Talkin' 'bout a revolution: Margaret Cho's new comedy concert film, Revolution, debuts on Sundance Channel--and she's as pissed off and hilarious as ever.Margaret Cho once categorized herself as "not straight, not gay, just slutty. Where's my parade?" With her latest film, Revolution, set to premiere on Sundance Channel in June as part of the month-long "Out Loud" celebration of Gay Pride Month, she takes the opportunity to update her description of her sexual identity. "I'm a queer," Cho says. "I'm married to a man and somewhat ashamedly heterosexual. I've had relationships with women and men, and I have fallen in love with a man, and it's a marriage that's important to me. It also makes sense that I'm a gay man. I'm also transgendered transgendered adjective Relating to a person who has undergone genital/sexual reassignment surgery Transgender health issues Hormonal therapy, cosmetic surgery, fertility options–eg, egg and sperm banking. See Sexual reassignment. Cf Transsexual. . I believe that I am all of these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. . These identities all apply to me. I want to come out as everything, because I am." She takes a breath. "It's something I've always dealt with." What that means now--onstage and off--is that Cho, 35, has to work harder for gay rights. She says all this on the phone from a Dallas hotel room, where she's test-running yet another new concert piece, A Stale of Emergency, which she'll tour in time for the presidential election this fall. Marriage rights for everyone in this country--and the world, certainly, because Cho thinks big--have become her focus. "That's where I see inequality," she says. "That's where I see injustice. To me, gender is very fluid. Justice is not. Justice is not negotiable." In Revolution, shot at Los Angeles's Wiltern Theatre The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are an Art Deco landmark located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as simply the Wiltern. , Cho enters the stage in full geisha geisha Member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men. A geisha must be adept at singing, dancing, and playing traditional musical instruments (e.g., the samisen) in addition to being skilled at making conversation. gear (save for high-heeled Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli (born November 15, 1940) is a well-known Italian fashion designer of modern luxury clothing. He was born in Florence, Italy. Biography Cavalli is known for using wild animal prints and sexualized cuts in his design, leading to comparisons with designer boots), but, somewhat metaphorically, she can't keep the act up long. She sheds her wig, her tiara, those boots--that Asian identity--no less than 15 minutes into the show, saying, in effect, that she's not just Korean American Korean Americans (Korean: 한국계 미국인, Hanja: 韓國系美國人, hangukgye migugin) are Americans of Korean descent. . While other queer comics are still making funny observations about life outside of the bedroom to keep their TV shows sanitized san·i·tize tr.v. san·i·tized, san·i·tiz·ing, san·i·tiz·es 1. To make sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting. 2. , perhaps it's this sartorial sar·to·ri·al adj. Of or relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing: sartorial elegance. [From Late Latin sartor, tailor; see sartorius. freedom that allows Cho to explore some of her most achingly personal, provocative, and political material to date. There's very little aping of her mother here. In one skit a woman's nether regions explode and are sewn back together. Also, she calls out those who would dare deny anyone the right to marry. "I've never seen American polities go so wrong," Cho says. "Gay marriage evolved into Janet Jackson and then the [Donald] Rumsfeld hearings on Iraqi prisoner abuse Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated. Abuse falling into this category includes:
Her defiant courage and clarity of vision may come from a very traditional place: her year-old marriage to Alan Ridenour, who helped her understand what family means. "There's nothing like wedded bliss," she purrs. "There's nothing like it. I understand what it means to love somebody and, therefore, understand what it means to have a family. Regardless of who I'm married to, those family values will stick with me. I've always been queer. My values come from within the queer community." Jones is a senior editor at E! Online. |
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