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Margaret Cho: I’ve been raped ‘probably more than 15 times’ in my life
Margaret Cho is getting ready to unveil her new song and video I Want to Kill My Rapist on Friday (13 November).
The song, she says, is a way for her and other rape survivors to heal.
‘I’ve been raped over the course of my life, probably more than 15 times,’ the comic tells The Wrap. ‘To be able to share that in a way that is really murderous rage but also funny, I think that is a way to heal.’
On her current PsyCHO comedy tour, Cho not only sings about her rapists, she tells jokes.
‘The way that rape works is that survivors of rape are towed into silence by shame,’ Cho says. ‘Shame of rape manifests itself into eating disorders, drug addiction, self destruction, depression… Even as a comedian, when you talk about rape, people get very, very upset. And that infuriates me.
‘I’m trying to find a way to create a space where people who are survivors can find a place to laugh about it. … I meet fans after shows and people are just weeping, because this issue is being discussed so intimately. I’m proud of that. It’s a new territory for comedy.’
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