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The World of Blogebrities
Jeremy writes "The folks at Blogebrity have a unique take on the blog scene. Drawing a parallel to the glitz and glam of Hollywood stars, they've divided some of the better-known bloggers into A-, B-, and C-lists. Slashdot favorite Wil Wheaton is featured on the A-list, while some lesser-known bloggers such as Bruce Sterling made it to the B-list, and most of the non-geeks like comedian Margaret Cho can't seem to break out of the C-list. What does the slashdot crowd think of their choices?"
She is a comedian. If you really want to get into the nitty gritty sterotypes and some of the focus of her jokes, she is an Asian-American comedian. Her old stuff is great laughs for everyone. Culture clash jokes with her parents are funny, and the sterotyping of Asian-Americans can be side splitting. If you are an Asian-American (bonus points if you are a woman too, you will pretty much find it impossible to not laugh. ...all of that said, she now sucks. Right before the elections she came around to my town (Boston). I shelled out my entertainment budget for the month on a pair of tickets and a drink at the club ($15 - no, not worth it, even if I kept the glass). I was treated to a political rally. I wanted to claw my ears out. It wasn't funny. There are so many ways you can make fun of Bush's inability to speak or his last name before you are driven nuts. I was pretty sure I shelled out my money to see comedy, and instead I got a campaign speech by a comedian. I am not a terribly conservative guy either. I have a feeling the flamboyantly gay group of guys at our table were not Republicans in disguise either, and they too seemed to be struggling to get out a few chuckles.
So, I figure that maybe she was just worked up by the whole presidency and forgot that she was a comedian, so I give it another chance. I rent her new comedy DvD. Dear god, put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. It turns up that she WAS worked up by the presidency. Unfortunately, the bad Bush jokes were much better then the stuff that was pushed aside. Sufficient to say, the DvD was awful, and even fans who desperately wanted to like it couldn't.
All that said, pick up her old stuff. Good fun and plenty of laughs.