Marget Cho panned for NK parody at Golden Globes

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By Rachel Lee

Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho showed up at the 2015 Golden Globes and took a moment to mock North Korea with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who co-hosted the show.

Cho’s performance was widely criticized because she used a thick, over-the-top Asian accent to portray a North Korean general.

Cho appeared in a skit at the event, playing a North Korean general with a penchant for American entertainment. The fictional general doubled as a journalist for something called “Movies Wow! Magazine.”

Cho, playing the role of North Korean, also posed for a photo with Meryl Streep.

Later in the show, Cho joined Poehler and Fey onstage.

"In North Korea we know how to put on a show,” she said in a heavy accent. “This is not a show. No. You no have thousand baby playing guitar at the same time. You no have people holding up many card to make one big picture. You no have Dennis Rodman. No basketball at all.”

The performance drew plenty of criticism.

“Still not funny. The Asian stereotyping bit still old, even pretending to be North Korean. Worst bit of the night,” said Twitter user @DaveSaitzyk.

Fey and Poehler made critical remarks about the film “The Interview,” which the United States government said prompted a North Korean hacking attack on Sony Pictures.

The hosts said that they were there to honor “all of the movies that North Korea was OK with.”