Kim Hellard
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The phrase ’self help’ should be enough to make anyone run for the hills. Don’t. Trent McCarthy delivers his take on the twelve steps to recovery with a healthy dose of understated cheek. Dr. Phil devotees and the like, be warned. You may be offended’we can only hope.
Starting off with a short film, McCarthy establishes his story and struggle. We meet his fellow 12 steppers and their over zealous facilitator, a man who McCarthy points out is overcoming his own addiction for facilitating groups.
McCarthy uses his caring, sharing, highly therapised …
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Mark Butler is the sort of bloke who you’d meet in a pub on a lazy Sunday arvo, strike up a conversation with, and watch in awe at the amount of information he spews.ÔøΩÔøΩ In his latest offering, he gives his audiences a guide to the most offensive words, according to surveys conducted in England and Australia.ÔøΩÔøΩ The man has done his homework.
Butler uses the audience in an entertaining way, choosing 15 participants to figure out what the 15 most offensive words are.ÔøΩÔøΩ Using rhyming cockney slang, stories from his …
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According to Kieran Butler, the life of a Collingwood supporter is mired in tragedy. He claims Collingwood has ruined his life, yet again. As a fellow Collingwood tragedian, I couldn’t agree more. Butler’s stories of generational pathos, the artistry of heckling, the absurdities of South Australian fans and all those painful on-field memories, to me, rang oh-so-painfully and hilariously true.
Kicking off with an ode to our man Eddie, Butler smoothly weaves his way through tales of Collingwood’s lost finals campaigns, 1990, marriage breakdown and how his paternal teachings lead his …
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