I caught Margaret Cho’s new show, Beautiful, on Saturday night at the Chicago theatre. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, given the fact that in her last show, The Sensuous Woman, she and a friend danced around in skin-tight bodysuits to “Me So Horny.” Fortunately for me (and anyone with a latex allergy), Beautiful proved an uproarious return to Margaret’s comedic roots. (Sorry, but I’ve been waiting for months for an excuse to use the word uproarious.)

Margaret mentioned in the show that everything seems to go downhill for today’s young, female celebrities after they’re caught getting out of a car without panties, which made me wonder what the next few months will bring for poor Emma Watson. (You may know her as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter movies.) Sadly, it seems there’s no public relations spell to undo this mess. However, I’m trying to focus on the positive and be thankful it wasn’t Maggie Smith.

Beautiful was my first time seeing Margaret live and I had a blast. If you don’t have a chance to catch the show, I recommend a little light reading to hold you over until it comes out on DVD. Allow me to suggest this little article in which Margaret discusses heavy flow days and the downsides of being Britney spears.