Margaret Cho on Power Bottoms and Surviving Bullshit
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Margaret Cho is a no-bullshit comedian, actress, producer and author known for tackling the politics of gender, sexuality, and race with razor sharp wit. Early in her career, Cho starred in the 1994 sitcom All American Girl on ABC. But after network executives criticized her appearance-asking her to lose weight and tone herself down-the actress decided to part ways from the show. While Cho has struggled with an eating disorder and addiction in the past, she's since channelled these experiences into her performances. Before it was trendy Cho was, and remains, an unabashed feminist.
As a Korean-American and an openly bisexual entertainer, Cho uses her stand-up and one-woman shows as a platform to discuss her personal life and politics, bringing honesty and activism to the stage. In the past decade, she has produced a Broadway show, launched multiple national tours, and sold out rooms around the country. On stage and off she's been a perpetual voice to marginalized communities and her next show, There Is No I In Team But There Is A Cho In Psycho, is no exception.
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I like how she brings up how bi-sexual is judged by the heterosexual and homosexual community. I feel that is so true, unfortunately, and just her stating that, helps break the distrust. I am like her where I love people, yet am not so sure what to call it publicly.
“It’s a very difficult time (these days) to be a feminist, and not just be totally enraged…always.” Margaret Cho
She's incredible.
+Content Angel Its hard to strive for equality and not be angry? feminisim is in a wrong direction....
Please look up "feminism." Because you obviously don't know what it means... or how to spell it.
NoahDaSlasher Will i find out more when I use spellchecker?
Eddie Badenmark "strive for equality"... even in your words dude, it is pretty obvious that implies *inequality* and that is what makes us mad
Content Angel this***
You don't have to have a lot of sex to be happy and comfortable in your relationship with sex(is that what they call sex positive?). I like what Foucault said when he talked about how he thought gay men can fall in the trap of having to act in a certain way to show that they're fighting the system. The real revolution he said was in allowing yourself pleasure when you want it. Simple. And that's only possible in the mind, thats what one's gotta work on..not trying too hard to show they're sex positive
+Nancy Kamuzora I saw some of her work before and I thought she was trying too hard and maybe she didnt know it. And seeing her interview now and what she says about how she's changed her views on what sex positive means I hope more people go through that transition.
I think sex positive is just not shaming yourself, maybe specifically sometimes as a woman, for having or desiring sex. It's also about being open with your partner and consenting.
Tights AF Agreed
She’s Bi. The terminology has just evolved over time. The only difference with Pan is semantics essentially. Absolutely fantastic interview.
It’s not to say that Pan is invalid, but it’s definitely under the umbrella of Bisexuality.
Dear Broadly, stop using sensational click bait titles. Your content is good to stand on its own.
+1
I have to admit, I had no idea what a "Power Bottom" what is lesbian sex (I've read too much Mark Simpson to claim the same in gay male sex), and the title led me to google and learn something new.
Fair. But I think this particular title is pretty interesting and relevant enough.
I met Cho twice, She is so down to earth, super sweet, hilarious & genuine in person AND she remembered me.
The interviewer is so attractive. I mean as a person. A special one.
Bisexuality has included and will always include trans folks... a trans woman is a woman, a trans man is a man. Trans (like cis) is an adjective, not its own gender
Is trans, transferring to or from?
I LOVED this video! Margaret Cho is so well spoken. Great interview!
"Comedy has a lot to do with the efficacy of your shaming technique.". I loved that type of honesty. Most people would go on long winded rant about how the comic deserves respect or touch on "Making people laugh is just...", but that visceral honesty is awesome, man.
Margaret Cho was an unabashed feminist comedian before it was cool. As a Korean-American and an openly bisexual entertainer, Cho uses her stand-up as a platform to discuss her personal life and politics, bringing honesty and activism to the stage.
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+Plexigras right? pansexual would probably help margaret cho not have to over explain her bisexuality just like she did here
+Marceline Abadeer why worry so much about labels?
+Seneca Gamer not worry, so much as i like the thought of helping people express themselves easier, especially in terms of something as important to a person as sexuality or gender identity. i mean, mags said herself shes almost 50. at that age group, you kinda know yourself pretty well, but human personality is finally, truly surfacing; everyone is learning new terms and ways of identifying themselves, things like pansexuality or even agender (someone who identifies as genderless) So really, these words are ways for us to know who we are, and help others know that life actually isnt as cishet as we've been forced into thinking.
If she says she's bisexual then that's what she is. You 'd think a 50 year old woman should know by now what a pansexual is and how much emphasis is being put to that term regarding the whole variety of gender and sexual identities. Besides Margaret herself states in the video how the term bisexual doesn't really apply to her, you can hear it @ 5:14 .
I personally think that if she wants to label herself in a certain way then the term bisexual applies to her better. Saying you're attracted to trans people on top of your bisexuality as part of a joke in the middle of a comedy routine doesn't really persuade me.
The interviewer is too adorable. I really like their smooth, nice-sounding voice.
Beautiful way of explaining bisexuality.
I agree!!!
Love this interview
She tells it like it is and just oozes confidence (:
Great interview. Love and appreciate Cho's openness soooo much. Wish she had a podcast.
Great interviewer + interviewee.
Broadly. You are the best thing to happen to the media in a very long time. I am so happy to have found you. Thank you for your work.
I feel sad that shaming people is the way she codifies what she's doing. I agree wholeheartedly with her that comedy is an incredibly effective way of getting people to rethink their position, but I don't think it's due to a sense of shame. I think it's about breaking the taboo of talking about things and making them public rather than hidden. It's not about shaming, it's about removing shame, and the ability to shame.
Okay, I'm seriously confused. As a gay male power bottom, I really need to know: how does *lesbian* bottoming work?
as a lesbian I also want to know this
Bottom : the recipient. Are you pleasuring, or being pleasure? That’s how I took it. (No pun ...).
That’s a broad subject and everyone has their own take on it, but essentially in every couple there is typically the sexual “top” who is more dominant sexually while the “bottom” is more open and flexible, (again, no pun intended) who tends to “receive” the other person in some way.
That’s my philosophy about the whole thing anyway.
yay for more jaydee!
The feminist part yes!! Everyone is so down for it. I love muva Margaret! Awesome interview.
Im obsessed with this channel. It's amazing !
Such a precise and awesome interview. Margaret is boss! Love her.
Great episode, great interviewer and great interviewee! I love how Margaret uses her hand to express herself! Also, I think she might be pansexual.
+Margot Lesueur Stop labeling her, please!
+Margot Lesueur That hairdo with the glasses with no glass in them and that female mustache? Yeah, that's awesome as fuck. Dude looks like a circus reject.
+Fran Chan Margaret Cho is very well capable of deciding this herself and does not need strangers on the internet to claim her. and lastly, there are many, many people who feel bi and pan experiences greatly overlap and cant decide on a label but may chose to call themselves bi cause it's more recognisable, particularly in more mainstream contexts.
why are people so insistent on making these decision and claims for other people, even more so when these people themselves say differently?
+Margot Lesueur like, bi people can and do enter relationships with trans people, binary and non binary trans folks alike. saying you need to be pan in order to date a trans person is just simply wrong. like, there are trans lesbians who date other lesbian women.
For the record, I never meant to tell anyone what their sexuality is or isn't. I'm sorry and I hope I didn't offend anyone.
I love this video. I love the host. I love her voice. I love Margaret Cho. I love her humor. I love that Broad City was featured in this. I love everything about this video.
Great show ! Why is my Algorithm just picking this up for me now lol
Love Margaret Cho 😉
What a wonderful and very informative interview. Margaret is so intelligent and compelling to watch. Thank you Broadly, keep up the good work.
My favorite Margaret Cho line : "STICK IT IN !!!!"
the interviewer looks so pleased with all of her answers! also, he's really cute, i'm disappointed on broadly for not putting their name in the description of the video? this is his job and this video got quite a bit of exposure, having your contact in it's description could be quite helpful. is it jd? jady? i'm not sure, but anyways, i'm definitely not focusing on the point of this video
U know the interviewer is biologically female?
@@Skipbo000 there's a room full of people doing sound, lighting, wardrobe, make up, catering, interviewed, interviewing... what video did you just watch?
patrick mccartney no one cares
Cho has always been the shit.... Grew up seeing her on TV and doing standup.... glad to see she's getting her props from feminists....
I love you Margaret Cho !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great interview 😀👌
That's some revisionist history there regarding "All-American Girl". As Cho has herself said on numerous occasions, the show got cancelled because A.it wasn't very good and B.they kept changing the format around trying to make it popular. Yes, they definitely put her through bullshit in terms of asking her to be "more Asian" and then "less Asian", and in asking her to lose weight so intensely that it made her sick. Still, she hardly "walked away" from the show. The show simply tanked.
Puked a bit when Amy schumer was given as an example in current great female comedians
Oh, fuck off. It's really just so tired.
What a great interview. Interesting subject and skilled interviewer.
The interviewer is SO handsome lol. Looks like MacKenzie Bourg from American Idol
***** who says?! adjectives are not limited to one sex or the other. How can men be called beautiful and women not be called handsome
"the interview was born female so they aren't "handsome"'. haha shut up. the interviewer is allowed to be as handsome as they want...
Lose the stash 🧔✂️
Gross...
Great interview, and great host and well love Margaret!
The interviewer's glasses are. everything. to. me. I NEED THEM.
Love them both so much!
Had an argument at a bar not long ago about why on earth is tayler swift a gay icon and not Margaret Cho? She's been on our side since day one plus she's also one of the community. She's a QUEEN x
Made me feel really good thank you
Thank-you Broadly and Margaret, it was an amazing interview. Everything said was life affirming and the end was hilarious...DEAD!!! As everything that is in the world that is not life affirming, needs to die and try something else....DEAD!!!
Estée sent me here :-)
I LOVE THIS!!!! SHE'S PERFECT
JD is hands-down THE BEST interviewer Broadly has ❤️
loooooove her tattoos! !!!!
omg I love her and Betty so much!!!!!!!
God I love Margaret Cho
I subscribed to Broadly. I'm a gay male, 63 years old and I love this channel. I've always had lesbian friends and always will even though I don't hang out a lot. I'm from Nashville and we only have one lesbian bar. The Lipstick Lounge. It's technically a lesbian bar but heterosexuals from the neighborhood come in and they're all very nice.
Very great interview
She is absolutely right in all aspects!
I'm here because awkwafina featured her in her song green tea
Wow Margaret is so lovely in this.
Presenting a message in a form that makes it received instead of just being angry and yelling is just mature. I don't think that has anything to do with internalized sexism. Men can't explain shit to other men if they just yell and force it and speak louder. That's so many men can't explain shit because they just try to shout over you. You have to be able to explain yourself clearly and calmly if you ever want to have people understand let alone accept what you have to say.
omg she's amazing
Interessante
God, the fact she contextualize feminsim and its participants as eager for war, that's the gold.
So self aware. Awesome
YES
Margaret Cho is awesome
margaret cho is a bonafide badass and an american treasure
Very good episode. I had trouble understanding the host. Perhaps a diction coach?
Love ❤️❤️❤️
Love this video. Love Margaret Cho. i will say though, there's a great video Vanity Fair did with Christopher Hitchens about that article where he admits the entire thing was tongue in cheek and the goal was to provoke beautiful women to try harder to make him laugh, which he felt he achieved. lol
omg this interviewer is soo cute and charmy.
❤❤❤❤❤
I love you.
JD 😻😻😻😻
christ those glasses...
cool
Electrolysis can help that girl! :)
dopest glasses in the universe
1:20 Did she just seriously say "herstory"?
I can't even...
+OliDaChilla
Kind of ironic coming from the thing with a mustache.
Clearly she was kidding around, and the only 'thing' she is is a a person just like all of you.
@@rachelw821 thats a line a chauvanist would use. Stand on a solid subject and make your point, don't revert to personal attacks. The best response to a pathetic attack ( like that ) is silence, your time and thoughts are more valuable than that...don't waste it on those who don't deserve it.
......better than saying history
Saying “herstory” instead of “history” might just be the cringiest thing I’ve ever heard.
interviewer is cyuuuuuteeee
HERO
A Hero, is a hero, is a hero.
Eating disorders arent just internalized sexism, there is a brain chemical side to it as well. Percentage wise the number or anorexics is the same in cultures that reward the thin look as well as cultures that reward a more full bodied look.
Fucking hilarious!
Wait. This interviewer was in "Shortbus", right?
+Pan Cake and dated sia, way back in the day
lols hitchen was a great troll tho, he got himself presspress and more press
My impression is that bisexual/pansexual people are not attracted to everybody per se, so much as they are attracted to people in the middle of the masculine-feminine spectrum, which is where you find both men and women. Just a hunch but it has been somewhat confirmed by my personal experience.
Fuck. I think you're on to something.
As a pansexual I like both ends of the spectrum and the inbewteen as well as ever changing and not sure.
I'm pansexual and I am attracted to masculine presenting people across the gender spectrum...butch women, transmen and cisgender men.
Margaret cho is the Frida kahlo of comedy
haha, JD, huh?
Too cool.
She listens to TOM LEYKIS!!
"So what has been the achievement of my essay? It's been to make sexier women try harder to amuse me. Well that was my whole plan in the first place." -Hitchens
I hate that the interviwer is so mismatched for the conversation
What a weird world we live in.!
I'm proud pf myself: I managed to hang in there with the rest of this interview, even after gagging when the interviewer said "herstory".
4:35 sounds like me sacrificing my sexual fulfillment to make sure my partner felt good during my first few relationships.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who cringed at "herstory"
What Christopher Hitchens was refering to in his statements on women and humor were observations on social conditioning and binary gender dynamics and in that regard he was quite correct. Such conditioning is the product of social and evolutionary necessity in a sadly often all too closed minded world. Women are not generally encouraged to develop humor or charisma unless they are percieved by current standards to be ,in some way, aesthetically deficient. This is how and why stereotypes exist. They are forms of social conditioning meant to protect the status quo.
When people talk about this conditioning they entirely ignore women-only spaces. Many people, especially men, think women aren't funny because the only like humor that caters to them. Hence so many dick jokes.
What do you think women do when they're together? File their nails and stare at the wall? No, they develop that humor and charisma that made my high school friendships so memorable.
People with this evolutionary psychology (a non-science that is based on conjecture) stance think that when an attractive girl reaches puberty, she gets a 'hot' trophy and she is fully aware she is sexy and gives up for the rest of her life. But attractiveness and awareness of attractiveness shifts and changes.
So if bulimia, anorexia, and body dysmorphia are all internalised sexism, does that mean that men who have the same issues are a victim of internalised sexism? And if so, does that make it possible to be sexist toward men?
Of course you can be sexist towards men. Chill
spring fiu It was critical rhetoric. Any one who reads this under the assumption 'you cant be sexist to men' will short circuit via the logic of other women. Chill.
+Elijah Solomon what
It's called The Socratic Method, look it up. The post was a question of Logic. The result and response reveals my Rhetoric, meaning that anyone who reads the post will have unquestionable evidence that you CAN be sexist towards men... Not really sure how to better explain this.
+Elijah Solomon cool, it's just that reading your comment straight off, it's hard to understand that. I guess guess cause you can't hear the tone and the way you'd be saying it out loud
I dont know how good it actually is that people wanna go to war all of a sudden.......
Mom
This channel is great, and this interview was great. But you guys really need to read Christopher Hitchens's work and understand the man. Too many people jumped off the deep end about that one article. He was never your enemy.
Is that mustauche real? How did she get that?
Melanie Stoffer hormones...
Is that Rain Dove?
Aren't they dating Rose McGowan?
How does a girl get a stash like that? Seriously, is it testosterone or just natural. I'm just curious.
She’s probably Native American.
Transgenders are part of the binary genders though hence, transmen and transwomen. Trans people are non-binary. And she's probably pansexual if shes also attracted to non-binary people as well, or maybe she's just greedy, as she said, :'D
I liked this interview but I roll my eyes at Cho's self-aggrandizing treatment of bisexuality. Specifically the idea that it's the product of some kind of enlightened values. Also, I'm baffled by the idea that trans people are some third-gendered other and bisexuals never like them. It's dope to see a bisexual woman talking about herself though. Also, JD Samson seems like a cool person... Her look is like lesbian Dan Radcliffe. I'm frustrated that people are pitching a fit at having to see a butch/androgynous woman, though. Women with facial hair exist, you cowards. What are you gonna do about it.
Good interview, but the Hitchens comments at the end were pretty crass. Lots of people suddenly got very brave after Hitchens died who would never be able to touch him in a debate if he was still around - it's a bit cowardly. Cho is cool nevertheless.