A Quote by Margaret Cho

Things that are in "bad taste" are often renegade and rebellious. They go against the status quo, and the laws of decorum and modesty. And that can be really thrilling.

Margaret Cho

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Against Bad Bad Taste Decorum Go Laws Modesty Often Quo Really Rebellious Renegade Status Status Quo Taste Things Thrilling

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Margaret Cho
American - Comedian
Born: December 5, 1968

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Those reliable axioms about the taste and expectations of the mass movie audience are not so much laws of nature as artifacts of corporate strategy. And the lessons derived from them conveniently serve to strengthen a status quo that increasingly marginalizes risk, originality and intelligence.

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