I just watched this on the Sundance Channel, and it is awful. I actually felt embarrassed for Cho at times. Histrionics outweigh material. Her co-option of a black accent is grating and unfunny. She spends more time making weird faces than in delivering solid jokes. The people that rate this work highly have drunk the Kool-Aid....they're the ones Cho's baton-waving is meant for. Fans of stand-up comedy, who enjoy the artistry of a comedian in getting an audience to laugh, will be stone-faced...but it is rather interesting to see in a "How bad can it get?" way. It can get plenty bad. At times I wondered if Cho was having a nervous breakdown on-stage...at other times, I wondered if she'd ever heard of a thing called "timing." Whatever you do, don't pay good money to see it; but if you do catch it for free somewhere, give it at least five minutes.
Review of Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution
