Margaret Cho's Assassin show
We went to see Margaret Cho's Assassin show last night, one of Heather's birthday presents to me from six weeks ago. I laughed so hard that I was exhausted and a little delirious by two-thirds of the way through. Not quite so funny were the dickhead hecklers and outright morons who felt the need to talk loudly, make rude comments, and generally dampen the good spirits of all of us who had the misfortune to be near them. Particularly shocking was one audience member's response to support act Bruce Daniels. Daniels said quite early on in his routine that he is a proud, gay, African American. Later, some dickhead yelled really loudly: 'You look really white. What are you, anyway, black or white?'
Daniels responded masterfully, first asking how the question was relevant, then saying something like: 'I didn't realise this was a dialogue. Oh, actually it's not. 'Cause I'm ending it right now. Shut the fuck up.' The audience roared with approval. Still, that incident really unsettled me. What kind of idiots was I surrounded by?
Well, for the most part, I wasn't surrounded by idiots at all. The audience loved the show. Someone behind me sounded like they were having fits, they were laughing so hard. It's rare to hear people actually shriek with laughter, but that's what people were doing all around me. Except for the drunk morons nearby who seemed to not ... quite ... get ... it. So they chatted among themselves instead, and made sly, snarky comments in response to Cho's jokes -- but never loud enough for Cho to hear and mete out her (no doubt) severe vengeance.
More than anything I'm wondering what kind of idiot goes to a Margaret Cho show without knowing what she's about. Is there this world that I don't know about, some parallel universe where people will spend $55 a ticket on something completely unknown, and just assume they will enjoy it? Maybe after last night, and the 'Laura Bush and Lysol' joke (among others), they'll think again. I can only hope so.
Aside from all that, Yay for Margaret! Come back soon!
Daniels responded masterfully, first asking how the question was relevant, then saying something like: 'I didn't realise this was a dialogue. Oh, actually it's not. 'Cause I'm ending it right now. Shut the fuck up.' The audience roared with approval. Still, that incident really unsettled me. What kind of idiots was I surrounded by?
Well, for the most part, I wasn't surrounded by idiots at all. The audience loved the show. Someone behind me sounded like they were having fits, they were laughing so hard. It's rare to hear people actually shriek with laughter, but that's what people were doing all around me. Except for the drunk morons nearby who seemed to not ... quite ... get ... it. So they chatted among themselves instead, and made sly, snarky comments in response to Cho's jokes -- but never loud enough for Cho to hear and mete out her (no doubt) severe vengeance.
More than anything I'm wondering what kind of idiot goes to a Margaret Cho show without knowing what she's about. Is there this world that I don't know about, some parallel universe where people will spend $55 a ticket on something completely unknown, and just assume they will enjoy it? Maybe after last night, and the 'Laura Bush and Lysol' joke (among others), they'll think again. I can only hope so.
Aside from all that, Yay for Margaret! Come back soon!
posted by Michelle | 12:19 pm
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