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Title: I'm the One That I Want by Margaret Cho ISBN: 0-345-44014-5 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (36 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: funny and sincere
Comment: I first read an excerpt of the book in a magazine. Once I finished the article, I ran to the nearest bookstore to pick up Margaret Cho's book. It's filled with humor and a compelling honesty about life, love (or lack there of) of self and others, and her rise and fall and rise again to the top. I started to read the first few lines of the book and couldn't put it down again until I finished the last word of the book. As an Asian-American woman myself, Margaret Cho puts a genuine face to the experience I, myself, went through in terms of identity, family, society, and the oftentimes awkwardness both in the APA community and out. I first thought that Margaret Cho's book would be "another humor book" filled with jokes and witty titles as she re-hashed her stage routine on paper. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised to find it a more indepth look into her life.
I strongly encourage everyone to buy and read her book! It's fantastic! I've already purchased copies for my mom and my sisters!
Rating: 4
Summary: An All-American Tough Cookie
Comment: Reading this book (I didn't see the film version), I was quite amazed at just how hard a time Cho had in life -- growing up, doing the showbiz thing, finally rebuilding her life and self-esteem... Most of what she says about growing up asian american, being both and yet neither an "asian" nor "american" girl, really hits home and she has some great lines about it all (especially about going to church).
Don't expect this book to be anything more than just Margaret Cho talking at you... the writing itself is nothing spectacular. It's slangy and has 4-letter words (sometimes nothing else but a 4-letter word will do), just like a friend telling you about the crappy day she's had. This isn't supposed to be classical literature.
I watched "All American Girl" on TV and always knew that whatever input Margaret Cho had was modified (gross understatement) by The Corporate Suits to make an "asian" show palatable to mainstream America. Although Cho herself says the show sucked, I still enjoyed it. I don't mean I genuinely ENJOYed it, but knowing it for what it was, I still enjoyed it. I could see that Cho herself did in fact have something special and funny and strong inside, despite the watered-down, stereotypical characters and plots. Too bad the powers that be weren't brave enough to let her have creative control.
Rating: 5
Summary: the REAL margaret cho!
Comment: The real Margaret Cho is both exactly how you'd expert her to be from her stand up and nothing like that. This book is VERY similar to her stand-up act and movie by the same name and includes many of the same hilarious stories. However the book delves MUCH deeper and tells more stories that don't make it to her comedy act (cuz they're not funny). But despite that I think that Margaret's comic genious and her humorous personality are definately apparent and you are left KNOWING you just read Margaret Cho! She's an unmistakable lady! I love her and I think the book is an invaluable piece of her story and the insights she shares in her act. So put down @$$master and pick up this!
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Title:Margaret Cho - I'm the One That I Want ASIN: B00005ML8T Publisher: Fox Lorber Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.38 |
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Title:Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O. ASIN: B00005JLL1 Publisher: Fox Lorber Pub. Date: 19 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.38 |
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Title: Making More Waves : New Writing by Asian American Women by Elaine Kim ISBN: 0807059137 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 30 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title:Revolution ASIN: B0000C8ASW Publisher: Nettwerk Records Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: Media Research Techniques by Arthur Asa Berger ISBN: 0761915370 Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 05 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
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