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I'm the One That I Want (2000)
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Margaret Cho (writer)
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November, 1999, Margaret Cho is home in San Francisco at the Warfield Theater. Cho structures her monologue...
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I... am a fag hag. Fag hags are the backbone of the gay community. Without us, you're nothing. We have been there... dragging your sorry ass through the Underground Railroad... We went to the prom with you...
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References Tae-Bo Workout (1999) (V)
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I saw this about 3 years ago. I really wanted to see it after hearing about it at her website. This was much different from her previous routines as this was a one woman show rather than stand up comedy. This first few minutes are pretty slow where she talks about sexuality.
When she gets into the meat of the show ("The All American Girl" incident), that is where she excels. We hear the story behind the failure of the show, Margaret "selling out" to the show's plot (An episode has her making fun of her parents at a club, something she does often in her routine. In the end, she publicly apologizes for making fun of her parents), losing weight rapidly because the network told her too, and a whole lot more. When she gets serious, we feel her pain. When it was cancelled, she goes into a downward spiral. I loved her retort when she replaced by Drew Carey ("Because he was so thin" lol).
I love the empowerment Margaret gives herself when she realizes that losing a show was not the living end. She knows better now because of those unattainable goals that Hollywood sets up for women and ethnic comedians. She shows her strength and defiance against the system. In the end, she comes out a winner.