6:30 p.m.
Comedian and five-time GRAMMY and EMMY nominee, Margaret Cho will join us for a moderated discussion about her career highs and lows as well as share her thoughts around activism in the current political climate. Moderated by Professor LeiLani Nishime, Professor of Communication.
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Margaret Cho, Comedian, Actor, Musician, Advocate, Entrepreneur., Five-time Grammy, and Emmy nominee
Comedian. Actor. Musician. Advocate. Entrepreneur. Five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee.听 Margaret Cho鈥檚 strong voice has been lighting the path for other women, other members of underrepresented groups, other performers, to follow. Her recent television appearances 鈥� guest star on Season 2 of听The Flight Attendant听(HBO Max), guest star on Season 2 of听贬补肠办蝉听(HBO Max) and two听Netflix is a Joke听comedy specials:听Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration and Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live听鈥� have expanded an already wide-ranging career, and her role as the 鈥榤other hen鈥� in the well-reviewed movie听Fire Island听solidifies why we all love Margaret in the first place.听听
As a comedian Margaret has been named one of听Rolling Stone听magazine’s 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time, one of听Vogue听magazine鈥檚 Top 9 Female Comedians of all time, while听CNN听chose her as one of the 50 People Who Changed American Comedy. 听Thankfully, Margaret has more stories to tell, and her production company,听Animal Family Productions, has multiple scripted shows in development for 2022 and beyond.听
Moderator: LeiLani Nishime, Professor of Communication
LeiLani Nishime is a Professor of Communication at the 天美影视传媒. Her research areas are the intersection of race and gender and technology, Asian American media representations, and race and the environment. Her book, Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture, looks at the visual representation of multiracial people in mass media. She has co-edited two books on Asian American popular culture and an edited collection on race and ecology. She is an Associate Director at the Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity, and she is the Grants Manager at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival.