bo burnham: inside transcript

"And so today I'm gonna try just getting up, sitting down, going back to work. Each of the songs from the first half of the special are in line with Burnham's earlier Netflix specials and comedy albums. But what is it exactly - a concert, a comedy special? The song, written in 2006, is about how his whole family thinks he's gay, and the various conversations they're having trying to figure it out. And the very format of it, as I said, it's very much this kind of sinister figure trying to get you interested. The song is like having a religious experience with your own mental disorder. It chronicles Burnhams life during the pandemic and his journey creating the special. But, of course, it tangles that right back up; this emotional post was, ultimately, still Content. Finally doing basic care tasks for yourself like eating breakfast and starting work in the morning. 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. 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. He brushes his teeth, eats a bowl of cereal, and begins editing his videos. And I think that, 'Oh if I'm self-aware about being a douchebag it'll somehow make me less of a douchebag.' He points it at himself as he sways, singing again: Get your fuckin hands up / Get on out of your seat / All eyes on me, all eyes on me.. Inside is the work of a comic with artistic tools most of his peers ignore or overlook. Under the TV section, he has "adults playing twister" (something he referenced in "Make Happy" when he said that celebrity lip-syncing battles were the "end of culture") and "9 season love letter to corporate labor" (which is likely referencing "The Office"). Likewise, the finale of Burnhams next special, Make Happy (2016) closes in a song called Handle This (Kanye Rant). The song starts as him venting his hyperbolically small problems, until the tone shifts, and he starts directly addressing the audience, singing: The truth is, my biggest problem is you / [. It's a hint at the promised future; the possibility of once again being able to go outside and feel sunlight again. Apathy's a tragedy, and boredom is a crime. Is he content with its content? He is not talking about it very much. Don't overthink this, look in my eye don't be scared, don't be shy, come on in the water's fine."). He tries to talk into the microphone, giving his audience a one-year update. Burnham starts spiraling in a mental health crisis, mentioning suicidal ideation after lamenting his advance into his 30s. I got so much better, in fact, that in January of 2020, I thought 'you know what I should start performing again. It's a series of musical numbers and skits that are inherently about the creation of comedy itself. Its folly to duplicate the feel of a live set, so why not fully adjust to the screen and try to make something as visually ambitious as a feature? Accuracy and availability may vary. One comment stuck out to me: Theres something really powerful and painful about, hearing his actual voice singing and breaking at certain points. Burnham spoofs a PewDiePie-like figure a YouTuber who narrates his playing of a video game with a dead-eyed smugness, as shown in an image at the bottom-right corner of the screen. "Inside" kicks off with Burnham reentering the same small studio space he used for the end of "Make Happy," when the 2016 Netflix special transitioned from the live stage to Burnham suddenly sitting down at his piano by himself to sing one final song for the at-home audience. He uploaded it to YouTube, a then barely-known website that offered an easy way for people to share videos, so he could send it to his brother. "I'm so worried that criticism will be levied against me that I levy it against myself before anyone else can. And we might. WebA biotech genius tries to bounce back from the depths of grief with help from his son, who works to escape his dads shadow and save the family business. The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart, #1 on the Comedy Albums chart, and #18 on the Independent Albums chart. Bo Burnham: Inside is a devastating portrait of the actor-director-singer-comedian's dysfunctional interiority and 2020's unyielding assault on mental and social health. Anyone can read what you share. Entertainment correspondent Kim Renfro ranked them in ascending order of greatness. Feelings of depersonalization and derealization can be very disturbing and may feel like you're living in a dream.". During that taping, Burnham said his favorite comic at the time was Hans Teeuwen, a "Dutch absurdist," who has a routine with a sock puppet that eats a candy bar as Teeuwen sings. A harsh skepticism of digital life (a life the pandemic has only magnified) is the dominant subject of the special. But Burnham doesn't put the bottle down right, and it falls off the stool. Released on May 30, 2021, Bo Burnham wrote, recorded, directed, and produced Inside while in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Its a visual that signifies a man exposing himself, until you realize hes in a spotlight. "I was in a full body sweat, so I didn't hear most of that," Burnham said after the clip played. 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. An existential dread creeps in, but Burnham's depression-voice tells us not to worry and sink into nihilism. "The world needs direction from a white guy like [you] who is healing the world with comedy. It's a dangerously tempting invitation to stop caring, coming from the villain of this musical comedy (depression). Bo Burnham: Inside You know, as silly as that one is, some of the other ones are more sedate. Bo Burnham then kicks back into song, still addressing his audience, who seem unsure of whether to laugh, applaud, or sit somberly in their chairs. In Inside, Burnham confronts parasocial relationships in his most direct way yet. HOLMES: Well, logically enough, let's go out on the closing song. The penultimate song, "All Eyes On Me," is the best in the whole special, in this writer's opinion. 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. It's not. Then he moves into a new layer of reaction, where he responds to that previous comment. Burnham's career as a young, white, male comedian has often felt distinct from his peers because of the amount of public self-reflection and acknowledgment of his own privileges that he does on stage and off screen. Relieved to be done? Bo Burnhams Inside: A Comedy Special and an Inspired Experiment, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/arts/television/bo-burnham-inside-comedy.html. So he has, for example, a song in which he adopts the persona of a kind of horror movie carnival barker, you might call it, who is trying to sell people the internet. Down to the second, the clock changes to midnight exactly halfway through the runtime of "Inside.". Fifteen years later, Burnham found himself sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to sit back down at his piano and see if he could once again entertain the world from the claustrophobic confines of a single room. Its a stupid song, and, uh, it doesnt really mean anything. The video continues. LINDA HOLMES, BYLINE: Thank you, Michel. 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. When the song starts, the camera sitting in front of Burnham's mirror starts slowing zooming in, making the screen darker and darker until you (the audience member at home) are sitting in front of the black mirror of your screen. 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. The songs from the special were released on streaming platforms on June 10, 2021. A Detailed Breakdown of How Bo Burnham Burnham slaps his leg in frustration and eventually gives a mirthless laugh before he starts slamming objects around him. Tell us a little bit more about that. WebOn a budget. There's also another little joke baked into this bit, because the game is made by a company called SSRI interactive the most common form of antidepressant drugs are called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, aka SSRIs. When we see it again towards the end of the special, it's from a new camera angle. According to the special, Bo decided he was ready to begin doing stand-up again in January 2020, after dealing with panic attacks onstage during his previous tour, the Make Happy Tour of 2015-2016. Netflix did, however, post Facetime with My Mom (Tonight) on YouTube. Bo Burnham Got it? I did! He also revealed an official poster, a single frame from the special, and the cover art prior to its release. And so I think he's always had that stubborn insistence on holding both of those things in his head at the same time. As we explained in this breakdown of 31 details you might have missed in "Inside," Bo Burnham's newest special is a poioumenon a type of artistic work that tells the story of its own creation. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. BURNHAM: (Singing) The live-action "Lion King," the Pepsi halftime show, 20,000 years of this, seven more to go. But on the other hand, it is lyrically so playful. 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?". Finally doing basic care tasks for yourself like eating breakfast and starting work in the morning. Hes bedraggled, increasingly unshaven, growing a Rasputin-like beard. "If greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate, then when the clock runs out, the average global temperature will be irreversibly on its way to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels.". Burnham wrote out: "Does it target those who have been disenfranchised in a historical, political, social, economic and/or psychological context?". The piece also highlights Bos anxieties with becoming older and his legacy as a comedian. It's a hint at the promised future; the possibility of once again being able to go outside and feel sunlight again. Also, Burnham's air conditioner is set to precisely 69 degrees throughout this whole faux music video. Burnham has said in interviews that his inspiration for the character came from real YouTube videos he had watched, most with just a handful of views, and saw the way young women expressed themselves online. He is leaving it to speak for itself in terms of what it says about isolation and sadness. In his first Netflix special (2013's "what. Toward the end, he appears completely naked behind his keyboard. This plays almost like a glitch and goes unexplained until later in the special when a sketch plays out with Burnham as a Twitch streamer who is testing out a game called "INSIDE" (in which the player has to have a Bo Burnham video game character do things like cry, play the piano, and find a flashlight in order to complete their day). A distorted voice is back again, mocking Burnham as he sits exposed on his fake stage: "Well, well, look who's inside again. 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). Netflix "All Eyes On Me" starts right after Burnham's outburst of anger and sadness. He takes a break in the song to talk about how he was having panic attacks on stage while touring the "Make Happy" special, and so he decided to stop doing live shows. It moves kind of all over the place. Is he content with its content? The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. I've been hiding from the world and I need to reenter.' With electro-pop social commentary, bleak humour and sock-puppet debates, the comics lockdown creation is astonishing. But we weren't. Comedian and filmmaker Bo Burnham used his time alone during the pandemic to create a one-man show. He was alone. Exploring mental health decline over 2020, the constant challenges our world faces, and the struggles of life itself, Bo Burnham creates a wonderful masterpiece to explain each of these, both from general view and personal experience. Well now the shots are reversed. Or was it an elaborate callback to his earlier work, planted for fans seeking evidence that art is lie? In recent years, he has begun directing other comics specials, staging stand-up sets by Chris Rock and Jerrod Carmichael with his signature extreme close-ups. 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. Review: Bo Burnham's 'Inside Were complicated. On May 30, 2022, Burnham uploaded the video Inside: The Outtakes, to his YouTube channel, marking a rare original upload, similar to how he used his YouTube channel when he was a teenager. It's a quiet, banal scene that many people coming out of a depressive episode might recognize. Inside All Eyes on Me also earned Bo his first Grammy win for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2022 Grammys. Some of the things he mentions that give him "that funny feeling" include discount Etsy agitprop (aka communist-themed merchandise) and the Pepsi halftime show. While the other songs have abrupt endings, or harsh transitions, "That Funny Feeling" simply fades quietly into darkness perhaps the way Burnham imagines the ending of it all will happen. and concludes that if it's mean, it's not funny. WebStuck in a passionless marriage, a journalist must choose between her distant but loving husband and a younger ex-boyfriend who has reentered her life. HOLMES: I liked a bunch of the songs in this, and a lot of them are silly songs about the things that his comedy has already been concerned with for a long time, right? Daddy made you your favorite, open wide.". Thematically, it deals with the events of 2020, rising wealth inequality, racial injustice, isolation, mental health, social media, and technologys role in our lives. Burnhams online success and an awareness of what kind of his audiences perceived closeness made the comedian key to one of the most prominent discussions in a creator- and influencer-driven era of media: the idea of parasocial relationships. If "All Eyes on Me" sounds disconcertingly comforting to you, it could be because you can recognize the mental symptoms of a mood disorder like depression. "Healing the world with comedy, the indescribable power of your comedy," the voice sings. WebBo Burnham: Inside (2021) Exploring mental health decline over 2020, the constant challenges our world faces, and the struggles of life itself, Bo Burnham creates a. wonderful masterpiece to explain each of these, both from general view and personal experience. 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. Please check your email to find a confirmation email, and follow the steps to confirm your humanity. It's progress. "I'm criticizing my initial reaction for being pretentious, which is honestly a defense mechanism," he says. Only he knows. For all the ways Burnham had been desperate to leave the confines of his studio, now that he's able to go back out into the world (and onto a real stage), he's terrified. Under the movies section, there's a bubble that says "sequel to classic comedy that everyone watches and then pretends never happened" and "Thor's comebacks.". Burnham is especially aware as a creator constantly reflecting on his own life. this breakdown of 31 details you might have missed in "Inside,". Doona! BURNHAM: (Singing) Start a rumor, buy a broom or send a death threat to a Boomer. At first hearing, this is a simple set of lyrics about the way kids deal with struggles throughout adolescence, particularly things like anxiety and depression. Theres always been a tension in his comedy between an ironic, smarty-pants cleverness and an often melodramatic point of view. 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.". And the biggest risk Burnham takes in the show is letting his emotional side loose, but not before cracking a ton of jokes. 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. Bo Burnham The penultimate song "All Eyes on Me" makes for a particularly powerful moment. "That's a good start. 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. 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.". 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. It's like Burnham's special has swallowed you whole, bringing you fully into his mind at last. 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. Yes, Amazon has a pre-order set up for the album on Vinyl. The clearest inspiration is Merle Traviss 16 Tons, a song about the unethical working conditions of coal miners also used in weird Tom Hanks film Joe vs. For all the ways Burnham had been desperate to leave the confines of his studio, now that he's able to go back out into the world (and onto a real stage), he's terrified. Like he's parodying white people who think that by crucifying themselves first they're somehow freed from the consequences of their actions. Now get inside.". In Unpaid Intern, Burnham sings about how deeply unethical the position is to the workers in a pastiche of other labor-focused blues. And I think that's what you're getting here. 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. While he's laying in bed, eyes about the close, the screen shows a flash of an open door. Like, what is it? That YouTube commenter might be understood by Burnham if they were to meet him. He had a role in the film "Promising Young Woman." WebBo Burnham's new Netflix comedy special "Inside" is jam-packed with references to his previous work. It's prison. Still terrified of that spotlight? Burnham makes it textual, too. 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). The second emotional jump scare comes when Burnham monologues about how he stopped performing live because he started having panic attacks on stage, which is not a great place to have them. The monologue increases that sense of intimacy; Burnham is letting the audience in on the state of his mental health even before the global pandemic. Comedian Bo Burnham recently a new comedy special for Netflix aptly titled Inside which was filmed entirely by himself while under lockdown during the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020. Yes, Bo Burnham posted a trailer via Twitter on April 28, 2021. Bo Burnham of the internet, welcoming everyone with a decadent menu of options while disco lights twirl. Trying to grant his dying father's wish, a son discovers an epic love story buried in his family's distant past. Instead of working his muscles at open mics or in improv, Burnham uploaded joke songs to the platform in 2006. And I'm just wondering, like, how would you describe that? At the beginning of "Inside," Burnham is not only coming back to that same room, but he's wearing a very similar outfit: jeans, T-shirt, and sneakers picking up right back where he left off. Mirroring the earlier scene where Burnham went to sleep, now Burnham is shown "waking up.". His hair and beard were shorter, and he was full of inspired energy. The comedy special perfectly encapsulated the world's collective confusion, frustration, and exhaustion amid ongoing pandemic lockdowns, bringing a quirky spin to the ongoing existential terror that was the year 2020. Similarly, Burnham often speaks to the audience by filming himself speaking to himself in a mirror. Inside (2021) opens with Bo Burnham sitting alone in a room singing what will be the first of many musical comedy numbers, Content. In the song, Burnham expresses, Roberts been a little depressed ii. I feel very close and intimate with him in this version. In his new Netflix special, Inside, Bo Burnham sings about trying to be funny while stuck in a room. Don't overthink this, look in my eye don't be scared don't be shy come on in the water's fine."). 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. You can stream "Inside" on Netflix now, and see our ranking of all 20 original songs from the special here. His career evolved through YouTube, MTV, Vine, his movie "Eighth Grade," and now Netflix's "Inside." The Volcano, which touched on labor rights. The special is set almost entirely in one cluttered room. The song made such a splash in its insight that it earned its own episode in Shannon Struccis seminal Fake Friends documentary series, which broke down what parasocial relationships are and how they work. The question is now, Will you support Wheat Thins in the fight against Lyme disease?). A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique predicament he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation. His new Netflix special Inside was directed, written and performed all inside one room. Next in his special, Burnham performs a sketch song about being an unpaid intern, and then says he's going to do a "reaction" video to the song in classic YouTube format. 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. But then the music tells the audience that "he meant to play the track again" and that "art's still a lie, nothing's still real.". ", When asked about the inspiration for the song, like if people he knew thought he was gay, Burnham said, "A lot of my close friends were gay, and, you know, I wasn't certain I wasn't at that point.". HOLMES: Yeah. The video is an hour-long edit of footage that was deleted from the making of Inside. "I was a kid who was stuck in his room, there isn't much more to say about it. The song begins with a fade in from back, the shot painfully close to Burnhams face as he looks off to the side. The comedians lifetime online explains the heart of most of his new songs, I made you some content, comedian Bo Burnham sings in the opening moments of his new Netflix special, Inside. 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. I don't think it's perfectly morally defendable.". Now get inside.". WebBo Burnham's "Inside" special on Netflix is an incredibly detailed musical-comedy artwork. Mid-song, a spotlight turns on Burnham and shows him completely naked as a voice sings: "Well, well, look who's inside again. Parasocial relationships can be positive too, as outlined in culture critic Stitchs essay On Parasocial Relationships and the Boundaries of Celebrity for Teen Vogue. ", The Mayo Clinic defines depersonalization-derealization disorder as occurring "when you persistently or repeatedly have the feeling that you're observing yourself from outside your body or you have a sense that things around you aren't real, or both. Thought modern humans have been around for much longer than 20,000 years, that's around how long ago people first migrated to North America. The song's melody is oddly soothing, and the lyrics are a sly manifestation of the way depression convinces you to stay in its abyss ("It's almost over, it's just begun. Inside, a new Netflix special written, performed, directed, shot, and edited by comedian Bo Burnham, invokes and plays with many forms. This special spoke to me closer and clearer than Ive ever felt with another person. (SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL, "BO BURNHAM: INSIDE"). He tries to talk into the microphone, giving his audience a one-year update. It feels like the ending of a show, a climax, but it's not. He takes it, and Burnham cries robotically as a tinny version of the song about being stuck in the room plays. [1] Created in the guest house of Burnham's Los Angeles home during the COVID-19 pandemic without a crew or audience, it was released on Netflix on May 30, 2021. HOLMES: It felt very true to me, not in the literal sense. He puts himself on a cross using his projector, and the whole video is him exercising, like he's training for when he's inevitably "canceled.". Come and watch the skinny kid with a / Steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts / To give you what he cannot give himself. Like Struccis Fake Friends documentary, this song is highlighted in Anuska Dhars video essay, Bo Burnham and the Trap of Parasocial Self-Awareness. Burnhams work consistently addresses his relationship with his audience, the ways he navigates those parasocial relationships, and how easy they can be to exploit. I actually felt true mutual empathy with someone for the first time, and with someone Ive never even met, its kinda funny.. Transcript Comedian and filmmaker Bo Burnham used his time alone during the pandemic to create a one-man show. He says his goal had been to complete filming before his 30th birthday. Bo Burnham

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