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"I love that theater, it is amazing to
see my name up there in the big letters. It feels like I
have arrived, on the set of 'ER," proclaims Margaret Cho. "I
can say that Chicago has been a very special place for me to
perform. Most recently - I was doing a meet and greet at
Sidetrack and I had the best time. One guy put me in a
headlock!" It's obvious that she loves Chicago and
Chicago loves the fabulous Margaret Cho. |
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Cho took on fisting, fetishes and
feelings in The Notorious CHO. (win
a Margaret Cho signed Notorious CHO DVD) In
her new one-woman show we can expect more of Cho's
brutally-honest humor. "There is a lot of issues that
are being ignored right now because of the dick contest
with Iraq ( the real reason for any war ) we need to
have a voice, a point of view, and we aren't being given
one. All the strides that the LGBT community has made in
the last few years still doesn't mean we are in any way
experiencing true equality. We need nothing less than a
revolution." |
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Recently,
Cho answered Qchicago's 21 Questions: |
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1) What is your birthday/birth sign? |
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2) Recommend a great book (or something you enjoy reading). |
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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - I
thought it was going to break me. There is no mascara in
the world that is waterproof enough to get through this
book. Offbeat Food by Al Ridenour - Incredible cultural
investigation on what we eat, why we eat it and the
implications, complications and politics of food. |
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3) Recommend a great movie. |
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Belle du Jour - Luis Bunuel.
Catherine Deneuve is a ice cold, chic and classy
housewife at night, then turns tricks all day. Girl, we
have all been there. |
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4) What is in your CD player right now? |
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Princess Superstar, the best rapper
in the world - bar none. Her name may be Princess - but
she is truly the Queen. |
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5) What's ALWAYS in your fridge? |
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Expired milk. Old pudding. 5 layer
dip that been rotting so long now it only have 2 layers. |
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6) What's under or next to your bed? |
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Vibrator, man, Excedrin Migraine,
70's porn dvd, lube, Powerbook, latex gloves, Vick's
Vaporub, false eyelashes - - are you sure you want me to
go on? |
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7) If you could magically change one person from straight to
gay
(or gay to straight), who would it be? |
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George W. Bush and Dick Cheney would
start going to circuit parties. |
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8) What
talent would you most like to have? |
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Giving a really good rim job. I
can't seem to do it right. I need some advice on
that. |
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9) What
is something in your home that might make a stranger
think you were gay? |
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All the lesbian magazines with my
face on the cover. So many dildos that look like
dolphins. Sweatshirt with German Shepherd on it. |
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10) What
is something in your home that might make a stranger
think you were straight? |
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Surround sound system, 2
turntables and a
microphone, straight man in a bathrobe. |
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11) Your
autobiography would be called. |
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Who does this fat bitch think she
is? |
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12) What
is your favorite word? |
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Cacophony. |
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13) What is your favorite
curse word? |
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Fuck. |
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14) How would you describe your current career? |
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Fabulous.I feel like Che Guevara,
Britney, Gloria Steinem and Madam (of wayland flowers
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15) If you could try any career, what would it be? |
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I would like to work in a sweatshop. |
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16) What is your idea of paradise? |
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17) If you could trade places with anybody for a few days,
who would it be? |
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18) What is your greatest regret? |
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19) What is your most prized possession? |
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My dogs, my production company, my
friends, my lovers. |
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20) What is your trademark characteristic? |
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Ass, class, critical mass. |
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21) Finish this sentence. "I love gay men because...." |
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Where I grew up, my parent's
bookstore had many gay male employees. They saw that my
parents were treating me differently than my brother,
and took it upon themselves to parent me. They saw a
brilliance in me that gave me the confidence to have a
career
where there would be rejection every step of the way. I had two things that were very important as an
adult, no fear of rejection, and the confidence of a drag queen who knows all the words to her song. They
were all very different. Like I was raised by the Village People. And I still have some of them with me and they are so proud. I owe them my life. They are my real parents. |
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"twenty-one" was conceived by David
Jablonowski. |
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