I'm going to see Margaret Cho at the La Mirada Theatre this Saturday. Jealous, Bitches?

PS: It wasn't my idea to see Cho, a friend had a spare ticket -- for free. Now are you jealous, bitches?

OP = Master of the Ass

I saw her a few years ago - she was very funny

OP / R1 you seem to want approval?

Was Margaret lying when she was on that wife swap series and said she NEVER bathes. How is this possible?

How does one manage being filthy all the time? She must reek.

YES! come back and tell us everything!

I find her funny, so yes, I'm envious.

r5, I can believe she ,can be a dirt dog, kind of like a stoner

She's set to star in Squid Game Season 2 next year.

I'd be jealous if it were the 90's.

WAY back in the day, I would say yes. She was so delightfully dirty and really "went there". But unless she's shifted back to her old days and ways, she became painfully woke, before we even were using that word. Her shows ended up being a lot of moralizing and it was so tedious. Woke and comedy can't coexist.

[Quote] but I saw Vicki Lawrence there two years ago

She was last there in 2009, OP. I was also there. I'm going to see Million Dollar Quartet and In The Heights! I love that theatre. Sound is great and all the seat views are really good.

Is Margaret still in Roseanne mode, claiming to have been abused by her parents and acting like a mental case? She hasn’t been funny in decades.

I remember this dumb bitch going after Jennifer Saunders claiming racism about the Ab Fab movie that wasn’t even out yet. Her standup now is just soapbox shit.

Oh I'm happy to see she's about 85% sold there. Four weeks ago 1/2 the floor and 90% of the balcony were not sold. Good for her.

Margaret is an admitted drug addict and alcoholic. She’ll be dead before you know it. She actually took pills she had just vomited out of the toilet and swallowed them again. She’s a mess.

I saw Donny and Marie there in 2018. They were spectacular!

Engelbert Humperdinck plays there tomorrow the 22nd.

LOVE Cathy Stayfree Rigby !

Oh god, snooze central... Number 23 is at least worth an eye-roll

1. I bake great bread, and bring it to friends.

2. I’m actually Chinese, which I found out after many years of believing I was fully Korean.

3. I speak Korean pretty well.

4. Lisa Ling and I are cousins.

5. I used to be in a children’s singing group before I started doing stand-up at 14.

6. I’m extremely allergic to dust mites so I vacuum every few hours when I’m at home.

7. I only have nine toenails.

8. I use about 10 different mosquito repellents because they will eat me alive [otherwise].

9. Vegemite is a huge part of my flavor obsessions. It’s so savory.

10. I listen to podcasts, music or audiobooks [nonstop] when I’m not working. The only time I’m silent is during meditation.

11. I talk to my cats and dogs all day long about what we are listening to.

12. I think pasta and French fries are good together.

13. I have fed a rhino pieces of apple by hand at the zoo.

14. I’m scared of snakes, but I went to a reptile convention and totally fell in love with them.

15. I love to eat croissants, but they make a huge mess.

16. I’m extremely allergic to squid and octopus.

17. My comedy partner for my early performances was Sam Rockwell.

18. I once studied to be a raw vegan chef.

19. Friendly House is my favorite charity. I am involved in many of their events.

20. My favorite color is all the colors!

21. I really love animals and have cared for rescue dogs for nearly 30 years.

22. I learned to give my cat intramuscular injections — and she doesn’t even get mad at me about it!

23. I’m trying to only wear sustainable fashion, whether it’s upcycled clothing, secondhand, vintage or even my own things. I have worn certain pieces for decades.

24. I have extremely short pinky fingers which alters my fingering on the guitar and piano.

25. Many of my tattoos are unfinished because they just hurt too much!

Report back OP. I understand she puts on *quite* the show. Her numerous costume changes are supposed to be an extravaganza of plumes, bugle beads and tassel fringe.

R6, for you (and R21), I'll return with new Cho stories. The last time I saw her about 10 years ago, she did a 10-minute bit about getting spit-roasted. I can't wait!

R4, you can sit in front of your couch, eat bon bons in your terry-cloth turban, and get fatter that night.

Well, OP????

I didn't even know that Margaret Cho was still in the business.

I've seen quite a few shows there -- including the Constantine Maroulis "Jekyll" OP referred to. Wasn't Deborah Cox the female lead?

One of the best things I saw there was Mitzi Gaynor's one-woman show. She mostly showed clips and told lots of stories, but it was a lot of fun. I've seen lots of regular musicals there too. Great theater, and free parking!

Well, OP?

I met her in the 90s as she was doing a fundraiser for the organization where I worked. I approached her to thank her and she unleashed a lip curl and an avalanche of ice-cold silent bitchiness my way.

All I said was, "great show! Thank you so much for your support of _______." She stared and sneered and did not say a word.

OP is as big a disappointment as Margaret Cho's television series.

Well,OP?

Sorry, sorry, DL friends. It's been an exhausting week.

OK – the evening. What you have to know about La Mirada Theatre is that it sits right in the middle of working class, no frills La Mirada – except for this theater, the next big cultural hot spot is Max Video Rental in Norwalk, the next town over. This explains the crowd. To my estimation, we were split in four groups:

1: 75-year-old-plus straight, silver-haired couples. Most of these people are the theater’s subscribers so they come out for everything – traveling shows of West Side Story, Death of a Salesman, Jay Leno, and tonight, Margret Cho. Sweet old people.

2: People like me and my group, and probably a good chunk of DLers: 45- to 55-year-old Gen Xers in muted clothes, and greying at the temples (although we could all pass for mid-30s). Catty, cynical, boozy, and we all have a vague memory of All-American Girl.

3: Straight marrieds who really like her. I mean, really, really like her. I sat next to one of them, a real masher with John Denver hair who was doubled over in laugher at some of Cho’s throwaways.

4: Young gays in ‘90s clothes -- I couldn’t tell if it was in irony or not.

We got there about an hour before show time, ordered double vodkas and grabbed a high-top in the lobby. It was nice to see different types co-mingling seamlessly in a town as stuffy as La Mirada. Surprisingly, no Karens all night.

A comedian from Texas (I only know he was from Texas because most of his act was about Texas) opened with a short set – about 15 minutes… about Texas. I thought he was the emcee when he skipped on stage, but then he started talking. A lot. And I thought, why is this guy chatting about how backwards Texas is and not introducing Margret Cho? Then some of the things he was talking about were kind of funny. Again, mostly observations about Texas and how it ranks 49th in education. There were definite John Mulaney undertones, but he won the crowd over by the end of his set. I'd see him again, he's good after a couple of minutes.

Cho kept her set mostly PG-13, although she did do a lengthy bit about the loud hum of her Hitachi Magic Wand. For the most part, Cho kept things safe – funny, but neutral with no real mention of current events. Her material was limited to interactions with her family (she still does her mom) and other non-hot topics. I don’t think she ever got close to crossing any controversial lines. (I say that having seen her at Largo years ago doing a bit about her being spit-roasted by two men, one I think was her husband.)

She was very funny, and a great storyteller, but I could feel like she kept her foot off the gas due to the crowd. Everyone there seemed very happy on the way out though. That said, if I ever see her again, it’ll be in a small comedy club where she probably feels a little more free to let loose.

Comedians alter their acts depending on the audience. If she had been playing a theater in San Francisco or LA, her act would've been totally different.

ASS MASTERS?

Not at all.

[quote] I’m actually Chinese, which I found out after many years of believing I was fully Korean.

Is she joking? She’s actually Chinese? WTF? Her whole schtick is based on her being Korean.

[quote] Death of a Salesman

Salesperson!

What are the salesperson's pronouns?

Did you have to lock your phone up in a Yonder box before the show?

I thought my review clearly implied that, R31

Didn't she get Johnny Sinz's dick in his prime?

[quote]OP = Master of the Ass

Margaret? What is a ASS MASTER?

Margaert Cho believes effeminate gay men are really women. She's a homophobe.

At midnight on Halloween 👻!

[quote] Comedians alter their acts depending on the audience. If she had been playing a theater in San Francisco or LA, her act would've been totally different.

What city and state is this La Mirada theater in that she has to censor herself?

r43 it's not censoring, it's knowing your audience. If it's an older audience in a more conservative area you're not going to talk about your wild sex and drugs adventures like you would if you were doing a show in West Hollywood. You'd talk more about family stuff and other topics that particular audience would relate to.

I love Margaret Cho's story about 'Gwen' when she spent some time in hospital.

'My name's Gwen's and I'm here to wash your vagina'

[quote]What city and state is this La Mirada theater in that she has to censor herself?

It's in Los Angeles County, on the border of Orange County.

I saw her years ago when she was relevant.

Was her whole show about "Recovery" and her "funny" slips in addiction and alcoholism?

And then her brave rise back up after her final, illuminating hitting-bottom?

BLEARGH.