Stand-up comedian Margaret Cho reveals what feeds her humour

Comedienne Margaret Chos latest performance, Fresh Off The Bloat, will be a no-holds-barred show. Photo: Handout

When stand-up comic Margaret Cho gets on stage, she does what she does best: she tells jokes and fills the room with laughter like no other. Comedy is “a way to diffuse pain and tell great stories crafted from suffering. It makes it all worthwhile,” she tells Star2 in an e-mail interview.

Cho concurs that comedians have licence to make people laugh, although sometimes the jokes are on them. “Yes, I think we can get away with a lot!” Asked to define her brand of humour, the Korean-American comedienne issues a cryptic warning: “It’s the kind where no one is safe.”