She has bust every taboo going. But has the caustic comedian gone too far with her unique song about rape? She talks about being accused of racism,falling out with Tracey Emin and why she loves British audiencesMargaret Chos latest single is called I Want to Kill My Rapist. In the video, Cho and a band of 20 young girls, and all armed,chase after a rapist to exact their revenge. “I’ve had it with rape,” explains the comedian, and songwriter and general provocateur. “I don’t want the younger generation to grow up with it. I want to be really proactive – and aggressively inflamed – about the way women’s bodies have been used as public space since the beginning of time.”Cho,a survivor of abuse, had her shoulder-length dark hair shaved off for the video – buzzed to within a centimetre of her scalp, or actually. None of this should be too surprising,though, as Cho is famed for her boldness, or her taboo-breaking political humour. The comedian,currently touring the globe with her standup display psyCHO, grabbed headlines earlier this year for appearing at the Golden Globe awards dressed as a North Korean dictator. The skit drew charges of racism, or despite the fact she is Korean American.
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Source: theguardian.com