History Creator / MargaretCho

Cho was born to a [[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] family in California. Her routines often revolve around her sexuality, sexuality in general, feminism, Asian-American stereotypes, and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time TV. She also played Terri on the Creator/{{Lifetime}} series ''Series/DropDeadDiva'', lent her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld''. and was a contestant on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' (being eliminated in the third round). She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

As a byproduct of Cho being quite open about her love for gays for her entire career, and also being openly bisexual herself[[note]]In a 2018 interview, she stated that although she has been involved with people "all across the spectrum of gender" beyond the two-gender implications of the "bisexual" label, she prefers it to "pansexual" since it's "kind of '70s"[[/note]], she has a ''huge'' [[LGBTFanbase gay following]]. We're talkin' second Creator/JudyGarland here.

[[RecordedAndStandUpComedy Stand-up comedian]], actress, activist, blogger, and musician Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968 in San Francisco, California) was born to a [[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] family in California. Her routines often talk about her pansexuality, sexuality in general, feminism, Asian-American stereotypes, and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time tv. She played Terri on the Creator/{{Lifetime}} series ''Series/DropDeadDiva''. She also lent her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld''. Was once on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but was eliminated in the third round. She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

HUGE [[LGBTFanbase gay following]]. We're talkin' second Creator/JudyGarland here. It helps that Cho has been quite open about her love for gays for her entire career, and is also openly bisexual herself.

--->"Someone once asked me, 'Do your Korean parents feel ashamed you talk about what you talk about on stage?' I don't think they're ashamed because they're Korean. I think ''any'' parents would be ashamed." (mimes driving home with one finger off the wheel after fingering a guy during oral sex, a joke from [[BrickJoke earlier in the set]])

* DreamTeam: On ''Cho Dependent'', Margaret collaborated with indie/alternative musicians like Music/FionaApple, Music/TeganAndSara, and Music/AniDiFranco.

* BilingualBackfire: Inverted. While promoting ''All American Girl'', she appeared on a morning talk show for a local station that was recently bought out by Disney. At the end of the interview segment, the host, in a CriticalResearchFailure, asked Margaret to tell the people at home "in [her] native language" that they were changing over to an ABC affiliate. As Margaret was born and raised in California and is actually not fluent in Korean, she simply looked at the camera and curtly said in plain English, "They're changing over to an ABC affiliate."

* AngryBlackMan: Invoked:
--> "White people will say all the racial things to Asians that they're too afraid to say to black people."

HUGE [[LGBTFanbase gay following]]. We're talkin' second Creator/JudyGarland here. It helps that Cho has been quite open about her love for gays for her entire career.

->''"I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate', but it was great!"''

[[RecordedAndStandUpComedy Stand-up comedian]], actress, activist, blogger, and musician Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968 in San Francisco, California) was born to a [[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] family in California. Her routines often talk about her pansexuality, sexuality in general, feminism, Asian-American stereotypes, and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time tv. She currently plays Terri on the Creator/{{Lifetime}} series ''Series/DropDeadDiva''. She also lends her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld''. Was once on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but was eliminated in the third round. She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

** She's gotten this from (many non-Asian) critics. Also, inverted by [[MoralGuardians some conservative elements]] within the Asian/Korean American community who would [[PositiveDiscrimination prefer]] a [[YamatoNadeshiko more "traditional" image of Asians]] in the media. This was the reason the "Asian Consultant" was hired and manages to be a topic of great ire for her today.

--->"Someone once asked me, 'Do your Korean parents feel ashamed you talk about what you talk about on stage?' I don't think they're ashamed because they're Korean. I think ''any'' parents would be ashamed." ([[BrickJoke mimes driving home with one finger off the wheel after fingering a guy during oral sex]])

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--->"Someone once asked me, 'Do your Korean parents feel ashamed you talk about what you talk about on stage?' I don't think they're ashamed because they're Korean. I think ''any'' parents would be ashamed." ([[BrickJoke mimics driving home with one finger off the wheel after fingering a guy during oral sex]])

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[[RecordedAndStandUpComedy Stand-up comedian]], actress, activist, blogger, and musician Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) was born to a [[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] family in California. Her routines often talk about her pansexuality, sexuality in general, feminism, Asian-American stereotypes, and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time tv. She currently plays Terri on the Creator/{{Lifetime}} series ''Series/DropDeadDiva''. She also lends her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld''. Was once on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but was eliminated in the third round. She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

* BiTheWay: Her bisexuality is a frequent topic in her comedy.

[[RecordedAndStandUpComedy Stand-up comedian]], actress, activist, blogger, and musician Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) was born to a [[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] family in California. Her routines often talk about her pansexuality, sexuality in general, feminism, Asian-American stereotypes, and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''All American Girl'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time tv. She currently plays Terri on the Creator/{{Lifetime}} series ''Series/DropDeadDiva''. She also lends her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld''. Was once on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but was eliminated in the third round. She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

[[RecordedAndStandUpComedy Stand-up comedian]], actress, activist, blogger, and musician Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) was born to a [[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] family in California. Her routines often talk about her pansexuality, sexuality in general, feminism, Asian-American stereotypes, and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time tv. She currently plays Terri on the Creator/{{Lifetime}} series ''Series/DropDeadDiva''. She also lends her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld''. Was once on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but was eliminated in the third round. She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

* AllWomenArePrudes: Recalling her time on ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'', she complained about how sexually neutered her character was, as TV!Margaret would turn down sex even in cases where Real!Margaret would have consented. She found this annoying, as the show was based on her and she personally averts this trope to hell and back. "Slut pride!"

* BilingualBackfire: Inverted. While promoting ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'', she appeared on a morning talk show for a local station that was recently bought out by Disney. At the end of the interview segment, the host, in a CriticalResearchFailure, asked Margaret to tell the people at home "in [her] native language" that they were changing over to an ABC affiliate. As Margaret was born and raised in California and is actually not fluent in Korean, she simply looked at the camera and curtly said in plain English, "They're changing over to an ABC affiliate."

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Her biggest bone of contention with the producers of ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'' was how she was forced to lose weight for her role. ''To play herself.''
* SitComic: Her sitcom, ''Series/AllAmericanGirl''.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: She once ranted about how HelloKitty doesn't have a mouth and is unable to speak, as if telling little girls they shouldn't have voices. Except she does have a mouth, it's just small and is only drawn when she's ''speaking.''

* PsychoticLover: Her song "I'm Sorry" is a GenderFlip of a RealLife male example.

* IThoughtItMeant: While performing on a gay cruise, she found out the boat had a reading room and pictured a drag queen teaching people how to "read" (that is, the art of the StealthInsult).

[[RecordedAndStandUpComedy Stand-up comedian]], actress, activist, blogger, and musician Margaret Cho was born Moran Cho (December 5, 1968--) to a [[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] family in California. Her routines often talk about her pansexuality, sexuality in general, feminism, Asian-American stereotypes, and politics. She had a short-lived sitcom called ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'' based on her life as a second generation Korean-American. The show is known for featuring the first Asian-American family on prime-time tv. She currently plays Terri on the Creator/{{Lifetime}} series ''Series/DropDeadDiva''. She also lends her voice to the stop-motion comedy ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld''. Was once on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but was eliminated in the third round. She released a music comedy album, ''Cho Dependent'', in 2010.

* IThoughtItMeant: While performing on a gay cruise, she found out the boat had a reading room and pictured a drag queen teaching people how to "read" (that is, subtly insult people).

* BeautifulAllAlong: in the semi-autobiographical ''Bam-Bam & Celeste''

* BlackComedyRape: Was sexually molested from ages 5 to 12 by an older family member which was very devastating for her, however she deals with that pain through comedy ... [[CrossesTheLineTwice which can get pretty dark at times]].