'Minstrelsy': 10 verified Tweeters who really didn't like Margaret Cho's North Korea impression #GoldenGlobes

Greg P. | 10:39 PM on January 11, 2015

As we posted earlier tonight, the Golden Globes featured a few bits tonight starring Margaret Cho as some sort of North Korean general/film buff.

But not everyone was happy with her act. Here are 10 verified Tweeps who got the vapors over a tiny bit of non-PC entertainment…

1. Nancy Cooper, International Business Times:

https://twitter.com/NancyCooperNYC/status/554467773326557185

2. Hank Stuever, Washington Post:

That Margaret Cho bit works better when she's making fun of her mother.

— Hank Stuever (@hankstuever) January 12, 2015

3. Jamil Smith, MSNBC:

This Margaret Cho bit is minstrelsy.

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 12, 2015

4. Marian Wang, ProPublica:

Yup pretty much RT @JamilSmith: This Margaret Cho bit is minstrelsy.

— Marian Wang (@mariancw) January 12, 2015

5. Nisha Chittal, MSNBC:

https://twitter.com/NishaChittal/status/554464515858120705

6. Jenny Han, author:

https://twitter.com/jennyhan/status/554466845214769152

7. Erin McCann, Guardian:

https://twitter.com/mccanner/status/554465036530626560

8. Sean Redlitz, CNN (Note: Cho is of Korean ancestry, not Chinese):

https://twitter.com/TheRedlitz/status/554464975323136001

Redlitz has corrected and apologized for his error.

9. Jillian Sederholm, NBC News:

Margaret Cho still holding onto the same bit 20 years later. #GoldenGlobes

— Jillian Sederholm (@JillianSed) January 12, 2015

And No. 10. The entire BuzzFeed office except for Adam Ellis:

Nobody else in the BuzzFeed office is laughing at Margaret Cho so I guess I'm quitting.

— adam ellis (@moby_dickhead) January 12, 2015

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