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81 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: Set in San Francisco's Warfield Theatre, this concert film starring comedienne Margaret Cho covers a wide variety of topics including her mother, drug and alcohol abuse, homosexuality, and the failure of "All-American Girl," a network television comedy starring Ms. Cho as the anti-stereoytypical daughter of an Asian-American family.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    100
    We're in a golden age of comedy, and one of the reasons is Margaret Cho.
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  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    100
    She (Cho) can tell a joke, mimic, offer commentary, play cute, play ugly and be so hilariously absurd that tears will run down your cheeks.
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  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    On the downside, it's slackly edited -- comedy is, after all, all about timing and there are way too many lengthy shots of Cho waiting for her audience to respond.

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