She did her research in regards to the COMIC BOOK portrayals and the history and was trying to put all of those things together (more than Cho did) and discuss the various aspects, as well as ask an Asian American co-worker about her personal feelings in order to get even more context. I’m sorry, but I cannot summon…

But it wasn’t random, Cho has been talking about this for a long time and bemoaned the lack of discourse about it. So when someone reached out to have that exact conversation she turned it into a comedy bit to shame that person. Great way to encourage the dialogue you say you seek.

I went back and listened to it and that’s not the impression I got (see my response to Ka Mai). The podcast is more “several funny people speaking seriously about Asian issues” than “comics do funny bits.” YMMV.

Cho had specifically called out Tilda’s casting as whitewashing, so Tilda reached out to her to try to understand Cho’s points better.

I went back and read the other post and as far as I can tell Cho just played it up for the podcast... which was with another comedian. So I wouldn’t take it that seriously. I haven’t listened to the podcast so I’m not sure the exact tone she used but it felt very much like a standup blowing up something smaller into…

Hmmm. If you’re interested, the context for the conversation starts at about the 25 minute mark, with the Swinton conversation coming in closer to 30. Interestingly, she said that a mutual friend first requested if she could give Swinton her number to discuss the topic, so the email was still out of the blue but one…

Or that’s just how Tilda is. She’s always been pretty lowkey and calm, ready to learn on issues. It’s just that she’s a typical middle class white person from the UK: unaware of social issues because she’s out of touch. She’s not, for example, Amy Schumer, Jennifer Lawrence, or Lena Dunham who make excuses for it…

‘Literally checked off the bingo list.’

Calling her an “Asian Amy Schumer” is pretty unfair, seeing as how Cho has been in comedy A LOT longer than Schumer, and has really paved the way for Asian and LGBTQ+ performers.

I like the idea of Amy Schumer being a more basic version of Cho, though.

What would you have Tilda do?

Funny, if a white person said “I don’t really care about [minority]’s feelings anymore” you’d probably call them a racist...

That’s constructive. I’m sure the world will be changed for the better with that mindset.

And us gays don’t like women because y’all sold us down the river. Lets just turn on each other like animals fuck intelligent thoughtful discourse on the left. Why fight the real enemy when we can cut each other down. There’s a lot more of you than there are of me, so I blame you.

That doesn’t reflect well on you.

Damn and here I thought she was reaching out specifically to an Asian American to try and learn more about the situation and how to approach it. Silly me!

That’s constructive. I’m sure the world will be changed for the better with that mindset.

I don’t have a problem with blasting someone publicly if what you’re saying is honest, but MC’s whole “can you tell them...” thing never happened, and the “I have an Asian friend” was in the context of MC telling her to use her platform to produce Asian content and TS describing an upcoming project that does just…

This is a weak take.

She’s a comedian so I expect them to twist stories around for a laugh. But I wouldn’t expect her to do it to someone that is so well known who would eventually hear about it AND have the emails to back up their side.  

This makes Margaret Cho look pretty astonishingly two-faced, tbh. Which is about the last thing I could imagine Margaret Cho being accused of. Maybe she felt like she had to be nice to Tilda because she didn’t know her well, and as she gained distance from the conversation she started to resent that she was put in a…