Theatrical Release Date:November 8, 2005 Release Date:November 8, 2005 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description Margaret cho returns to the concert stage with a killer stand-up show filmed live at the warner theater in washington d.C. which breaks new ground in its hilarious attacks on politics & society. Studio: Koch International Release Date: 11/08/2005 Run time: 175 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com Margaret Cho gives new meaning to the phrase "blue states" with this typically profane and provocative concert performance that takes dead aim at all things right-wing. Recorded in May 2005, in enemy territory (Washington, D.C.), Assassin is a timely state of the dis-union, as Cho weighs in on gay marriage, the pope, Terry Schiavo, Abu Ghraib, sexual politics, and other hot-button topics. Cho may see herself as a comic assassin, but she is no sniper taking potshots from the cover of the grassy knoll. She puts herself out there. She tells a mostly unprintable story about how she was unwittingly tapped to perform for a group of Republican hotel owners. ("They didn't know who they were getting," she recalls. "It was the worst blind date ever."). The nation is so polarized between left and right, Cho laments, but she doesn't exactly help matters much with statements such as "These Christian groups have lost their minds" and "If you're not a feminist you should kill yourself," or her comment on the red states/blue states map: "That's convenient. Now we have a color-coded map to where all the stupid people are." While not as accessible as I'm the One That I Want, Assassin is less preachy than Cho's more recent concert films. But it is no less impassioned, and she is more than willing to answer the rallying cry of her fiercely devoted fans who, she riffs at one point, seem to look to her like some Asian superhero: "Margaret--do something!" --Donald Liebenson
Too often heavy handedApril 29, 2009 I really loved Margaret Cho's first two concert films - "I'm the One I That I Want" (2000) and "Notorious C.H.O." (2001). She has always been a gifted storyteller, and some of her jokes about her family as well as her riffs on sex were hilarious. Somewhere in between these two films and "Margaret Cho: Assassin" (2005), Cho became increasingly politically edged. Her jokes now focus on lambasting conservatives and Christian religious groups. I'm pretty open to any topic being the source of humor, but the jokes have to be well-written and original or else it can come across as petty. Unfortunately, too much of her material in "Assassin" is stale - tired iterations of the same old Bush jokes. Of course, "Assassin" was released in 2005, so some of the jokes may have been a bit fresher then. However, even to this Cho fan, they haven't aged well.
A few jokes did score. Her impression of Bjork is terrific, and she can still tell a raunchy joke skillfully. Unfortunately, Cho is starting to come off a tad smug, even though I agree with most of her political beliefs. Making her political beliefs and activities the focus of her act is a mistake, in my view; she verges on pandering to her audience at times, and it overshadows the jokes. I'm curious to see how Cho in this age of Obama will change her act. I'm still a fan, just a tad skeptical of whether I will enjoy her future work as much.
Nothing original said in 10 years.August 23, 2008 Not anything particularly new and exciting here, just the same cliches you now get in the multi-cultural university. How could anyone say that she is the comedian attacking the right? Are you living in a cave? She is doing the same routines that about 95% of the comedians in the country are doing now. The only difference is her Asian KKK membership. She is more interesting in promoting hate than tolerance, scapegoating white males for everything. For example, the existence of sexism is somehow the fault of WM despite the fact that sexism has a recorded history far longer in India, the Middle East and East Asia than is does in Europe. Yet somehow the origin and existence of sexism anywhere in the world is the result of "whiteness". This highlights her flaw--she promotes and provides anger, not analysis, not why or how something happened, and certainly no humor. People like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle managed to effectively tackle racism without being racist themselves and while managing to be funny and original.
Oh Cho, Where Did you go?August 18, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I typically love Margaret Cho and her wicked sense of humor. Her edgy, sardonic, volatile way with words has always appealed to me. Unfortunatly, With Assassin, Cho has lost that charm. I actually sat down expecting to CRACK UP, but I found myself only chuckling a few times and one of the times was when Margaret famously imitated her mother-which is standard Cho. I agree with all of Margaret's political views and I find her opinions refreshing. I find myself feeling ostricized in my small-town community for having the views that I do, and it is incredibly soothing to find celebrities and people in the spotlight who can vocalize what I am always thinking. She vocalized everything....But, it was just too much for a comedy routine. I wanted to laugh more! If I was having a group discussion with Margaret, I would have appreciated her input and the views she expressed in this routine, but for a comedy routine it was lackluster.
Not really recommended unless you want to hear someone vent about Bush.
i still love margaret cho but....August 14, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
a couple of years ago i bought the 3-pack dvd set with cho's first three stand up dvds and i loved each one of them. all three were funny. i wanted to buy assassin but something told me to wait. then one day at blockbuster my mom told me to pick a couple of things out and when i saw assassin, i was like, cool i'll rent it to see if it's any good. my mom wanted to turn it off after 10 minutes, bored, but i, loving miss cho as much as i do, made her sit through the first half hour. i was so sad because i love margaret and wanted to love it but just couldn't. we still have it for like another week and i plan on watching the rest of it alone to see if it gets any better, but from the first half hour, i can tell it probably wont.
Margaret Cho forgot that she's a comedian! BORING!June 11, 2008 2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Margaret Cho USED to be so funny that you'd gag on your own laughter. She seems to have forgotten that she's a comedian. I don't know if I'd call if social or political soapboxing... I didn't laugh once. Even the folks who paid to see her show in person aren't laughing. They clap in agreement with her views. The crazy thing is that she ^believes^ that she is being edgy and original. She's just boring..... I miss the old comedian, Margaret Cho - the entertainer.
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