(2000, 96 min, United States, Lionel Coleman)

Margaret Cho is at her best in this taping of one of her standup-comic shows in her home town of San Francisco. She unabashedly talks about her love for gay men, her lesbian experiences, her experience with a short-lived TV series called All-American Girl which showcased the first Asian-American family on TV, and on racial matters of being Korean and American. Margaret wouldn't be herself if she didn't make fun of her mother, and she does repeatedly in this film. This is a truly great film in that Margaret reveals her whole life to an audience and is able to make fun not only of others but herself. If you've gone to one of her shows, you'll find that she uses some of her best acts in this film. Her humor is so raw and honest that I couldn't stop laughing from this film. She graciously attended the world premier of this film at the Seattle International Film Festival and is a crackup in real person as well.

Source : Obtained from QueerCinema.Com

(2000, USA) 
Director: Lionel Coleman 
Producer: Margaret Cho, Karen Taussig, Lorene Machado
Starring: Margaret Cho 

"Karl Lagerfeld is such a faggot," Margaret Cho insists in the opening of her hilarious new concert film, and she means that in the nicest way. As she later notes, "I love the word 'faggot' because it describes my kind of guy." She herself is a fag hag and "fag hags are the backbone of the gay community." Why? Don't worry; Ms. Cho will tell you. She'll also explain why the guys in straight porn films are so ugly, how oral sex can develop your abdominal muscles, and that when she used to watch Facts of Life, she always felt "Jo was such a lesbian. Didn't you think she was going to fuck Blair?" 

But the film's highlights are autobiographical. There's Cho performing on an all-girl cruise to Alaska: "Lesbians love whale-watching more than pussy." There's her own single same-sex experience. Her failed TV show, All-American Girl. Her bouts with alcoholism and drug addiction: "I gave a lot of unnecessary head." Her fight to break Asian stereotypes. And best of all, her recreations of her cantankerous Korean mom's delicious mangling of Eastern and Western cultures. This is a one-woman show about surviving at all odds, one which exhilarates while it has you guffawing nonstop. 

--Brandon Judell  

Source : Obtained from PlanetOut.Com