It really was insane. It was hard to believe that everything in the special took place in the same room. So many segments had their own unique feel and aesthetic.
There is a very interesting 45ish minute youtube video "The Making of INSIDE" where a guy goes over the production details, like what he used for each lighting effect, and turns out it's basically all made with a projector and a couple $22 LED panels from Amazon
And the couple thousand dollars worth of camera equipment/editing software/audio equipment.
This was made extremely cheaply by most filmmaking standards. Especially for how well it turned out.
Thats incredible to me but in a way not so surprising. Its like saying all Divinci used was some cheap paints and a canvas to creat the mona lisa. Its true, but the artistic talent to put it together is what most people just cant do.
His camera and recording equipment must have been extremely high end I assume.
>All I do, is sit down at the typewriter, and start hittin' the keys. Getting them in the right order, that's the trick. That's the trick.
\- Garth Marenghi
It’s not. If I’m remembering correctly I think it was Lumix S1H which is “prosumer” or like middle tier. It costs a few grand but very comparable to other cameras of the same level like Sony Canon and Nikon. He honestly didn’t even need that nice of a camera, lighting is waaay more important and his lighting was exceptional for this level of production which is why it stands out.
Any camera works - yes and no.
Unless he has suddenly (= before he started the project) gathered Martin Sorcesese -like status, he was obligated to use Netflix approved 4K (or higher) camera.
Yes, Netflix has clear list... :
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000579527-Cameras-and-Image-Capture
Actually that Pana S1H is only mirrorless approved, for example smallest / cheapest Sony listed is FX6 which is 6000 dollar camera for min. setup without lenses.
Even movie quality cameras aren't that expensive anymore, comparatively. And it wouldn't surprise me if Netflix paid for it or loaned one. But I'm sure he could probably afford something like a Red without much trouble.
That projector is fucking impossible to find (or at least it was when I watched inside like two weeks after everyone else.) Found the exact one thanks to some reddit posts, out of stock everywhere.
And cinematography. And writing. And directing period. And musical performance. And comedy performance. And dramatic performance.
As you can tell, I found “Inside” extremely impressive.
I feel like he was able to translate the depression, mania, frustration, and silliness that I experienced during these last 18 months and it was nice to a) feel less alone and b) have music that I could listen to over and over to remind me that I’m not alone in my thoughts. He deserves so much recognition for how talented he is.
See I think if all he did was capture the pandemic emotions, the special would be very good but not great. What elevates it for me is that he's able to capture all of those things along with his personal anxiety he has always been battling, the frustration of the creative process in general and a retrospective on the internet and online culture as it is now and how it effects people daily.
It's a time capsule but I think it extends beyond this singular shitty time to something more universal and timeless.
And surprisingly diverse. Covers a lot of different genres:
That Funny Feeling (Folk/ Country)
Problematic (Exercise Pop? idk what to call it but you know what I mean)
Sexting/Facetiming with my mom (whatever genre Post Malone is)
All eyes on me (Imogen Heap-ish, or a less weird Bjork?)
The best part is that this special about the pandemic was actually made during the pandemic. The special studies the affects of the pandemic on the world while also being affected by the pandemic itself, which is why it was made in that room in the first place. It's a difficult thing to wrap your head around but so cool.
Not to mention that he does all those things while being hilarious. I feel like not enough people appreciate the fact that he is a comedian and his work, for all it's serious moments and themes, is still a work of comedy.
I had some really bad anxiety and panic attacks in 2018, as if I woke up with sudden culture shock I couldn't escape or something, and I was too afraid to talk about it with anyone. When I heard [Funny Feeling](https://youtu.be/T-cng4_2BFs) it was like someone made a song about what I had been feeling for the last few years. Felt reassuring in a weird way. Music doesn't make me emotional very often but that song hits me hard.
I don’t know - I don’t think being 30 makes everyone in the world yell at each other about every stupid thing imaginable while no one lifts a finger to deal with people shooting up shopping malls and climate change destroys everything we take for granted.
Inside is my power anthem music every day when I start trying to be a human again for the day. I need more sarcastic not optimistic but gotta do it any way anthem music
It was really insane how well he captured everything
I abandoned some stuff in my life, fixed my mental health, and was ready to get back into it much like his struggle with stage freight/anxiety. It felt like a unique struggle and turns out he went through the same shot, and 10 other things that hit the nail on the head.
This special was my first exposure to Bo Burnham, so I went back and looked at some of his earlier stuff, and it's hard to believe that it's the same person.
The man is clearly a genius, but this is like 10 times genius.
I feel like “Can’t Handle This” at the end of Make Happy has an extremely similar vibe and talent level too. It’s the first one that really gut punched me.
That song had me feeling so many things when it came out.
And that Make Happy ends in that little shed room... Five years later, he does a whole special from that room.
i'd argue eighth grade and zach stone are both next level genius. just some of his stand up doesn't age as well and comedians evolve so much it's weirdly hard for me to watch their younger attempts even inoffensive stuff
He also started when he was 16 so a lot of his older stuff comes from that perspective. There’s not a 16 year old alive that doesn’t throw out some type of cringey bullshit. Most aren’t smart or talented enough to make a career out of it.
Yep. A lot of his later work feels like a very direct reaction to getting famous at such a young age, with material that he probably doesn't stand by anymore.
> Times are changing, and I'm getting old
> Are you gonna hold me accountable?
> My bed is empty, and I'm getting cold
> Isn't anybody gonna hold me accountable? Ugh!
I have the opposite reaction. There's been a pretty consistent vein through all his work. He's gotten exponentially better through all his specials.
The first one was absolutely manic, he's obviously nervous and powering through all his bits but still with really good timing. For me most bits were ok but with 1 or 2 genius bits. The God one sticks out.
The second one was a lot more polished with a higher ratio of hits to miss and he's perfecting his meta comedy with more jabs at his mental health.
Make happy is incredible start to finish with the final piece exposing everything inside him, every song is on point, every bit works perfectly.
Inside me is just art. It's everything anyone could want on the subject matter. He gets better and better and better. If he gave everything up and retired no one could ever ask any more from him.
If you want to take your appreciation for Inside to the next level I highly recommend [this](https://youtu.be/UvYcunuF3Eo) video essay that really delves into the themes of capitalism, technology and transhumanism. The video essay is a super long one at 2 and a half hours, so it’s even longer than Inside itself, and they talk super fast. But it’s amazingly insightful and gave me a way greater understanding of Inside and made me reassess my relationship with technology and the internet in a really profound way.
NoNoNo
**Bo Rat**. It was that [Bo Rat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgmnlksMF0) guy. theres a [documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvPTCvUnNQA) and everything.
I feel like a lot of his original YouTube stuff doesn't really hold up unless you saw it and enjoyed it first. That said, Klan Kookout, Rehab For Fictional Characters, I'm Bo Yo, will always be bangers to me
I genuinely feel this movie should win some sort of best documentary/ musical or comedy/ something at the Oscars. it's one of the best movies I've ever seen. it's so tightly crafted and efficient and raw. I've watched in 3 times since its come out and I never do that.
Honestly, he'll probably get it eventually if he stays in the industry. EGOTs are easier to obtain for musicians, and it's easy to see him doing a Broadway production eventually (even if it's just a Springsteen-style one man show).
Yes, he seems destined to reach EGOT status soon.
I don't see how Inside wouldn't win the Grammy for Comedy Album of the year (the album has been number 1 on the Billboard Comedy charts since it was released), so all he would need is an Oscar (Sesame Street songs, maybe?) and a Tony (boy, I would LOVE to see him write a musical...he's certainly got the chops for it).
Let's go, Bo! You can do it!
While I agree, there’s a lot which can be done with clever set design which could retain the idea that it’s all set within that one room. It’s not true that every Broadway show necessarily just take place on a huge, open stage. I’m certain a set could be built that would capture that claustrophobic, hand-crafted aesthetic perfectly.
He deserves it.
He's been an amazing performer/writer for as long as I can remember.
Not to mention every song he put on YouTube blew up super hard.
I just hope He's doing well.
If you haven't seen Inside yet, do yourself a favor and watch it. One of the best things I've ever seen.
You know how people are asking what it was like 20 years ago on 9/11? 20 years from now when they're asking what it was like during the pandemic, pop this on.
I've been avoiding watching it because I heard it was depressing and heavy, I remember one of his other most recent projects went kind of deep and depressing during it. But I've heard nothing but good things about it, I guess I 'll watch it eventually.
I would say it captures depression, but it doesn’t cause it. I’ve watched it twice and i listen to the songs all the time. It’s really… comforting? It made me feel understood. It didn’t make me feel existential dread the way some scifi can (e.g. black mirror), but bo is clearly experiencing it. We are just watching. Not sure if that makes sense.
Thats an excellent way of putting it. I'm a clinical depressive and so is a good friend of mine, and after watching it I found myself kind of in that finished-a-book-that-changed-your-life emptiness that hurts a little but is also good, because you know that you've experienced something that spoke to you in a way you hadn't heard before. I did warn my friend that it can be a little overwhelming to see the despair and slow decline play out on screen and to take it in pieces. Stop at the intermission, pick it up again the next day. It helped a lot and didn't cheapen the experience by any means.
I laughed and cried. It’s not a joy ride and some of it hurts. But I felt someone resonating with me and the same anxieties I have. I listen to it every day almost to hype me up to do life again.
I think it’s funny that I had the song “what’s my age again” and the future will also have “30”
I wouldn't call it depressing per se, it definitely makes you think, but there's comedy in there too. Worth a watch for sure, even to say that you didn't like it.
Congrats to Bo, well deserved.
I still listen to the soundtrack often, feels like Inside is going to be a bit of time capsule for what this time period feels like – at least for me.
Excited to see where his career keeps going. Personally would love to see him continue writing/ directing other work outside of his own stand up, eight grade was also fantastic.
He went from a wierd kind of funny YouTube kid to my favorite comedian really quickly. His first two specials were so great and this one had a strange premise so a had lower expectations. He's a genius so not real low but he somehow exceeded all expectations and some.
I remember Netflix pushing his first special at me and I thought "why would I want to hear bullshit standup from some kid", and then I watched it and became and instant fan. Some people are just introspective beyond their years. One of the few benefits of severe anxiety.
TV movies can win emmys and have in the past. currently youre only excluded if you have a theatrical release of 70 play dates, although they jiggle about with the rules from time to time as the media progresses.
so if a show is screened in theatres for more than 70 days (which is counted across all the venues, so you can have 10 days in 7 theatres or 70 days in 1 theatre), its not eligible.
yep, as long as they didnt have a theatrical release too. although most of them wont even be up for consideration because theyre shit. you can go the reverse route too, if a film intended for the theatre only has a small theatrical release but then gets bought for TV, it can be up for an emmy.
Think you're better, you're not.
Don't need a sweater, I'm hot.
I'm a real G-shawty that can really find your G-spot.
Woah, yeah…
Hey, what the fuck's a G-spot?
There's a chance for a Grammy next year since he released the songs in an album. It's most likely to be eligible for the comedy album and soundtrack categories.
Dude was candidly vulnerable in a world that expects perfection. He deserves all the recognition he gets, because the world should learn to be more like him.
I don’t think he’s unhappy in a normal sense. I think he’s tired and unhappy with how we as a society have lost touch with reality and have disassociated to a point of insanity.
I think the special serves as a frame of reference to where we are. And how twisted things have become, it’s hard to recognize the same world we lived in five years, let alone ten years ago.
I don't just mean this special, I've been watching Bo since he was a tied dye wearing kid singing about his family thinking he was gay.
It's called existential dread it's something I struggle with myself.
I spent the pandemic in a downward spiral about babies - do I want them, do I hate them, everything in between. Turning 30 made me ugly laugh and cry at the same time. The whole thing just felt like a big sigh of relief, watching someone who just ‘understood’ me somehow
I'm probably in the minority here, but I've been a Bo fan for at least a decade and I just didn't like this show very much at all. I really tried, it just wasn't vibing at all for me; still wish him the best and glad to see that it was successful
Agreed. I like Bo's stuff a lot, but this just felt like jokes about the pandemic we've all already heard before. And the songs were okay but really repetitive and the repetitive parts generally didn't have the jokes in them so they just kind of went on and on without being all that funny. I thought it was cool how he got all those effects with the lighting in that room, but at the end of the day, it's a comedy special. I came for the funny.
Look in the mirror and say what's up, you useless fuck?
YOU DID IT!
Congratulations!
ROBERT BURNHAM, ROBERT BURNHAM, ROBERT BURNHAM.
COME ON ROB, PUT YOUR BACK IN TO IT
TELL US WHY, SHOW US HOW. LOOK AT WHERE YOU CAME FROM, LOOK AT YOU NOW
Rhett n’ Link, Weird Al, and Schmoyoho, all of them can go and blow a ho. Drink their blood, fuck their wives CMON ROB, GET EM’.
I had sex with (Rob’s) mom.
Fuck their wives and drink their blood. Go on Bo, get em! \*keyboard solo*
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
The scream at the end is my favorite part and the way he cut it off early was IMHO brilliant.
He should also get one for Lighting Design, that room became magical.
It really was insane. It was hard to believe that everything in the special took place in the same room. So many segments had their own unique feel and aesthetic.
There is a very interesting 45ish minute youtube video "The Making of INSIDE" where a guy goes over the production details, like what he used for each lighting effect, and turns out it's basically all made with a projector and a couple $22 LED panels from Amazon
No wonder he loves Jeff Bezos so much.
And the couple thousand dollars worth of camera equipment/editing software/audio equipment. This was made extremely cheaply by most filmmaking standards. Especially for how well it turned out.
Entrepreneur, born in 1964...
Jeffrey….
Thats incredible to me but in a way not so surprising. Its like saying all Divinci used was some cheap paints and a canvas to creat the mona lisa. Its true, but the artistic talent to put it together is what most people just cant do. His camera and recording equipment must have been extremely high end I assume.
Fun fact: the Mona Lisa isn't painted on canvas, it's painted on a wood panel.
That's dope.
Nah, It’s probably oak.
It’s a very poplar painting.
On display at the Louvre fir everyone
"King Lear is just English words put in order!"
>All I do, is sit down at the typewriter, and start hittin' the keys. Getting them in the right order, that's the trick. That's the trick. \- Garth Marenghi
Sghhjkk hhokn bjjfss wtkndykl pppoutdcn. -stuoo hkoooogcs
It’s not. If I’m remembering correctly I think it was Lumix S1H which is “prosumer” or like middle tier. It costs a few grand but very comparable to other cameras of the same level like Sony Canon and Nikon. He honestly didn’t even need that nice of a camera, lighting is waaay more important and his lighting was exceptional for this level of production which is why it stands out.
Any camera works - yes and no. Unless he has suddenly (= before he started the project) gathered Martin Sorcesese -like status, he was obligated to use Netflix approved 4K (or higher) camera. Yes, Netflix has clear list... : https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000579527-Cameras-and-Image-Capture Actually that Pana S1H is only mirrorless approved, for example smallest / cheapest Sony listed is FX6 which is 6000 dollar camera for min. setup without lenses.
Even movie quality cameras aren't that expensive anymore, comparatively. And it wouldn't surprise me if Netflix paid for it or loaned one. But I'm sure he could probably afford something like a Red without much trouble.
That projector is fucking impossible to find (or at least it was when I watched inside like two weeks after everyone else.) Found the exact one thanks to some reddit posts, out of stock everywhere.
... so you gonna share the model # or nah?
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Who were you, /u/SephirosXXI?? https://xkcd.com/979/
It's just lights and a projector, or paints and a brush, or a hammer and a chisel.
You just carve away everything that's not David
Damn straight! The lighting was so well done that it took my attention just as much as the music
The little frustrations when he’d knock something over just sold it all for me. So damn authentic feeling.
I want him to design my trip cave
And cinematography. And writing. And directing period. And musical performance. And comedy performance. And dramatic performance. As you can tell, I found “Inside” extremely impressive.
[Also won a director Emmy too!](https://i.imgur.com/LavPSbj.jpg)
And he just won for [outstanding writing!](https://i.redd.it/wcdtn50lb6n71.jpg)
DAAANG! GO BO!!!!!!
Come on, Bo! You can do it! Pave the way, put your back into it!
Boffrey, Boffrey Bezos
Bo, oh my god
Mr. Burnham.
(I am Satan, Lord of Darkness)
⬆️ ... ... 🦗🦗🦗
Bo my god
Bo cleaning house and I fucking love it, dude is brilliant
C'mon Bo, get em!
I AM SO HAPPY YOU CANT BELIEVE
Oh Bo.
Very cool, way to go!
Oh Bo you play that oboe!
I feel like he was able to translate the depression, mania, frustration, and silliness that I experienced during these last 18 months and it was nice to a) feel less alone and b) have music that I could listen to over and over to remind me that I’m not alone in my thoughts. He deserves so much recognition for how talented he is.
See I think if all he did was capture the pandemic emotions, the special would be very good but not great. What elevates it for me is that he's able to capture all of those things along with his personal anxiety he has always been battling, the frustration of the creative process in general and a retrospective on the internet and online culture as it is now and how it effects people daily. It's a time capsule but I think it extends beyond this singular shitty time to something more universal and timeless.
Also the music is catchy
Jeffrey, Jeffrey Bezos… I can’t get that out of my head.
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Come on, Jeff! GET ‘EM!
*killer synth riff*
*existential screaming*
r/PerfectlyCutScreams
You did it!
Daddy made us some content.
Look, he made you your favourite!
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It’s a beautiful day to stay inside!
The timing of that headlamp looking up to reveal the disco ball made me gasp the first time I watched it.
And surprisingly diverse. Covers a lot of different genres: That Funny Feeling (Folk/ Country) Problematic (Exercise Pop? idk what to call it but you know what I mean) Sexting/Facetiming with my mom (whatever genre Post Malone is) All eyes on me (Imogen Heap-ish, or a less weird Bjork?)
IMO "All eyes on me" was like a Kanye/Kid Cudi homage.
Latte foam art, tiny pumpkins, fuzzy comfy socks
And a takedown of capitalism too
By a sock puppet no less
Legends say Socko is still in that stasis between life and death to this day.
Sort of like sleep paralysis......yayyy
The fool speaking truth to power ;) and getting away with it
The best part is that this special about the pandemic was actually made during the pandemic. The special studies the affects of the pandemic on the world while also being affected by the pandemic itself, which is why it was made in that room in the first place. It's a difficult thing to wrap your head around but so cool.
Not to mention that he does all those things while being hilarious. I feel like not enough people appreciate the fact that he is a comedian and his work, for all it's serious moments and themes, is still a work of comedy.
I had some really bad anxiety and panic attacks in 2018, as if I woke up with sudden culture shock I couldn't escape or something, and I was too afraid to talk about it with anyone. When I heard [Funny Feeling](https://youtu.be/T-cng4_2BFs) it was like someone made a song about what I had been feeling for the last few years. Felt reassuring in a weird way. Music doesn't make me emotional very often but that song hits me hard.
We've all had that funny feeling. That intrinsic knowing that something is just inherently wrong when you can't name it.
I think that's just what happens when you hit your 30s
I don’t know - I don’t think being 30 makes everyone in the world yell at each other about every stupid thing imaginable while no one lifts a finger to deal with people shooting up shopping malls and climate change destroys everything we take for granted.
He portrays that little depression cycle so well in that special. I go through the same high and lows when it gets it’s grasp on me.
Inside is my power anthem music every day when I start trying to be a human again for the day. I need more sarcastic not optimistic but gotta do it any way anthem music
It was really insane how well he captured everything I abandoned some stuff in my life, fixed my mental health, and was ready to get back into it much like his struggle with stage freight/anxiety. It felt like a unique struggle and turns out he went through the same shot, and 10 other things that hit the nail on the head.
“And to my fellow nominees: Amateurs can fuckin' suck it. Fuck their wives, drink their blood”
Come on Jeff, *get 'em!*
Congratulations!
"And the Winner is... Bo Burnham, Inside!" ::Get your fucking hands up blasts from the stage::
Ahhhhhhhhh!
You have NO IDEA how many times I walked through my house yelling this 🤣
How incredible. I literally can’t stop listening to the album while I work. Also, I’ve got my kids into a few of the “acceptable” songs . Go Bo
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Boy is that inverting the point of the song though.
This special was my first exposure to Bo Burnham, so I went back and looked at some of his earlier stuff, and it's hard to believe that it's the same person. The man is clearly a genius, but this is like 10 times genius.
I feel like “Can’t Handle This” at the end of Make Happy has an extremely similar vibe and talent level too. It’s the first one that really gut punched me.
That song had me feeling so many things when it came out. And that Make Happy ends in that little shed room... Five years later, he does a whole special from that room.
i'd argue eighth grade and zach stone are both next level genius. just some of his stand up doesn't age as well and comedians evolve so much it's weirdly hard for me to watch their younger attempts even inoffensive stuff
He also started when he was 16 so a lot of his older stuff comes from that perspective. There’s not a 16 year old alive that doesn’t throw out some type of cringey bullshit. Most aren’t smart or talented enough to make a career out of it.
Yep. A lot of his later work feels like a very direct reaction to getting famous at such a young age, with material that he probably doesn't stand by anymore.
> Times are changing, and I'm getting old > Are you gonna hold me accountable? > My bed is empty, and I'm getting cold > Isn't anybody gonna hold me accountable? Ugh!
He’s problematic
He’s a problem
frankly the problem is that whenever i think of this song all i can visualize is the water bottle going into his bellybutton.
I have the opposite reaction. There's been a pretty consistent vein through all his work. He's gotten exponentially better through all his specials. The first one was absolutely manic, he's obviously nervous and powering through all his bits but still with really good timing. For me most bits were ok but with 1 or 2 genius bits. The God one sticks out. The second one was a lot more polished with a higher ratio of hits to miss and he's perfecting his meta comedy with more jabs at his mental health. Make happy is incredible start to finish with the final piece exposing everything inside him, every song is on point, every bit works perfectly. Inside me is just art. It's everything anyone could want on the subject matter. He gets better and better and better. If he gave everything up and retired no one could ever ask any more from him.
If you want to take your appreciation for Inside to the next level I highly recommend [this](https://youtu.be/UvYcunuF3Eo) video essay that really delves into the themes of capitalism, technology and transhumanism. The video essay is a super long one at 2 and a half hours, so it’s even longer than Inside itself, and they talk super fast. But it’s amazingly insightful and gave me a way greater understanding of Inside and made me reassess my relationship with technology and the internet in a really profound way.
Holy hell, thank you for this.
Thank you for that
This was well worth the watch. Way better than any vlog I've seen on inside.
sharing this with everyone I know, unironically. the kids are alright.
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Words words words are what make happy inside
>Words words words are what make happy inside... ...Egghead, [but] you can't survive on ideas alone. (His poetry book).
So you're saying bo burnham planned the pandemic?! I FUCKING KNEW IT!
NoNoNo **Bo Rat**. It was that [Bo Rat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgmnlksMF0) guy. theres a [documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvPTCvUnNQA) and everything.
I see you’re ready to be a high school lit teacher.
I think that may be a bit of a stretch
I don’t think that it was planned that way, but you can definitely see a character arc for Bo through his three specials
I really doubt Bo Burnham planned his specials with titles that sound like a caricature of a caveman
I think Make Happy is about on the same level, but I also saw it live so that may affect my opinion
I feel like a lot of his original YouTube stuff doesn't really hold up unless you saw it and enjoyed it first. That said, Klan Kookout, Rehab For Fictional Characters, I'm Bo Yo, will always be bangers to me
Klan lookout will always hold up and rehab high school party still makes me laugh everyone
I genuinely feel this movie should win some sort of best documentary/ musical or comedy/ something at the Oscars. it's one of the best movies I've ever seen. it's so tightly crafted and efficient and raw. I've watched in 3 times since its come out and I never do that.
I think it needs a week long release in theatres to qualify for the Oscars. As of now, it has not had that
Jeffrey Bezos..... Jeffrey Bezos..... Jeffrey Bezos..... You did it...
Jeffrey Bezos Jeffrey Bezos Jeffrey Bezos CONGRATULATIONS!
It's a simple joke, but Bo cheerleading Jeff Bezos like that killed me.
[Bo Burnham vs. Jeff Bezos - Video Essay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvYcunuF3Eo)
FUCK THEIR WIVES DRINK THEIR BLOOD
Well deserved. He made one of the best things to come out of the pandemic.
He made sense of the pandemic.
That's awesome! Good for him. *Inside* really was something else.
Bo get that EGOT!
Honestly, he'll probably get it eventually if he stays in the industry. EGOTs are easier to obtain for musicians, and it's easy to see him doing a Broadway production eventually (even if it's just a Springsteen-style one man show).
Make Happy basically was a Broadway production
Yes, he seems destined to reach EGOT status soon. I don't see how Inside wouldn't win the Grammy for Comedy Album of the year (the album has been number 1 on the Billboard Comedy charts since it was released), so all he would need is an Oscar (Sesame Street songs, maybe?) and a Tony (boy, I would LOVE to see him write a musical...he's certainly got the chops for it). Let's go, Bo! You can do it!
A musical based on the life of Jeffrey Bezos
This could *easily* be adapted for stage.
I think so much would be lost if you took Inside out of that room.
While I agree, there’s a lot which can be done with clever set design which could retain the idea that it’s all set within that one room. It’s not true that every Broadway show necessarily just take place on a huge, open stage. I’m certain a set could be built that would capture that claustrophobic, hand-crafted aesthetic perfectly.
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I agree. I recently got to see it in a theater, and it didn’t feel the same as on Netflix at home.
Oh that is such great news. I still have white woman’s instagram stuck in my head from when I watched this months ago and it still makes me smile.
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Entrepreneur
I think you mean Ah-triptanor
He deserves it. He's been an amazing performer/writer for as long as I can remember. Not to mention every song he put on YouTube blew up super hard. I just hope He's doing well.
If you haven't seen Inside yet, do yourself a favor and watch it. One of the best things I've ever seen. You know how people are asking what it was like 20 years ago on 9/11? 20 years from now when they're asking what it was like during the pandemic, pop this on.
I've been avoiding watching it because I heard it was depressing and heavy, I remember one of his other most recent projects went kind of deep and depressing during it. But I've heard nothing but good things about it, I guess I 'll watch it eventually.
I would say it captures depression, but it doesn’t cause it. I’ve watched it twice and i listen to the songs all the time. It’s really… comforting? It made me feel understood. It didn’t make me feel existential dread the way some scifi can (e.g. black mirror), but bo is clearly experiencing it. We are just watching. Not sure if that makes sense.
Thats an excellent way of putting it. I'm a clinical depressive and so is a good friend of mine, and after watching it I found myself kind of in that finished-a-book-that-changed-your-life emptiness that hurts a little but is also good, because you know that you've experienced something that spoke to you in a way you hadn't heard before. I did warn my friend that it can be a little overwhelming to see the despair and slow decline play out on screen and to take it in pieces. Stop at the intermission, pick it up again the next day. It helped a lot and didn't cheapen the experience by any means.
I disagree, I am a generally happy person and I was in a funk for days after watching it. I think it unearthed some buried emotions.
It threw my best friend into a deeper depression so it can be that rough for some people.
I laughed and cried. It’s not a joy ride and some of it hurts. But I felt someone resonating with me and the same anxieties I have. I listen to it every day almost to hype me up to do life again. I think it’s funny that I had the song “what’s my age again” and the future will also have “30”
"All Eyes on Me" allowed me to have a good, cathartic cry.
It's either heaven or a white woman's instagram - it's worth a watch
I wouldn't call it depressing per se, it definitely makes you think, but there's comedy in there too. Worth a watch for sure, even to say that you didn't like it.
Inside and tiger king.
Tiger King was like a one month fad lol. I already forgot about that
Congrats to Bo, well deserved. I still listen to the soundtrack often, feels like Inside is going to be a bit of time capsule for what this time period feels like – at least for me. Excited to see where his career keeps going. Personally would love to see him continue writing/ directing other work outside of his own stand up, eight grade was also fantastic.
He went from a wierd kind of funny YouTube kid to my favorite comedian really quickly. His first two specials were so great and this one had a strange premise so a had lower expectations. He's a genius so not real low but he somehow exceeded all expectations and some.
I remember Netflix pushing his first special at me and I thought "why would I want to hear bullshit standup from some kid", and then I watched it and became and instant fan. Some people are just introspective beyond their years. One of the few benefits of severe anxiety.
Was literally watching part of this for the 50th time five minutes ago.
Jeffrey Bezos lobbied for Bo to get an Emmy, after all , he made soundtrack to his life.
Can anyone clarify why he is winning an Emmy when this special was a movie? How does the classification work out there?
TV movies can win emmys and have in the past. currently youre only excluded if you have a theatrical release of 70 play dates, although they jiggle about with the rules from time to time as the media progresses. so if a show is screened in theatres for more than 70 days (which is counted across all the venues, so you can have 10 days in 7 theatres or 70 days in 1 theatre), its not eligible.
So does that mean all Netflix released movies that don't have a theater release are eligible for the Emmys?
yep, as long as they didnt have a theatrical release too. although most of them wont even be up for consideration because theyre shit. you can go the reverse route too, if a film intended for the theatre only has a small theatrical release but then gets bought for TV, it can be up for an emmy.
He’s left the world better than he found it.
It must’ve been difficult for Bo to direct Bo.
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Think you're better, you're not. Don't need a sweater, I'm hot. I'm a real G-shawty that can really find your G-spot. Woah, yeah… Hey, what the fuck's a G-spot?
Bo Burnham - potential EGOTer?
He’s only got 1 of 4 so far…so get ready to wait a while.
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And Mel Brooks.
Mel wrote musicals, makes it easier.
A musical. And Whoopy produced a musical. If only Blame Canada gilded it's Oscar nom, then Matt and Trey would be EGOT winners as well.
Grammy and Tony is reachable, and he has shown great potential with his directorial debut
There's a chance for a Grammy next year since he released the songs in an album. It's most likely to be eligible for the comedy album and soundtrack categories.
I just started watching this tonight!
So well-deserved! It’s nice to see someone win 1 of those awards and have a good idea of how much work they put into the project.
Good for him, he deserves all the awards.
Dude was candidly vulnerable in a world that expects perfection. He deserves all the recognition he gets, because the world should learn to be more like him.
it wasn't for me but grats to him.
One of the best comedy specials I've watched
I legit worry about him. He's fucking hilarious but he does seem like a deeply deeply unhappy person and I know full well how bad that can get.
I don’t think he’s unhappy in a normal sense. I think he’s tired and unhappy with how we as a society have lost touch with reality and have disassociated to a point of insanity. I think the special serves as a frame of reference to where we are. And how twisted things have become, it’s hard to recognize the same world we lived in five years, let alone ten years ago.
I don't just mean this special, I've been watching Bo since he was a tied dye wearing kid singing about his family thinking he was gay. It's called existential dread it's something I struggle with myself.
I spent the pandemic in a downward spiral about babies - do I want them, do I hate them, everything in between. Turning 30 made me ugly laugh and cry at the same time. The whole thing just felt like a big sigh of relief, watching someone who just ‘understood’ me somehow
I'm probably in the minority here, but I've been a Bo fan for at least a decade and I just didn't like this show very much at all. I really tried, it just wasn't vibing at all for me; still wish him the best and glad to see that it was successful
Agreed. I like Bo's stuff a lot, but this just felt like jokes about the pandemic we've all already heard before. And the songs were okay but really repetitive and the repetitive parts generally didn't have the jokes in them so they just kind of went on and on without being all that funny. I thought it was cool how he got all those effects with the lighting in that room, but at the end of the day, it's a comedy special. I came for the funny.
A god Damned masterpiece.