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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780794205034
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0794205038
Label: Wellspring
Manufacturer: Wellspring
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Wellspring
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 19636
Studio: Wellspring
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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Description:
Filmed live at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, REVOLUTION is comedian Margaret Cho's triumphant return to the screen with the same unbridled, no holds-barred humor that infused her previous two concert films. In REVOLUTION, Margaret tackles the axis of evil, her travels through Thailand's red light district, the explosion of child birth, bartering sex for household chores, revolutionizing one's self-esteem, the joy of bodily functions, her loser ex-boyfriend, and of course, her now world-famous mother. Known as much for her social activism as she is for her raunchy humor, Margaret is a one-of-a-kind phenomenon who once again brings her distinctive and empowering personal voice to her devoted and adoring fans. DVD extras include: Bruce Daniels (opening act), Behind-the-scenes, Commentary from Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels, Clip from 'Behind the Revolution' and 'Cho Daniels Report', trailers
Amazon.com:
Margaret Cho does not suffer well the by-now-clichéd expression, 'Don't go there.' As Cho remarks near the end of her characteristically passionate one-woman show, 'I live there. I bought a house there.' 'There' for Margaret Cho is graphic descriptions of sexual acts, gay and straight, and bodily functions, impersonating a Bangkok sex-show barker, and other matters addressed in her singular frank and explicit style. Two hysterical rants that can be printed here involve being served an Asian Chicken Salad and all the reasons she will never be cast in a period film. Cho Revolution is more fitfully paced than her previous concert films, but she saves the best, and her most righteous anger, for last, when she addresses negative body image, racism, and homophobia. Here, she drops the attitude and gets real. She may be preaching to the converted (a Cho audience is nothing but idolatry), but it is a powerful sermon. Viva Cho! --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - What, what?? Dis be some funny....
I've never seen Cho before so I had no expectations. I can only tell you that I've never laughed at my television so much in my life. She's brilliant, dark, intelligent, and disturbed. I'm not sure why there are so many bad reviews and can only attribute it to high expectations based on her other shows. Which is good news for me considering this blew my undies off. Cho is awesome if your sense of humor and tilt on life is a little off--watch and enjoy.
Rating:  - Awful
I have never seen or heard Margaret Cho before, so this was my introduction. I've read some of the reviews that say this is the worst of her work, but after watching this movie (or as much of it as I could endure), I have no desire to give her the benefit of the doubt and see any of her other work. Her work was "shocking" only its banality, and funny only in the tragic sense that a movie was actually made out of this. That said, she does appear to have a loyal audience, as any contortion (no matter how transparently forced or irrelevant to the narrative at hand), any lame political "commentary" (unoriginal musings taken straight from common political criticism and dressed up only with random spasmodic faces, lengthy pauses, and incoherent changes of pitch and tone), or any "extreme" joke about exploding vaginas and diarrhea was greeted with wild enthusiasm.
Rating: - I love Margaret Cho
She is is such a trash talking nasty woman...and I love her for it! This time she was at her funnest talking about Asian stereotypes. And I agree that someone putting you down because of your race or sexual orientation attacks you at a very fundamental level. You can get skinny, you can change your hairstyle and you can change your style of clothes. But you can't change yourself at that level. As she said if you don't go there or give out too much information things don't change.
I would love to see her in person.
Rating:  - New Revolution?
I'm a fan of Margaret's work, but I have to say that she was way off in this comedy outting. Normally her comedic timing and jokes are the things that drives fans in droves to her shows, but for some reason, she lost that in this movie. She wears an outfit that doesn't have much of a purpose, and I think the effect is lost on the audience at home.
It'll still be a decent watch if you are a hardcore Cho fan, but don't expect to feel like you've experienced a revolution by the time you finish watching it. Even her normally hilarious usage of her version of her mother is toned way down. The reason this movie is not a total bust is because she still delivers hilarious lines concerning some of her social observations.
This one is better left towards her huge fans, and even the huge Cho fans may feel disappointed after watching it. Although, if you are new to Cho Land, I do recommend checking out her two previous movies ("I'm the One That I Want" and "Notorious CHO").
Rating: - Comedy that's more than Funny
Wow, I am surprised to read a lot of these reviews, wondering about how these reviewers define comedy. This was my first introduction to Ms. Cho, and as a purveyor of fine comedy, I was pleased and delighted to find a comic that isn't JUST funny, but actually puts a lot of thought and personal meaning into her act. In the words of Dane Cook, "true, hence funny." Perhaps it is becuase I have a lot in common with the comediene, such as a history of ballet torture and bowel problems, but i found her work to be inspiring and touching, and it made me laugh a lot too! Now, this isn't slap-stick comedy here, it is a telling of anecdotes from her personal life, and I for one am in admiration of how she can find the hillarious in the bleakest of situations. I've been there, and the only way to deal with some things is to just crack yourself up - it beats driving off the nearest cliff. So, if you have a sense of humor, a social conscience. and a desire for a good chuckle, then you should get a kick out of this excellent performance.
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