Were all done reading books!
We started watching Videos on M. Cho
Cho who dropped out of school at 16 and started traveling around the country doing stand up. Cho has a huge following from the Asian community and also in the Gay community. Cho is an advocate for Gay marriage and Gay rights.
In “I’m the one that I want” Cho spoke about her experience of being on her own TV show. The show was called All American Girl. While filming the Show the nextwork felt that Cho wasn’t Asian enough so they hired an Asian consultant to make her more Asian, which just resulted in putting Chop Sticks in her hair…strange eh? The network also had her lose about 20lb or something. well once Cho lost all that weight it dystroyed her body, and put Cho in the hospital where she met Gwen.
Cho spend a solid five minutes enaction what Gwen was saying to her…in a very manly deep voice…”Hi I’m Gwen and I am going to wash your Vagina” Cho spoke about it over and over again, and not just in the setting of being at the Hospital. She made the voice and the statement, pretending Gwen was at the movies or out in a social seen. It was obvious that Gwen was not Asian American, nor Cacuasion. This shows how Cho projects and views people of different ethinicties in her acts.Cho obvously has a defined view on her identity, yet she often struggled with what/ who she is for a while.
another important and funny/akward situtation is that of Cho and her parents. She has a very different/ detached relationship. Cho was reciving the Korean of the Year award, and for her “dress” she had a china doll dress painted on her….Her parents didn’t show anger or rage, on camera, but if that was my child I feel that I would be just a little on the upset side. Additionally, her parents giving her crap about not having a child, she makes the comback…”I’ll just adopt a kid from China…no one will know the difference…” she cracks me up!
Marc said,
November 14, 2008 @ 10:14 am
That Gwen part is when i had to turn off the youtube. for me it was kinda disturbing and i really dint get the point of her saying it over and over again.
LeAndra said,
November 15, 2008 @ 8:52 am
I really don’t get why anyone would hire a consultant to show an Asian person how to be Asian, who said thaey are supposed to act in any certain way. I get that it’s all about the ratings and other TV crap, but what the hell, I don’t get where these people get their information.
Mary said,
November 17, 2008 @ 11:41 am
I couldn’t believe she would be naked in front of her parents! That just seems so strange to me – maybe that’s just me but I would feel so awkward. I hope she didn’t do that just to get ratings… Her poor parents!