Mommy and The Gay - We and most of Dupont went to see Margaret Cho's new show on Saturday night. Strangely, this was the first out of three times I've been to see her when I wasn't in the company of Ben and Kevin. (Strange because they live 3000 miles away.)

The seats weren't quite what I had hoped for. It turns out the "front row" of the upper balcony at the Warner Theater isn't so great, since only an aisle separates the upper and lower balconies. Cho was in pretty good form, especially for a second showing of the evening. Opening act Bruce Daniels was funny and, of course, gay. Cho told many, many vagina jokes. And as always, the best stuff revolved around funny accents and contorted facial expressions.

The only dull spot was the political activism, which unfortunately overtook the comedy as the show came to a close. Note to Margaret: Save the canned speeches for the next Millenium March. Identity activism is fine for political rallies but it's not exactly your funniest material. Interestingly, the most partisan comments got a very tepid response from the crowd. I guess in Washington, D.C. the composition of even Cho's audience is influenced by which guy is in the White House.