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Margaret Cho: Assassin

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Filmmaker Kerry Asmussen captures the comedian performing her stand-up routine.
Margaret Cho: Assassin

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Critics Consensus

Margaret Cho: Assassin finds the comedian playing to her base with a set full of would-be provocations that amount to disappointingly little in the way of laughs.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Jul 13, 2022
...like most stand-ups who decide to go political, her observations are so banal this seldom rises... Go to Full Review
Janice Page Boston Globe Sep 16, 2005
2.5/4
Pointed sociopolitical commentary that's thoughtful and impassioned, if not always hilarious. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2005
B-
Anger is the gasoline of stand-up comedians, the fuel that gets them revved. But just as too much gas will flood a carburetor, an overdose of anger can stall a comic's inspiration. Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 9, 2020
Cho is back, with her claws out, for 85 laugh-out-loud minutes... Go to Full Review
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Nov 17, 2005
We're told she's 'controversial,' but honestly, all she does is lob obvious cheap shots that do nothing but sanction her audience's status quo. Where's the controversy in that? Go to Full Review
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com Oct 20, 2005
C
You know, the surest way to stop being considered 'edgy' is to brag constantly about how edgy you are. Get over yourself and get back to writing good jokes. Go to Full Review
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Mar 26, 2014 my least favorite of her 5 films still funny funny though See more Jul 9, 2011 As usual, laugh out loud funny. Miss Cho at her best. See more Mar 7, 2011 I think she's great, but this one wasn't the funniest. Still good, but not "ROTFL" (as the kids say). Die-hards will adore it, of course, but for the casual fan, it didn't blow me away. See more Nov 25, 2009 Not her best but clever and better than an average stand-up See more Sep 7, 2009 Not her best work but still entertaining. See more Jul 6, 2009 This is my least favorite Cho stand-up to date. For one, her monologue used to rely on yelling at the Hollywood mucky mucks for trying to make her conform to an unattainable aesthetic standard. Now that she's actually skinny, those humorous vignettes have been excised from her repertoire. It's too bad, because some of that material is hilarious. Also, she spends too much time railing against the Bush administration. These jokes are way too easy, and therefore not as funny as her usual stuff. Lastly, she's using a different on-stage voice now, like she's channeling a black cross-dresser when she speaks. What's up with that? Still, she can be irreverent and raunchy when the time calls for it, and that material still makes me laugh. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Kerry Asmussen captures the comedian performing her stand-up routine.
Director
Kerry Asmussen
Screenwriter
Margaret Cho
Distributor
Regent Releasing
Production Co
Autonomy Inc.
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 2, 2005, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 22, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$39.7K
Runtime
1h 25m
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