Art As Escape : In The Spotlight

Arthur Schopenhauer, philosophy’s most notable pessimist, once blackly said: “There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over”. The notion that life, for all its swings and roundabouts, is filled with suffering and tribulations that we must endure until the sweet release of death, is a common but unpopular theory.

Break Up Songs Based On The Five Stages of Grief : In The Spotlight

Your heart sinks; it now rests somewhere near your lower intestine. A hot wave of anxiety and deep self-loathing engulfs you. You attempt to stammer out a semblance of a sentence, but all that comes out is a series of sighs and sputters. You’ve been dropped like a slippery steak and there’s nought you can do about it.

But never fear; we can make you better, we have the technology. In times of heartache, one usually passes through the five stages of grief- sometimes simultaneously. We have prepared for this day; allow Watch Out For | Comedy to heal them hurtin’ hearts.

Avatar – Movie Game Changer Or Harbinger of Doom? : In The Spotlight

It is now precisely 46 days and somewhere around a billion dollars since James Cameron’s goliath Avatar opened across the world. James Egan takes a deeper look at James Cameron’s Avatar, and what it means for the future of cinema.

Top 12 Internet Memes and Phenomena

There is nothing better than a good old fashioned Internet Meme or Phenomena, they single handedly make the days in the office fly by. Think about it, without them, we might actualy have to do real work! So, to celebrate, Lisa Dib has tracked down twelve of the best – and boy, are they great!

Lola the Vamp : Exclusive Interview

Vamp by name, vamp by…well, perhaps not today. The divine Miss L is ticking off some busywork; an athletic swim, and some ritual cleaning.

Lisa Dib – Remixed : In The Spotlight

As we speak, it is adulterating young, innocent minds with its wretched, cold tentacle of doom sliding up young legs, over goosebumped skin. Of course, I’m talking about Hilary’s Duff’s song Reach Out. The strumpet in question sings in what a slick-haired sleazy producer might call ‘sexy tones’ but what I like to call ‘compensating for lack of vocal technique’ to a tune you might find awfully familiar.

Aziz Ansari (Parks & Recreation, Let’s Do This) : Exclusive Interview

Aziz Ansari was named one of the best comics of the decade by both Paste Magazine and the Huffington Post. Rolling Stone magazine singled Ansari out as the ‘Hot Stand Up’ category of their annual ‘Hot List’. He’s also won the Jury Award for Best Stand up at HBO’s U.S. Comedy Festival. Now he sits down and chats with WATCH OUT FOR | COMEDY’s Sean Lynch

Cath Styles – Ghosts of Christmas Gigs Past : In The Spotlight

So once again, it’s that time of year where people of many religions make a pilgrimage to a place of great significance to their culture. This journey is so important, they can stand for days in line without adequate food, water, or toilet facilities, and they risk certain death from stampeding crowds.

2009 Watch Out For Awards : Nominations

It’s time to dust off your tuxedo (or if your like me hire one for the cheapest price possible) because it’s time for the first ever Watch Out For Awards or what we like to call; ‘The WOFs’.

Tom Ballard (Triple J, The 7pm Project) : Exclusive Interview

Ever since Tom Ballard played the role of Blitzen in a local amateur production of Rock’n'Roll Santa back in 1997 in his home town of Warrnambool, his comedy career has been on a steady decline….

Sammy J : Exclusive Interview

Sammy J took some time out of his busy schedule of feeding the homeless and saving orphan babies from a burning house (which, in fairness, he does set fire to) to talk all things comedy with WATCH OUT FOR’s comedy nerd Sean Lynch… these are the words that were said and subsequently written down, followed by being read by you… thus the circle of life begins.

Judd Apatow & Aziz Ansari Get Raaaaaaandy : Comedy News

The big news is that the third will be the long mooted “Raaaaaaandy” movie (which Judd revealed to us during an interview earlier this year).

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