Talk:Margaret Cho
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Quotes
Do we really need the quote from her comedy routine? Can't we just link to a website for stuff like that? --Ed Poor, November 2002
- Although the person commenting on the fact that the quote is the best part of the page sort of shows it's value, I'll answer your question more directly: first, the first quote isn't from her comedy routine, it's from an NPR interview. And secondly, quotes from comedians are valuable to an encylopedic entry if they give an example of the type of material they address; anything factual that can help clarify for the reader the content of the entry is valuable. -- Anon (68.16.134.146), July 15, 2003
- The source of the Asian origin quote needs to be specified. (What's NPR? Magazine? Issue #? Year? Or tv episode airing date?) --Menchi 18:04 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- NPR is National Public Radio, as in the most famous American radio station in existance. (Arguably, perhaps, but c'mon, seriously.) I don't know what the airdate of the quote was.
- I think the 2 quotes are basically the essence of her humour: what she experiences the most. We could incorporate those into the main body and chop the complete quote into pieces, but that sounds like an academic research paper, and the original quotes loss their true flavour. In any case, most ppl are too lazy to click on an additional link -- external most of all -- even it's right in front of their faces. However, I think anything more than 3 quotes might not fit into this page and needs to go into the articles on her shows or whatnot. --Menchi 18:04 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Awards
And which body awarded her the best comedian award? (I assume there isn't just one award for the whole world.) --Ed Poor, November 2002
- Somebody took care of this apparently. --Menchi 18:04 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)
General feedfacks
Great Page! AntonioMartin
Awesome page, but if anyone has the Hangul for her Korean name, will they please post it! Thank you Iluvchineselit 04:05, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Content Question
I was under the idea that her title "Notorious C.H.O" was a spoof on/from the late rapper Biggies Smalls album titled "The Notorious B.I.G". Anybody second this?
- That's exactly what the page says; that it is taken from Notorious K.I.M., which is FURTHER taken from Notorious B.I.G.; but Cho's DIRECT influence was K.I.M, as evidenced by the photos accompanying the tour where she dressed like Lil' Kim.
Excellent page. And that quote is first class. It had me in stitches. We need more stuff like this on wiki. That quote on its own makes the hours I spent on wiki tonight worth it! FearÉIREANN 05:23 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Mic turned off
What source says that the audience complained? Both sources that I can find, one of them Cho's own blog, say it was the manager. [1] (http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/theyturnedoffthemic.htm)[2] (http://www.onlineseats.com/margaret-cho-tickets/index.asp)
- In 2004 Cho was performing at a corporate gig in a hotel when, after 10 minutes, her microphone was cut off by the hotel manager and a band instructed to begin playing.
- This was because the conservative audience was offended by anti-Bush-administration comments.
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- This was because the manager of the hotel was offended by anti-Bush-administration comments.
Unless someone can find better sources which implicate the audience as a whole, the sourced version should remain. Cheers, -Willmcw 23:26, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
If you check Ms Cho’s blog on http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/theyturnedoffthemic.htm She doesn’t say manager, the material wasn’t specifically about Bush, and she didn’t say who was offended. Apparently the payment did eventually come through, and Margaret donated the money to the West Memphis Three. -LesbianLatke 18:26, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
- The other source gives more information:
- In 2004 Cho was performing at a corporate gig in a hotel when, after 10 minutes of comedy, her microphone was cut off and a band instructed to begin playing. This was because the manager of the hotel was offended by anti-Bush-administration comments. Cho's payment, which was issued by way of check directly to a non-profit organization, bounced.[3] (http://www.onlineseats.com/margaret-cho-tickets/index.asp)
- Therefore, it seems appropriate, unless there are additional sources, to write what has been reported. -Willmcw 21:00, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
So what you're saying is that you give more creedance to an unattributed account on a commercial ticket website, than to the artist's own account of events. Some would call this sloppy journalism (encyclopism?). -LesbianLatke 22:26, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
- They don't conflict so it is not a matter of giving more credence to one source over another. One source simply has additional details. Many editors would give additional credence to independent sources rather than to a blog by the subject. Cheers, -Willmcw 22:58, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
Gay Icon Project
In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:19, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)