The rise of cable has rendered stand-up comedy films increasingly infrequent and scattershot. Hours of random cable comedy programming have largely taken their place, winning fans with powerful 15-minute bursts instead of feature-length spectacle. If it now takes television to offer a ticket to stardom, it also takes a real star to carry a concert film. Margaret Cho's sitcom All-American Girl was the first TV show with an Asian-American lead, but the experience sent her into a spiral of alcohol and low self-esteem. The strongest moments of Cho's new concert film I'm The One That I Want, filmed over two nights in her hometown of San Francisco, are dedicated to her sitcom's brief rise, fall, and aftermath. Cho's recollections of the hoops she had to jump through in an effort to make the show work—from a dangerous crash diet to hiring an Asian consultant to the later hiring of someone to tone down the show's ethnicity—are touching, honest, and often amusing, if rarely hilarious. When Cho sticks to personal subject matter (racism, family, weight problems) and how they play into the world around her, her material flourishes. Less successful are jokes aimed at (but not at the expense of) her heavily gay fan base. This stuff is a Cho staple, but her proud stance as a "fag hag" quickly grows stale and repetitive. Cho's star turn is often, like Julia Sweeney's God Said Ha!, more of a confessional, and she and it are at their best when she keeps the spotlight on herself and lets off some steam.