so busy trying to wrap her humor around politically incorrect material, that she doesn't bother to cut the parts that aren't funny - which unfortunately is most of it. The part where she is imitating gay men blocking out her jokes about straight people is funny. Mommy in Israel, at the very end, is probably the best part. Most of it, though, is just nasty comedy about her sexcapades with both genders, in gross detail. Not only do you feel sorry for her putting on this unpolished and not ready performance, but her confessions about all that she has done makes you feel sad for her life as well.

I don't mind politically incorrect humor. I definetely don't mind humorist taking pot shots at the political scene. But it must be funny first! This wasn't funny at all. I really hope that Margaret Cho outgrows these nasty bits of humor and gets back to work on some real material. She has talent, now she needs to start using it.

The world may not be quite ready for Cho...
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!