But when reading songs like Dont Wanna Know and All Eyes On Me between the lines, Inside can help audiences better identify that funny feeling when they start feeling like a creator is their friend. He takes it, and Burnham cries robotically as a tinny version of the song about being stuck in the room plays. And she's with us now to tell us more about it. Bo Burnham Don't overthink this, look in my eye don't be scared don't be shy come on in the water's fine."). And it portends and casts doubt on a later scene when his mental health frays and Burnham cries in earnest. Its horrific.". In the song Problematic, Burnham sings about his past problematic behavior, asking the audience, Isnt anyone going to hold me accountable? The specials intermission looks like a clear view into Burnhams room, until Burnham washes a window between himself and the viewer an explicit, but invisible, boundary between creator and audience. I don't think it's perfectly morally defendable.". And like unpaid interns, most working artists cant afford a mortgage (and yeah, probably torrent a porn). Perform everything to each other, all the time for no reason. Hiding a mysterious past, a mother lives like a nameless fugitive with her daughter as they make hotels their home and see everyone else as a threat. How how successful do you think is "Inside" at addressing, describing kind of confronting the experience that a lot of people have had over the past year? WebBo Burnham: Inside is by far one of the riskiest and original comedy specials to come out in years. The penultimate song "All Eyes on Me" makes for a particularly powerful moment. "Robert's been a little depressed," he sings (referring to himself by his birthname). "You say the ocean's rising, like I give a s---, you say the whole world's ending, honey it already did, you're not gonna slow it, heaven knows you tried," he sings. The hustle to be a working artist usually means delivering an unending churn of content curated specifically for the demands of an audience that can tell you directly why they are upset with you because they did not actually like the content you gave them, and then they can take away some of your revenue for it. This line comes full circle by the end of the special, so keep it in mind. Other artists have made works on the wavelength of Repeat Stuff, but few creators with a platform as large as Burnhams return to the topic over and over, touching on it in almost all of their works. Feelings of depersonalization and derealization can be very disturbing and may feel like you're living in a dream.". Teeuwen's performance shows a twisted, codependent relationship between him and the puppet on his hand, something Burnham is clearly channeling in his own sock puppet routine in "Inside.". The video is an hour-long edit of footage that was deleted from the making of Inside. Partway through the song, the battery icon switches to low and starts blinking in warning as if death is imminent. A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique predicament he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation. And like those specials, Inside implores fans to think about deeper themes as well as how we think about comedy as a genre. . Went out to look for a reason to hide again. Finally doing basic care tasks for yourself like eating breakfast and starting work in the morning. For the album, Bo is credited as writer, performer, and producer on every song. But Burnham is of course the writer, director, editor, and star of this show. Good. Finally doing basic care tasks for yourself like eating breakfast and starting work in the morning. In the same way that earlier vocal distortion represented God, the effect on his voice in "All Eyes on Me" seems to signal some omniscient force outside of Burnham. Im talking to you. I hope to see you inside at some point. Relieved to be done? Theyre complicated. And so I think he's always had that stubborn insistence on holding both of those things in his head at the same time. Anyone can read what you share. At first it seems to be just about life in the pandemic, but it becomes a reference to his past, when he made faces and jokes from his bedroom as a teenager and put that on the internet. But before that can register, Burnham's eyes have closed and the special transitions to the uncannily catchy song "S---," bopping about how he hasn't showered in nine days or done any laundry. Hes bedraggled, increasingly unshaven, growing a Rasputin-like beard. But unlike many of us, Burnham was also hard at work on a one-man show directed, written and performed all by himself. Burnham wrote out: "Does it target those who have been disenfranchised in a historical, political, social, economic and/or psychological context?". Burnham watching the end of his special on a projector also brings the poioumenon full circle the artist has finished their work and is showing you the end of the process it took to create it. Like, what is it? ", And last but not least, for social media he put "sexually pranking unsuspecting women at public beaches" and "psychologically abusive parents making rube goldberg machines" alongside "white people using GIFs of Black people widening their eyes.". Bo Burnham defined an era when he created Inside. Bo Burnhams latest Netflix special, Inside, is a solo venture about the comedian and filmmakers difficult experience in quarantine thats earned enthusiastic critical acclaim. Soering New insights from various parties come to light that raise questions about Jens Sring's conviction of the 1985 murders of his then-girlfriend's parents. The aesthetic telegraphs authenticity and vulnerability, but the specials stunning final shots reveal the misdirection at work, encouraging skepticism of the performativity of such realism. Transcript Comedian and filmmaker Bo Burnham used his time alone during the pandemic to create a one-man show. Burnham spent his teen years doing theater and songwriting, which led to his first viral video on YouTube a song he now likely categorizes as "offensive.". "I was in a full body sweat, so I didn't hear most of that," Burnham said after the clip played. It's like the mental despair of the last year has turned into a comfort. So let's dive into "Inside" and take a closer look at nearly every song and sketch in Burnham's special. Bo Burnham: Inside "I'm criticizing my initial reaction for being pretentious, which is honestly a defense mechanism," he says. I think this is something we've all been thinking about. Yes, Amazon has a pre-order set up for the album on Vinyl. MARTIN: So as you can hear in that bit, he sounds something like other comedic songwriters who do these kind of parody or comedy songs, whether it's Tom Lehrer, Weird Al or whoever. Mirroring the earlier scene where Burnham went to sleep, now Burnham is shown "waking up.". Just wanted to make sure everybody knew about Bo's comedy special transcripts on Scraps. Well, well, buddy you found it, now come out with your hands up we've got you surrounded.". When you're a kid and you're stuck in your room, you'll do any old s--- to get out of it.". While talking to the audience during the opening section, Burnham takes a sip out of a water bottle. As energetic as the song "S---" is, it's really just another clear message about the mental disorder that has its grips in Burnham (or at least the version of him we're seeing in this special). Bo Burnham Then, of course, the aspect ratio shrinks again as the white woman goes back to posting typical content. The song untangles the way we view peoples social media output as the complete vision of who they are, when really, we cannot know the full extent of someones inner world, especially not just through social media. As someone who has devoted time, energy, and years of research into parasocial relationships, I felt almost like this song was made for me, that Burnham and I do have so much in common. So in "Inside," when we see Burnham recording himself doing lighting set up and then accidentally pull down his camera was that a real blooper he decided to edit in? HOLMES: So, as you'll hear there, on the one hand, there's a lot of sadness in what he's talking about there. "And so, today, I'm gonna try just getting up, sitting down, going back to work. It's just Burnham, his room, the depressive-sound of his song, and us watching as his distorted voice tries to convince us to join him in that darkness. On the Netflix special, however, Josh Senior is credited as a producer, Cooper Wehde is an assistant producer, and a number of people are credited for post-production, editing, and logistical coordinating. HOLMES: It felt very true to me, not in the literal sense. This is a heartbreaking chiding coming from Burnham's own distorted voice, as if he's shaming himself for sinking back into that mental state. During the last 15 minutes of "Make Happy," Burnham turns the comedy switch down a bit and begins talking to the audience about how his comedy is almost always about performing itself because he thinks people are, at all times, doing a "performance" for one another. At the forefront of this shift has been Bo Burnham, one of YouTubes earliest stars, who went on to make his own innovative specials with satirical songs backed by theatrical lighting and disembodied voices. Down to the second, the clock changes to midnight exactly halfway through the runtime of "Inside.". And I think that's what you're getting here. While he's laying in bed, eyes about the close, the screen shows a flash of an open door. Then comes the third emotional jump scare. He's freely admitting that self-awareness isn't enough while also clearly unable to move away from that self-aware comedic space he so brilliantly holds. Bo Burnham He also revealed an official poster, a single frame from the special, and the cover art prior to its release. Burnhams eyes are sharply in focus; the rest of him faded out subtly, a detail you might not even notice with how striking his eyes are. The piece also highlights Bos anxieties with becoming older and his legacy as a comedian. Its a lyrically dense song with camerawork that speeds up with its rhythm. Thank you so much for joining us. He's also giving us a visual representation of the way social media feeds can jarringly swing between shallow photos and emotional posts about trauma and loss. It is set almost entirely within one room of his Los Angeles guest house, the same one shown in the closing song of the June 2016 Make Happy special, titled Are you happy?. The special is available exclusively on Netflix, while the album can be found on most streaming platforms. He's showing us how terrifying it can be to present something you've made to the world, or to hear laughter from an audience when what you were hoping for was a genuine connection. Or DM a girl and groom her, do a Zoomer, find a tumor in her HOLMES: And this is what the chorus of that song sounds like. In another scene, Burnham gives a retroactive disclaimer to discussions of his suicidal ideation by telling the audience, And if youre out there and youre struggling with suicidal thoughts and you want to kill yourself, I just wanna tell you Dont! Look Whos Inside Again is largely a song about being creative during quarantine, but ends with Now come out with your hands up, weve got you surrounded, a reflection on police violence but also being mobbed by his fans. jonnyewers 30 May 2021. My heart hurts with and for him. Coined in 1956 by researchers Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, the term initially was used to analyze relationships between news anchors who spoke directly to the audience and that audience itself. After more sung repetitions of get your fuckin hands up, Burnham says, Get up. And if you go back and you look at a film like "Eighth Grade," he's always been really consumed by sort of the positive and the negative of social media and the internet and the life of of young kids. The song is like having a religious experience with your own mental disorder. "Any Day Now" The ending credits. And notably, Burnhams work focuses on parasocial relationships not from the perspective of the audience, but the perspective of the performer.Inside depicts how being a creator can feel: you are a cult leader, you are holding your audience hostage, your audience is holding you hostage, you are your audience, your audience can never be you, you need your audience, and you need to escape your audience. ", From then on, the narrative of "Inside" follows Burnham returning to his standard comedic style and singing various parody songs like "FaceTime with My Mom" and "White Woman's Instagram.". Theres a nostalgic sweetness to this song, but parts of it return throughout the show, in darker forms, one of many variations on a theme. And finally today, like many of us, writer, comedian and filmmaker Bo Burnham found himself isolated for much of last year - home alone, growing a beard, trying his best to stay sane. Bo Burnham, pictured here at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, wrote, directed and performed the entirety of his new Netflix special, Inside, by himself. He also costarred in the Oscar-winning movie "Promising Young Woman," filmed in 2019. Inside, a new Netflix special written, performed, directed, shot, and edited by comedian Bo Burnham, invokes and plays with many forms. begins with the question "Is it mean?" Long before the phrase parasocial relationship had entered the mainstream zeitgeist, Burnhams work discussed the phenomenon. The battery is full, but no numbers are moving. Initially, this seems like a pretty standard takedown of the basic bitch stereotype co-opted from Black Twitter, until the aspect ratio widens and Burnham sings a shockingly personal, emotional caption from the same feed. Well, well, buddy you found it, now come out with your hands up we've got you surrounded.". ", "I do not think my intention was homophobic, but what is the implicit comedy of that song if you chase it all the way down? By keeping that reveal until the end of the special, Burnham is dropping a hammer on the actual at-home audience, letting us know why his mental health has hit an ATL, as he calls it ("all time low"). Burnham watching the end of his special on a projector also brings the poioumenon full circle the artist has finished their work and is showing you the end of the process it took to create it. Self-awareness does not absolve anybody of anything.". The first half is dominated by sharp, silly satires of the moment, like a visually precise and hilarious song about social media vanity, White Womans Instagram, and a commercial for a woke brand consultant. Burnham is also the main character in the game, a character who is seen moving mechanically around a room. 20. From the very beginning of "Inside," Burnham makes it clear that the narrative arc of the special will be self-referential. Web9/10. Its a visual that signifies a man exposing himself, until you realize hes in a spotlight. And I think that, 'Oh if I'm self-aware about being a douchebag it'll somehow make me less of a douchebag.' But now Burnham is back. It's a reprieve of the lyrics Burnham sang earlier in the special when he was reminiscing about being a kid stuck in his room. Now we've come full circle from the start of the special, when Burnham sang about how he's been depressed and decided to try just getting up, sitting down, and going back to work. Bo And that can be a really - if you're not very good at it, that kind of thing, where there's a balance between sort of the sarcastic and ironic versus the very sincere can be really exhausting. Burnham uses vocal tuning often throughout all of his specials. I feel very close and intimate with him in this version. I got so much better, in fact, that in January of 2020, I thought 'you know what I should start performing again. Each of the songs from the first half of the special are in line with Burnham's earlier Netflix specials and comedy albums. His hair and beard were shorter, and he was full of inspired energy. Not a comedy per se, but a masterpiece nonetheless. And while its an ominous portrait of the isolation of the pandemic, theres hope in its existence: Written, designed and shot by Burnham over the last year inside a single room, it illustrates that theres no greater inspiration than limitations. And its easier to relax when the video focuses on a separate take of Burnham singing from farther away, the frame now showing the entire room. And you can roughly think about this, I think, as a series of short videos that are mostly of him singing songs and that are sewn together with a little bit of other material, whether it's shots of him lying in bed or setting up the cameras. I actually felt true mutual empathy with someone for the first time, and with someone Ive never even met, its kinda funny.. But also, it's clear that there's a lot on his mind. The song is a pitched-down Charli XCX-styled banger of a ballad has minimal lyrics that are mostly just standard crowd instructions: put your hands up, get on your feet. Burnham's hair is shorter in those initial behind-the-scenes moments, but his future-self has a longer, unkempt beard and messy hair. How does one know if the joke punches down? Bo Burnham's Netflix Special, 'Inside Sitting in the meeting room, not making a sound becomes the perceived 24/7 access fans have to DM you, reply to you, ask you questions. Some of the narrative of the show can be indulgently overheated, playing into clichs about the process of the brooding artist, but Burnham has anticipated this and other criticisms, and integrated them into the special, including the idea that drawing attention to potential flaws fixes them. Get the fuck up! Burnham walks towards the camera and grabs it like hes grabbing the viewer by the throat. The global pandemic and subsequent lockdown orders of March 2020 put a stop to these plans. '", "Robert's been a little depressed, no!" Disclosure: Mathias Dpfner, CEO of Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer, is a Netflix board member. So when you get to the end of a song, it often just kind of cuts to something else. Open wide.. On June 9, Burnham released the music from the special in an album titled Inside (The Songs), which hit No. In the song, Burnham specifically mentions looking up "derealization," a disorder that may "feel like you're living in a dream. Then, the video keeps going past the runtime of the song and into that reaction itself. Its a stupid song, and, uh, it doesnt really mean anything. The video continues. Now get inside.". The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Please check your email to find a confirmation email, and follow the steps to confirm your humanity. Like he's parodying white people who think that by crucifying themselves first they're somehow freed from the consequences of their actions. It moves kind of all over the place. I have a funky memory and I sometimes can't remember things from something I've watched, even if it was just yesterday. It's wonderful to be with you. Burnham skewers himself as a virtue-signaling ally with a white-savior complex, a bully and an egoist who draws a Venn diagram and locates himself in the overlap between Weird Al and Malcolm X. That his special is an indictment of the internet by an artist whose career was born and flourished there is the ultimate joke. Burnham slaps his leg in frustration and eventually gives a mirthless laugh before he starts slamming objects around him. Parasocial relationships can be positive too, as outlined in culture critic Stitchs essay On Parasocial Relationships and the Boundaries of Celebrity for Teen Vogue. It's full circle from the start of the special, when Burnham sang about how he's been depressed and decided to try just getting up, sitting down, and going back to work. He had a role in the film "Promising Young Woman." You can tell that he's watched a ton of livestream gamers, and picked up on their intros, the way the talk with people in the chat, the cadence of their commentary on the game, everything. And I think the pandemic was a time when a lot of people were in this do I laugh or cry space in their own minds. "This show is called 'what.,' and I hope there are some surprises for you," he says as he goes to set down the water bottle. On the other two sides of that question ("no" and "not sure") the flowchart asks if it could be "interpreted" as mean (if so, then it's "not funny") or if it "punches down.". But before that can register, Burnham's eyes have closed and the special transitions to the uncannily catchy song "S---," bopping about how he hasn't showered in nine days or done any laundry. Unpaid Intern isnt just about unpaid internships; when your livelihood as an artist depends on your perceived closeness with each individual fan, fetching a coffee becomes telling someone theyre valid when they vent to you like they would a friend (or a therapist). "I was a kid who was stuck in his room, there isn't much more to say about it. His virtuosic new special, Inside (on Netflix), pushes this trend further, so far that it feels as if he has created something entirely new and unlikely, both sweepingly cinematic and claustrophobically intimate, a Zeitgeist-chasing musical comedy made alone to an audience of no one. Bo Burnham WebA Girl and an Astronaut. Burnhams 2013 special, what., culminates in Burnham, the performer, reacting to pre-recorded versions of himself playing people from his life reacting to his work and fame, trying to capitalize on their tenuous relationship with him. Instead of working his muscles at open mics or in improv, Burnham uploaded joke songs to the platform in 2006. And then the funniest thing happened.". our full breakdown of every detail and reference you might have missed in "Inside" here. Well now the shots are reversed. When he appeared on NPR's radio show "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross in 2018, the host played a clip of "My Whole Family" and Burnham took his headphones off so he didn't have to relisten to the song. Bo Burnham's 'Inside Is he content with its content? Bo Burnhams Inside begs for our parasocial awareness The comedians lifetime online explains the heart of most of his new songs By Wil Williams @wilw_writes Jun 28, 2021, 11:01am EDT Most sources discuss fictional characters, news anchors, childrens show hosts, or celebrity culture as a whole. "You say the whole world's ending, honey it already did, you're not gonna slow it, heaven knows you tried. Now, the term is applied to how viewers devote time, energy, and emotion to celebrities and content creators like YouTubers, podcasters, and Twitch streamers people who do not know they exist. Linda Holmes, welcome. It's prison. HOLMES: Yeah. He brushes his teeth, eats a bowl of cereal, and begins editing his videos. "Got it? And part of it is sometimes he's just in despair. At the second level of the reaction video, Burnham says: "I'm being a little pretentious. Still, its difficult not to be lulled back into, again, this absolute banger. Most creator-made content online is available for free, meaning creators usually have to rely on their fans for income via crowdfunding like Patreon. That's what it is. But, of course, it tangles that right back up; this emotional post was, ultimately, still Content. When we see it again towards the end of the special, it's from a new camera angle. That's a really clever, fun little rhyme in this, you know, kind of heavy song. Who Were We Running From? Bo Burnham But the lyrics Burnham sings seem to imply that he wants to be held accountable for thoughtless and offensive jokes of his past: "Father please forgive me for I did not realize what I did, or that I'd live to regret it, times are changing and I'm getting old, are you gonna hold me accountable?".
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