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Cho Bares All in Burlesque Show

Oct. 8, 2007, 5:25 PM EST
By Justin Bergman
Associated Press



NEW YORK -- By now, fans of comedian Margaret Cho know what to expect when they see her on stage. She's foul-mouthed and unabashedly political. She does a very exaggerated impersonation of her traditional Korean mother.

But while Cho has frequently railed against the body image of women that is propagated by today's media, she has never shown so much of her own body � that is to say, nearly all of it.

Her new off-Broadway show, "The Sensuous Woman," has less standup comedy and much more burlesque � a significant departure for the Korean-American comic who has built up a cult following thanks to her 2001 "Notorious C.H.O." tour and subsequent TV specials.

Like most experiments, Cho's cabaret/variety show has moments where it works, others where it doesn't. She incorporates an entire cast into the production, which may disappoint Cho devotees � the comedian herself is probably onstage for a grand total of 20 to 30 minutes.

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Cho sparkles when she's alone on stage, providing her typically fierce observations about celebrities (Britney Spears gets a thumping), gay men and her own sex life. She looks more at home here than she ever has on stage, wearing a tight black dress with shoulders cut out to show off her tattoos and an abundance of glittery silver eye shadow....


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