Reviews
"Assassin," the movie
"Assassin" aka "State of Emergency"
"Revolution"
"Notorious C.H.O"
"I'm The One That I Want," the
movie
"I'm The One That I Want," live
 San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 2, 2005 |
"...biting and incisive humor" |
 Los Angeles Times, Sept. 2, 2005 |
"...angrier and funnier than ever. She may be a blowtorch to the extreme Christian right, but for many she's a breath of fresh air. That she's standing in front of a mike, speaking her mind to packed houses, is in itself a ray of hope in dark times." |
 New York Times, Sept 2, 2005 |
"Her comic timing, honed after decades of public performance, is impeccable." |
 Newsday, Sept. 2, 2005 |
"In her third concert film...one does detect a new level of calm about her that suggests Cho is growing more secure in her bones or is simply getting older. Or both." |
 CultureVulure.net, Sept. 2, 2005 |
"...pointy-sharp political satire" |
 Los Angeles City Beat, Sept. 2, 2005 |
"She’s also scabrously funny, with a precisely honed comic sensibility that’s the right wing’s nightmare." |
 Zap 2 It, Sept. 2, 2005 |
"It's this political and controversial agenda, however, that sets her apart from other comics. It's not just the righteous anger, but the prickly evidence of caring for the downtrodden that captivates the audience and wins undying loyalty." |
"Assassin" aka "State of Emergency"
 The Age, July 26, 2005 |
"...the comic love child of Benny Hill and Gloria Steinem." |
 Star Telegram, April 3, 2005 |
"A-" |
 Dallas Morning News, April 2, 2005 |
"Audience Roars" |
 Chicago Tribune, Mar.13, 2005 |
"Margaret Cho packs passion into each punch. Warmth, charm make her funnier " |
 The Mail, Dec 5, 2004 |
"...maybe we'll find a Cho of our own to shake us from the politics of disillusionment." Four Stars |
 Visible Monsters, Dec 5, 2004 |
"...she's not afraid to go places." |
 The Observer, Dec 5, 2004 |
"Bush's Nightmare" |
 London Evening Standard, Dec 2, 2004 |
"...an impressive radical voice..." |
 RainbowNetwork.com, Dec 2, 2004 |
"...her skill as a performer is breathtaking and inspiring..." |
 Arkansas Times, Nov 5, 2004 |
"...perfect timing...profane...fearless..." |
 Arizona Daily Star, Oct 8, 2004 |
"...doubled-over fits of laughter..." |
 Lansing State Journal, Oct 1, 2004 |
"The message of this, her "State of Emergency" tour, was loud, political, honest and refreshing." |
 Wisconsin State Journal, Sept 29, 2004 |
"Cho used her often risque humor masterfully to build a case against the Bush administration and its assault on gay rights and women's rights." |
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New York Times, Aug 30, 2004 |
"physically gifted...convulsed the audience...murderously funny. " |
 Express-News, Sept 11, 2004 |
"bashed without turning into a full out partisan brawl...definitely enough comedy fodder for a TV special, political year or not." |
 Village Voice, August 29, 2004 |
"Turning her attention to the plight of poor Whoopi... she said she can't understand why Slim-Fast is suddenly "so high and mighty." Does a diet drink really require "a patriot for a spokesperson"? It's common sense like this that has not only sharpened her act but made her a perfectly timed comic corrective to the GOP's four-day orgy of spin." |
 14850 Today, December 3, 2003 |
"Margaret Cho is an insanely funny comedian. " |
 The Tennessean , September 2003 |
"... she makes Al Franken and Michael Moore
look like Rush Limbaugh" |
 Daily Nebraskan, September 2003 |
"...risqué, laugh-till-it-hurts routine..." "...smart, cutting and politically aware voice..." |
Dallas Morning News, March 31, 2003 |
"...her greatest gift as a performer: her talent for channeling, whether she's re-creating the past or doing one of her deft impressions of a family member or Anna Nicole Smith. " |
 Insider Magazine, March 1, 2003 |
"Four and a half stars" |
 St. Petersburg Times, May 9, 2003 |
"Cutting and smart" |
 Sacramento Bee, May 13, 2003 |
"I'm highly inappropriate." |
 Free Lance-Star, June 5, 2003 |
"Cho knows her audience, she knows how to stand up for what she believes in, she knows how to make people laugh and, most importantly, she knows how to laugh at herself." |
 Star Bulletin, April 14, 2003 |
"Cho was better than ever." |
Star-Telegram, March 31, 2003 |
"no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners reality comedy." |
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 Chicago Tribune, August 2002 |
"Honest and raunchy enough to make even Richard Pryor blush." |
 Chicago Sun-Times, August 2002 |
"actually better than the live show that inspired the film" |
 Washington Post, August 2002 |
"Smashing Taboos With Glee" |
Washington Post, August 2002 |
"...the patron saint of anyone who has ever felt like an outsider." |
 The World Journal, August 2002 |
"a fearless showcase that's smart, exuberant and firmly provocative. " |
 Detroit Free Press, August 2002 |
"... I can say without reservation that Cho's "Notorious C.H.O." is the best comedy concert movie I've seen since Cho's previous concert comedy film, "I'm the One That I Want," in 2000." |
Sacramento Bee, August 2002 |
"the Richard Pryor of her generation" |
 Las Vegas Weekly, August 2002 |
"Actually funnier than the first" |
 Boston Globe, August 2002 |
"3½ stars (out of 4)" |
 The Boston Phoenix, August 2002 |
"seriously funny ... she manages to unify her diverse audience in an assault on the taboo" |
 Bay Windows, August 2002 |
"more funny lines than there were in all three 'Austin Powers' movies" |
 The Oregonian, August 2002 |
"Undeniably funny" |
 Boston Herald, August 2002 |
"3½ stars (out of 4))...Screamingly Hilarious" |
 San Diego Union Tribune, August 2002 |
"Our Pick...You'll Laugh until you cry." |
 The New Republic, July 2002 |
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New York Times, July 2002 |
"Brilliant...Carries candid sexual humor into previously uncharted territory." |
 Entertainment Weekly, July 26, 2002 |
"A-" |
 Desert Sun, July 2002 |
"Four Stars – Hot Pick" |
 Toronto Eye, July 2002 |
"Surely every one of Cho’s blow jobs is a blow for freedom." |
 Toronto Star, July 2002 |
"straight-up, dead-on and unembellished." |
 The Bergen Record, July 2002 |
"The Notorious C.H.O." is the most hilarious movie - the most hilarious thing - on planet Earth" |
 The Journal News, July 2002 |
"Margaret Cho is a warrior on the front line of her own personal sexual revolution." |
 Planet Out, July 2002 |
"Ms. Cho takes us to places we didn’t know we wanted to go" |
| "She succeeds so resoundingly because her humor is so liberating and so inclusive, inviting us to see the absurd humor in our hang-ups and about who we are." | |
 Los Angeles Daily News June 2002 |
"... once again shows the comedian at her successfully crafted, socially conscious and shocking best. " |
 LA Weekly, June 2002 |
PICK OF THE WEEK – "When she unabashedly puts herself in the same category as Richard Pryor ... it’s not just presumptuous posturing on her part. She’s earned her place there." |
 Daily Candy, LA, June 2002 |
"At the end of the film, during an exit interview, an audience
member hollers, 'Margaret Cho, you make me want to be a better person!'
And so she does." |
 Zap2it, June 2002 |
"She’s a mix of the rawness of Richard Pryor, she’s as shocking as Lenny Bruce, she’s as expressive as Lily Tomlin and as sweet as Carol Burnett ... she’s a one-of-a-kind performer." |
 Blunt Reviews, June 2002 |
"Too friggin’ funny!" |
| "gut-bustingly funny" | |
 Ross Anthony's Hollywood Report Card, June 2002 |
"...leaves us to recuperate from laughing so much." |
 3BlackChicks.com, "Bammer," May 2002 |
"Not since Richard Pryor’s searingly funny, introspective concerts, has a comedian made me laugh through the tears the way Margaret Cho has." |
 Instinct Magazine, 2002 |
"Margaret Cho kicks ass..." |
Vanessa Van Dyke, January, 2002 |
"... from start to end of the show, everyone was howling with laughter. " |
John Garcia's THE COLUMN, January 10, 2002 |
"She needs to take 'Notorious' to broadway...most likely earn Cho the Tony award. A+" |
Channel 2000, October 15, 2001 |
"Notorious C.H.O' Shocks, Leaves Audience Laughing - Comedy Show Lives Up To Anticipation" |
Edinburgh News, August 22, 2001 |
"hilarious and shocking, smart and unsparing, gaspingly entertaining." |
The Scotsman, August 13, 2001 |
"Four Stars" |
Movie Reviews:
"I'm The One That I Want"
 Amazing Colossal Website, 2001 |
"gives the feeling of a full "night out" experience.." |
Classics on DVD, 2001 |
"I have never before seen a standup concert that was as eye-opening, funny, dramatic, and exhilarating as this one." |
Toronto Sun, March 2001 |
"oddly angelic and profane at the same time" |
Knox News Sentinel, February 2000 |
"Hollywood has no equal when it comes to chewing dreamers up and spitting them out. But it may finally have met its match in Margaret Cho." |
Leonard Maltin, 2000 |
"Three and a half stars" |
Mr. Showbiz, December 2000 |
"Somebody get this girl her own HBO sex-com fast." |
Columbia Tribune, December 2000 |
"... real independent cinema" |
Eugene Weekly, December 2000 |
"Highly Recommended." |
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Sacramento Bee, December 2000 |
"Stingingly funny." |
www.filethirteen.com, November 2000 |
"Grade: A+" |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, November 2000 |
"Three and a half Stars." |
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Washington Post, November 2000 |
"It's humor with a message (love yourself as you are) that doesn't forget to be funny." |
CineMAYHEM.com, Oct. 2000 |
"Cho delivers more laughs in her 96-minute stand-up set
than a summer of blockbuster comedies... I literally laughed until
I cried."
"I don't know if a stand-up movie has ever snagged an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay, but Margaret Cho's I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT certainly makes a powerful case." |
Willamette Week, Oct. 27, 2000 |
"Pants-wettingly hilarious."
"I laughed so hard and was so moved, my head hurt. I'm the One That I Want is no average comedy concert film — it's a visceral emotional experience." |
Oregonian, Oct. 27, 2000 |
"So hilariously absurd that tears will run down your cheeks." |
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3BlackChicks.com, "Bammer," Oct. 2000 |
"preach, sista!" |
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3BlackChicks.com, "The Diva," Oct. 2000 |
"Comedically brilliant along the same vein as Pryor and Murphy." |
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Dallas Morning News, September 22, 2000 |
"a wonderfully wicked laugh- fest for folks who aren't afraid of sex and language." |
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 8, 2000 |
"Hilarious." |
Philadelphia City Paper, September 7-14, 2000 |
"The stuff of greatness." |
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Boston Herald, September 1, 2000 |
"Pick of the Week - one of the summer's biggest surprises." |
Metro News, August 25, 2000 |
"A breakthrough." |
San Jose Mercury News, August 25, 2000 |
"Blisteringly funny ... will have you convulsing in laughter." |
msn's Slate, August 18, 2000 |
"This is an amazing movie." |
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Boston Globe, August 18, 2000 |
"To not transport yourself to the nearest movie screen showing it is to deprive your- self of 96 minutes of laughter that will come so loudly and so frequently as to verge on the therapeutic. FOUR STARS" |
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Boston Herald, August 18, 2000 |
"Is Margaret Cho the funniest woman in America?" |
Boston Phoenix, August 17, 2000 |
"It's thoughtful, funny, positive, and human. Most of all, it's inspiring." |
Miami Herald, August 18, 2000 |
"Cho's lusty performance here may portend a future place alongside the likes of Lenny Bruce and Eddie Murphy." |
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Bergen Record, August 4, 2000 |
"How many stand-up comedy routines produce a tear in the eye and a lump in the throat along with the belly laughs? This one does." |
August 14, 2000, New York Observer |
"She's not only one hot comedian, she's one smart cookie, too." |
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August 11, 2000, Chicago Sun Times |
"... captures the raw energy of her act and presents the comic actress as a likable, whip-smart talent with a strong will to survive." |
Aug 11, 2000, Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
"A straightforward and raunchily funny look at stardom and self-image in the West Coast's cultural melting pot." |
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August 4, 2000, New York Times |
"I laughed until the tears were running down my face." |
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August 4, 2000, Los Angeles Times |
"Shatters racial and sexual stereotypes with merciless wit. " |
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August 3, 2000, LA Weekly |
"Pee-your-pants funny ... should be required viewing for all TV executives and teenage girls." |
August 2000, Genre Magzine |
"With balls, wit, grace and, above all, rage, Cho rants like Lenny Bruce, analyzes like George Carlin and dishes the dirt like Eddie Murphy" |
August 2000, Detour Magzine |
"... exhilarates while it has you guffawing nonstop." |
August 4, 2000, NY Blade News |
"Utterly outrageous and true, I'M THE ONE I WANT ranks right alongside the very best filmed stand-up performances: Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, early Tim Allen, Chris Rock." |
July 19, 2000, San Francisco Bay Guardian |
"Margaret Cho Rocks!"
"An emotionally honest, well-structured tale of cultural tragedy and cheer-inducing triumph." |
July 17, 2000, Austin Chronicle |
"The real joy of watching this movie is seeing a stand-up comedian who is incredibly comfortable with herself, her material, and her audience" |
July 7, 2000, Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
"The funniest thing I've seen this summer." |
July 7, Daily Californian |
"We'll be laughing with it for years to come. Just like how we still do Eddie's and Richard's." |
July 7, 2000, Seattle Times |
"Everything clicks here"
"Exhilarating." |
July 6, 2000, Kansas City Star |
"... a brilliant comedian. Comparisons to Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor are per- fectly appropriate, and it's almost certain that most people who see her new concert film ... will laugh hysterically and often. It is simply one of the most out- rageously funny movies in recent memory." |
July 5, Northwest Asian Weekly |
"I had to see it twice, be- cause the first time I laughed so hard I missed some punch lines." |
July 5, 2000, Variety |
"The most gleefully tasteless stage- to-screen exercise since Eddie Murphy's 'Raw.'" |
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June 30, 2000, San Francisco Chronicle |
"A wickedly, punishingly funny movie." |
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