Notorious C.H.O. (2002)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Lorene Machado

Writer:

Margaret Cho (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A film of Margaret Cho's one-woman stand-up show, in which she presents her take on modern sexual topics and minority issues. |

Plot Keywords:

Mother Daughter Relationship | Obesity | Gay Interest | Concert Film | Korean American

Cast

Margaret Cho

...

Herself

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Cho Taussig Productions

Quotes:

Margaret: You feel left out? It's like a group outing! Nobody's invited. Everybody just knows to come!

Movie Connections:

References "Maude" (1972)

Cho vents again, and it's a hoot.

This is an edited version of what I wrote about NOTORIOUS C.H.O. when it was in theatrical release:

Last night I had a choice between this comedy and the new AUSTIN POWERS, and since I didn't feel like fighting for my seat, I decided on the unrated concert film. Good call, since I laughed my ass off at a late screening of Margaret Cho's latest politically-incorrect raunch-fest.

Hear the Cho-ster riff on Scottish gay bars, personal ads, leather slings, masters and slaves, her patriotic efforts at Ground Zero (where she lost her gag reflex), and an array of kinks inappropriate to summarize here.

And I don't know what was going on with her bosom, but it was popping out all over - I couldn't look at anything else.

Ninety percent of the show was sex, sex, sex. She talked a lot about Hollywood, her childhood and Asian culture in her previous concert film I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT, so this time she concentrated on more salacious material (like, say, how her ideal same-gender lover would help her find her G-spot and would look like John Goodman).

When asked if this was similar to THE ORIGINAL KINGS OF COMEDY, I said that I'd compare it to Eddie Murphy's RAW. If you're not into its humor, it'd be so unbelievably vulgar and offensive. But if you have a affinity for jokes about oral sex, then step on up.

So, watch the video with Mom and Pop. When I saw this in the theatre, there was an animated short preceding it that urges Blacks and Asians to become friendly through their shared hatred of white people. Trust me, it's funny. (Is this on the DVD?)

8/10