Searing popular comedian Margaret Cho is bringing her own brand of comedy to the stage in Singapore. No stranger to controversy, Cho is looking forward to visiting Singapore while refusing to shy away from topics that might make some people uncomfortable.
For a long time, part of Cho’s comedic platform has included frank talk about her own past, especially coping with her experience with sexual assault. Especially with the current cultural climate, which includes the #MeToo movement and the Time’s Up development, both seeking to expose and end sexual harassment and rape in show business, Cho’s topics are particularly timely. She says that with these social movements, it’s even easier to talk about her own topics, which had previously been rather taboo, especially for a comedy set.
That doesn’t mean they’re not funny. Even with the most serious of topics, Cho has had wonderful success with tackling whatever falls on her plate. The title of her traveling show, which takes her through Singapore, is a play on words that is usually a derogatory way to refer to recent immigrants. Cho enjoys turning a mirror around injustices like sexual assault and racism, using her comedy to both eviscerate and illuminate issues surrounding them.
Wherever she goes, Cho incorporates local bits of interest in her sets. While she’s in Southeast Asia, of course, she’s tackling topics of Asian issues, including race and immigration. Recently, Cho decried the whitewashing of Asian roles in movies, including the Marvel film “Doctor Strange,” which cast a white woman in the role of an Asian mentor. She says she’s particularly excited about an upcoming movie that features a rich lifestyle of Asians in Singapore.
This isn’t Cho’s first time in Singapore. The comedian says she’s most looking forward to the work of art she considers Singaporean food to be. The chicken and rice, in particular, is one of her very favorites. She says she’s even smuggled a plate of the cuisine out of the country, attempting to replicate the recipe in her own kitchen back at home in Los Angeles.
Cho even helped encourage fellow female comedian Kathy Griffin to be open, embracing her own vitriolic comedy ahead of a show in Singapore last year. Cho said she advised Griffin to be everything she usually is, but especially honest. Anywhere you go, even if there are censorship issues to consider, people generally appreciate honesty. And comedians in general usually get away with more than they might suspect.
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To read more about Cho’s comedy, go to http://www.tnp.sg/entertainment/tv/margaret-cho-back-spore-find-comedy-racism-and-sexuality.