Margaret Cho Video Interview On Her ‘Mother’ Tour, Dancing With The Stars

Margaret Cho answers questions from users of Uinterview.com about Dancing With The Stars, Drop Dead Diva and her new comedy tour Mother in an exclusive video interview.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Calif., Cho has made a career out of tackling issues of discrimination based on race, gender and sexual orientation. Along the way, she has also opened up about her relationship with her mother as well as her own personal demons, including addictions to sex, drugs and alcohol. Her most critically acclaimed stand-up show was 1999’s I’m the One That I Want.

While Cho is known for discussing controversial topics, she doesn’t believe in shock for shock’s sake. “I think that shock is appropriate when there’s some sort of explanation underneath it. Shock value is not really valued on its own,” Cho told Uinterview in our exclusive video interview. “I’ve been a comic for a long time and I have my own way of operating and doing things, but I try to take people’s feelings into account. I try to have a sense of justice about what’s going on and what I’m doing. Shock value, to me, has less value when there’s really nothing behind it that really anchors it.”