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I'm the One That I Want

av Margaret Cho

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Comedian. Icon. TV star. Role model. Trash talker. Fag hag. Gypsy. Tramp. Thief. Margaret Cho displays her numerous sides in this funny, fierce, and honest memoir. As one of the country’s most visible Asian Americans, she has a unique perspective on identity and acceptance. As one of the country’s funniest and most quoted personalities, she takes no prisoners. And as a warm and wise woman who has seen the highs and lows of life, she has words of encouragement for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. With I’m the One That I Want, Margaret Cho has written a book every bit as hilarious, shocking, and insightful as she is.… (mer)
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Powerful, painful, ultimately inspirational memoir. I'm a relatively recent fan of Cho's, and had no idea there was so much pain in her past. After reading this, I appreciate her talent and her success all the more. ( )
  jsabrina | Jul 13, 2021 |
A comedienne narrates her life.

I listened to this version of Margaret Cho's life, as an unabridged audiobook, read by the author. I liked that the author narrated it herself, especially when she impersonated her mother, but her male voices were painful.

I enjoyed the early part of the story the most; Margaret was a loner, picked on by the other children for being different, but she told her story without sounding overly sorry for herself. Unfortunately the second part of the book was Margaret's story of excessive drink and drugs and there was a distinct note of misery and self loathing, which quickly became irritating. This section was also too long - too many tales of drinking, partying and doing drugs, where a few examples would have done.

It was interesting how a child with no friends found a place for herself in comedy, in deriding the very things that had hurt her most in life. I had to respect her for that, even if her style of comedy is not to my taste. This book was published twelve years before I came across it and, judging by her appearances in YouTube, her career has progressed considerably since that time. ( )
  DubaiReader | Sep 6, 2014 |
I think I might need to stop reading comedian's memoirs. I feel like I have been so disappointed with a bunch of them in a row.

I picked up this book mostly because I remember way back when the earth was young (1990's) catching some of Margaret Cho's stand up and just laughing til I was breathless. I saw some of her more recent stand up and was underwhelmed. Then she showed up on Drop Dead Diva and I liked her just fine - so I thought - well - maybe this would be fun to read and maybe it'll remind me what I liked in her early standup.

Yeah. Not really. It seemed to me that beyond all the alcohol and debauchery that was depressing in itself - there was a never ending exploration of grudges she has held over her life.

I lost count of how many times she said someone from her past showed up at a show and she pretended she didn't know them. These encounters came across so silly and adolescent. I mean - in most cases I would have a grudge about these people too - but talking about the fact that later you ignored them as some sort of triumphant gotcha? Well - not really gripping reading for an audience and doesn't do a heck of a lot for how her personality came across.

I don't think there was a single laugh in this book. I guess maybe it is unfair to expect that comedians will have a few funny stories when they refect back on their lives - but this read way more like a diatribe of bad behavior -- hers, her family's and people that she has met.

Watch Drop Dead Diva - she's great in that - and give this book a pass. ( )
  alanna1122 | Mar 18, 2011 |
This whole book is just about self-loathing. Seriously, from start to finish it's all about her problems with drugs, alcohol, guys, sex, Hollywood, weight, parents, school, comedy, etc. etc. Every once in awhile there will be three sentences that are insightful pertaining to racism or feminism and I was always hoping for more elaboration, but instead she just goes on about how she downed another bottle of tequila. This book is boring and unsatisfying. ( )
  ametralladoras | Jun 20, 2010 |
First and foremost, I want to say that Margaret Cho is one of those comedians who you either love her, or hate her - there's no middle ground. You will find what she says to be either absolutely spot-on accurate, or so horribly distastful as to be offensive. She doesn't refrain from telling just how bad off she was for a good portion of her life, and this goes for both her stand-up routines, as well as this book. Nothing is held back.

As for the book, which roughly follows Margaret's life chronologically, I found it to be extremely depressing in the beginning. Gradually, though, as she begins to take more control of her life, it becomes more about getting her life together. As I was reading, there were so many times that I just wanted to hug the girl whose childhood was spent alone and ostracized, whose teenage years were spent searching for love from others, and who ultimately, as an adult, learned to love herself. ( )
  lyssrose | Sep 28, 2005 |
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Comedian. Icon. TV star. Role model. Trash talker. Fag hag. Gypsy. Tramp. Thief. Margaret Cho displays her numerous sides in this funny, fierce, and honest memoir. As one of the country’s most visible Asian Americans, she has a unique perspective on identity and acceptance. As one of the country’s funniest and most quoted personalities, she takes no prisoners. And as a warm and wise woman who has seen the highs and lows of life, she has words of encouragement for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. With I’m the One That I Want, Margaret Cho has written a book every bit as hilarious, shocking, and insightful as she is.

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