Category: Reviews
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Reviewing Comedy v Racism: Manure, Racist Preschoolers and “Humour”
By Nicola Ray and John Seroukas In an event where comedy meets commentary, the hugely popular comedic spectacular “Comedy v Racism” brings together an eclectic group of Australian comedians, each punching out their punch lines in the fight against everyday racism. Organised by “All Together Now”, a national agency dedicated to promoting cultural diversity and…
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S-Town: The Life and Times of an Alabamian Horologist
By Caley Bawden Warning: contains spoilers. To say that I was excited for the release of S-Town is an understatement. Over the years, I have amassed an embarrassingly large number of podcasts that I listen to weekly, chief amongst them being the much lauded This American Life, the editorial home of S-Town’s producers and editorial…
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A Recipe For A Killer Night: Reviewing Word Travels’ Multilingual Poetry Slam
By Zara Khan and Jordan Daly Photos by Ansel Wakamatsu Sauce: Performances by four local poets: Onur Karaozbek, (UNSW’s very own!) Albert Lin, Fayroze Lutta and Hasitha Adhikariarachchi. Three words to set the scene: politics, culture and identity. Three minutes for each performance. A language other than English (featured languages included Mandarin, Turkish, German,…
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“Before the Rain” is Barely a Drizzle: A Review and Conversation with Sampson Wong
By Eric Qian Before the Rain brings together different artists to explore narratives of civil disobedience and unrest, and to observe the quest to attain democracy. It’s a view from the other side – of those who lack democracy and seek it, rather than our alternative of having it and being unsatisfied by its outcomes.…
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Very Funny, Very Steamy Tempest in Studio One
By Dylan Hopcroft If all you want to do at uni is fall in love, or see some hot young couples having a pash, then UNSW Studio One was definitely the place to be last week. Lights, camera and action please on Ferdinand and Miranda having a most-notable, one minute kissing scene in NUTS’s adaptation…
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The 10 Best Books Written by Women
In celebration of International Women’s Day this week, Tharunka is publishing a series of stories written by women, about women. By Emily Olorin This year, for International Women’s Day, I thought I’d take a look at some wonderful books written by women. Traditionally, women have been enormously underrepresented in the literary field, which is a…