Yawp Mag Issue 28: Race, Culture and Humour | Page 4

Publisher’s Notes Beau Fitzpatrick We’re back in 2015! Thanks for holding. We decided early on in the year to take a break over the Christmas period and so no December issue for YAWP but we think it’s a heaven idea so we’re going to turn that bad boy into a tradition. The no work at all tradition. But now YAWP enters it’s 4th year and this year will be a pretty big one for us. Firstly, I’d like to update our readers on the podcast. It may not be news to you that because of an incident of theft, a lot of the podcast archives were stolen and so we are set back in the schedule with the publishing of a podcast but the magazine has always wanted accompanying content for your ears so we will be working hard in 2015 to bring you YAWP OUTLOUD! Where we will be reading content, giving you more interviews and news. We’re very excited. We are also making an announcement in February regarding podcasts. I will save it for the February issue but I’m pretty sure this is going to be one of the biggest announcements we’ve made. Whaaaaaaa?! Finally, the Good Hurt has been on break but we have been busy editing the footage to bring you a Good Hurt show which we will be devoting a portion of the magazine to in the next issue. And of course, the show starts Feb 25th! @beaufitzpatrick Magazine Director’s Notes Steph Gray @GARYGARYGARRYYY Well, Beau welcomed you back about five times in that intro, so I’m just going to actually not going to talk about how great everything is but instead tell you what’s in this issue. This issue we talk about race, culture and how it plays in the comedy scene. Our interviewees were gracious enough to talk about the issues they face on stage and how they address their appearance and upbringing, then move onto the business of comedy. Some of the things which show up in our interviews were some of the most keen insights on comedy we’ve yet experienced. Thanks to everyone involved. This issue focuses on race but it could also, like many issues, be about power and status in comedy. We hear from a number of our writers about the troubled history of race in comedy as well as the changing scene and the use of power and permission when talking about race on stage. Enjoy the issue! Illustrations: Steph Gray www.stephgray.com.au