CHO Revolution (2004) (V)

Director:

Lorene Machado

Writer:

Margaret Cho (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Stand Up | Sex Comedy | Dieting | Gay | Asian

Cast

Margaret Cho	...	Herself
Bruce Daniels	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cho Taussig Productions

Quotes:

Margaret Cho: There was this girl, she was like 13, and she was looking at my poster and she said "Ew! Who wants to go see the chew-chow-ching-chong lady? I'm not gonna go see the chew-chow-ching-chong lady. Are you gonna go see the chew-chow-ching-chong lady?"
[as herself again, Margaret puts on a dangerous expression]
Margaret Cho: I'm gonna go see the chew-chow-ching-chong lady!
[as girl again, turns]
Margaret Cho: AAAAH!
Margaret Cho: [as self] And she runs into the bathroom, and I'm standing outside the door like...
[claps her hands and makes "bring it on" gestures]

Movie Connections:

Follows Notorious C.H.O. (2002)

disappointed

Revolution is revolting. It's revolting to see a comedienne with such talent and a natural ability to make people laugh release a film so utterly devoid of humour. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of these people who gets offended easily and turns it off, this movie is offensive because of how she wastes her talent by recycling the same bits from previous films for her beloved cult audience. She stretches every bit until it is completely numbing and therefore dangerously unfunny. She gets off to a good start with some mild political humour before falling back into silly vulgar humour that makes her look uninspired. I only wish that she could get back to the concise humour that made her earlier humour so insightful and dangerous, these new bits are her simply resting on her comfortable laurels.