Cho uninvited from convention-week event

[eeyore]

Margaret's been preemptively Whoopied....


BOSTON -- Fearing her material might take the focus off gay issues, the Human Rights Campaign has rescinded its invitation to edgy comedian Margaret Cho to headline a gay and lesbian unity event scheduled to coincide with the Democratic National Convention.

"We didn't feel that after speaking with Margaret's publicist that her material was in that spirit, so we decided to make another plan," said spokesman Mark Shields.

The Human Rights Campaign is one of 10 gay and lesbian organizations hosting Monday's Unity 2004 event in Boston.

Cho had been preparing to use material from her new State of Emergency tour as part of the unpaid benefit performance. The material is a no-holds-barred interpretation of current events. At a recent performance, her comments on the Iraq prison scandal prompted her to be escorted from a show in San Diego.

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/apmovies_story.asp?category=1402&slug=Convention%20Margaret%20Cho

[Doctor_J]

1. this is a dupe

we hashed it out late last night

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2038627

[eeyore]

2. oops - nevermind...

...said in my best gilda radner voice.

[medeak]

3. that's ok

I missed it....thanks!

[Doctor_J]

4. we kicked it around during the insomniac hour last night

feel free to join in that thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2038627