‘Notorious
C.h.o.’ a raunch fest with a point By Jerry McCormick
If you look up the word “notorious” in Webster’s dictionary, you’ll see it means “well-known” and “publicly discussed.” If you sit through comedian Margaret Cho’s latest side-splitting flick – “Notorious C.H.O.” – you’ll see there’s nothing, and I do mean nothing, she won’t discuss publicly. Cho snatches audiences way out of their comfort zones in P.C. land and into the raunchy underworld of colonics, sex clubs and menstrual cycles. However, she doesn’t stray too far from subjects that her target audience – Asian-Americans and gays – won’t appreciate. “Gay marriage is the most important issue I think we are facing now. We need to recognize that a government that would deny a gay man the right to bridal registry is a fascist state,” she says. But amid the laughter, Cho shares a healthy dose of pain, as she recounts growing up Asian and not seeing people who looked like her on-screen. Audiences who appreciate extremely raunchy humor will find the giggles flowing, but remember to bring the tissue, because you’ll laugh until you cry. |