Tina Fey and Amy Poehler didn't shy away from controversial topics during Sunday's Golden Globes, but some viewers felt one of their bits went too far. During the broadcast, Fey and Poehler interacted with comedian Margaret Cho, who played the newest member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a North Korean army general. Here she is getting a photo taken with Meryl Streep.
The segments with Cho -- which also included the comic speaking with an exaggerated accent -- were met with some outrage online. Numerous viewers called the jokes racist, while many critics cited the gags as a show low point.
"Oh my gosh, the fake North Korean journalist is back. I’ve decided: This really needs to end," wrote Emily Orley for BuzzFeed.
"That bit with Margaret Cho as the Kim regime's representative in the Hollywood Foreign Press, which managed a trio of awards-show sins: it was unfunny, racist, and incredibly long," wrote Vulture's editors. "Twenty years ago, Cho was the first Asian-American woman to headline her own sitcom -- how did we end up here?"
Cho has a long relationship with Fey, having played Kim Jong Il on "30 Rock."
And while online reaction was negative, Fey and Poehler didn't seem to mind too much during the show. The duo brought Cho back out on stage to end the 72nd annual Golden Globes.
Cho herself commented on the controversy via Twitter on Monday:
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