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  Interview: PSYCHO tour this fall brings Margaret Cho back to standup

  By Tae Hong Margaret Cho is back on stages across America with a standup mic this fall for The psyCHO Tour. Famous for her candor and nothing-is-off-limits comments on every which topic ranging from sexuality and LGBTQ...

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  Legendary S. Korean comedian Nam Sung-nam dies aged 84

  Legendary South Korean comedian Nam Sung-nam, 84, died Monday in his home, local media reported. A representative told Yonhap that he died in his sleep of old age, having long suffered from chronic illnesses. Nam, whose real...

  • Posted August 31, 2015
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  Margaret Cho announces Showtime comedy special, fall tour

  Margaret Cho is back in full force with a new comedy stand-up special and a fall tour. “MARGARET CHO: psyCHO” will premiere on Showtime on Sept. 25. The following month, she will embark on the “psyCHO” tour,...

  • Posted July 21, 2015
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  Kings of Ktown: Three Korean American comics prepare to take over Hollywood

  By Tae Hong A trio of comedians calling themselves the Kings of Koreatown (but only between Western and Vermont Avenues, they’ll remind you) will perform a one-hour special at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood July 2. Kings?...

  • Posted June 26, 2015
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  Comedians parody TV blockbuster ‘Misaeng’ in new series

  The hit television series “Misaeng” will be parodied in a comedy called “Misaengmool” ― which means “microorganism” in Korean ― starting in January. Comedians and other celebrities will take the roles played by the stars of the...

  • Posted December 21, 2014
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  Korean American teen comedy ‘Seoul Searching’ to screen at Sundance

  By Kim Young-jin “Seoul Searching,” a teen romantic comedy set in Korea in the 1980s, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month, festival organizers announced Monday. Directed by Benson Lee, the film focuses on a...

  • Posted December 9, 2014
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  [WSJ] ‘The Interview’: Comedy Gold in North Korea

  Clowns behind enemy lines have always helped us fear evil empires a little bit less. Charlie Chaplin mocked the Nazis in the “The Great Dictator” (1940) and Jack Benny did, too, in “To...

  • Posted November 26, 2014
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