Margret Cho

I enjoyed watching Margret Cho's stand up. She talked about a lot of funny things. How did I feel about her making fun of Asian Americans. I'm not sure. Clearly I thought the jokes were funny. But does me laughing that them just continue the stereotypes. I agreed with one class mate who said that is was okay for Margret to say those jokes, but not okay for someone who wasn't Asian American to say them. It made me wonder if these jokes were just making the stereotypes okay. And if Margret Cho was selling herself and her ethnicity short by using these jokes. Clearly she doesn't have to talk about being Asian American. There were tons of jokes that didn't involve ethnic stereotypes. However, she also used gay stereotypes as well. Are comedians like her only using stereotypes to make their skits funny? I was wondering what the rest of the class thought...