Margaret Cho is getting ready to begin her Cho Dependent Tour this summer. The comedian will Margaret Cho tickets on sale for standup dates beginning this summer on August 26 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon and will last until the end of fall and the beginning of winter with a show in Atlanta at the Tabernacle. Cho will perform for a total of 33 dates. The tour is named after her newest comedy album, Cho Dependent. The album and the tour will take her in a new direction, musical comedy. The album features Cho and a number of musicians with cult followings, including Tegan & Sara, Ben Lee, Fiona Apple, Andrew Bird, and Ani DiFranco. The album will be released two days before the tour begins, on August 24, 2010.
Much of her comedy is quite sexually explicit; some of her favorite subjects include her fondness for gay men and proud identity as a "fag hag," sharp political commentary, descriptions of her problems with prejudice, substance abuse, and eating disorders, and her relationship with her mother, which she loves to satirize. She has comedically mentioned her plans to "cover her vagina with leaves" because of her belief that falling in to such a trap was the only way that someone would enter it. In the same vein, she has also remarked that if one doesn't have sex for a long time, say two years, then one's virginity is automatically earned back.
In 2003 Cho began an internet presence with the advent of www.margaretcho.com and her daily web log. She began to draw intense fire from conservatives over her fiercely anti-Bush commentary; a live performance in Houston, Texas was threatened with picketing. Although protesters never showed up, she held a counter protest outside club until security told her she had to go inside. Cho also started www.loveisloveislove.com, a website promoting tolerance of homosexuality and the legalization of gay marriage in the United States. Additionally, a clothing line called "High Class Cho" (www.highclasscho.com) was started; with it Cho hopes to bring attractive clothing to the market for plus sized women.
In 2004 Cho was performing at a corporate gig in a hotel when, after 10 minutes of comedy, her microphone was cut off and a band instructed to begin playing. This was because the manager of the hotel was offended by anti-Bush-administration comments. Cho's payment, which was issued by way of check directly to a non-profit organization, bounced. Later in 2004 Cho was un-invited to speak at a gay-related fundraiser because of fear that her comments might cause controversy.
Margaret Cho's parents left Korea in 1964 to live in America. They had a hard time adjusting. Margaret's Korean name is Moran and she was born on December 5, 1968 in San Francisco, California. Margaret grew up in a Christian environment and even taught Sunday school for two years. She was fired for abusing her power, in other words, sending bad children to hell. When Margaret was little she wanted to be Jewish and named herself Naomi. As far as genetics are concerned, she inherited her father's eyes and her mother's eating disorder. Her phobia is flying--she tends to panic in advance.
