bo burnham: inside transcript

"Healing the world with comedy, the indescribable power of your comedy," the voice sings. Finally doing basic care tasks for yourself like eating breakfast and starting work in the morning. It's self-conscious. In his new Netflix special, Inside, Bo Burnham sings about trying to be funny while stuck in a room. Tapping on a synthesizer, he sings about the challenges of isolation as he sits on a cluttered floor, two striking squares of sunlight streaming in through the windows of a dark room. 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. While talking to the audience during the opening section, Burnham takes a sip out of a water bottle. "Truly, it's like, for a 16-year-old kid in 2006, it's not bad. But, of course, it tangles that right back up; this emotional post was, ultimately, still Content. Burnham brings back all the motifs from the earlier songs into his finale, revisiting all the stages of emotion he took us through for the last 90 minutes. Simply smiling at the irony of watching his own movie come to life while he's still inside? 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. Went out to look for a reason to hide again. Might not help, but still, it couldn't hurt.". Having this frame of reference may help viewers better understand the design of "Inside." It's prison. The arrogance is taught or it was cultivated. Copyright 2021 NPR. When we saw that projection the first time, Burnham's room was clean and orderly. Burnham's earlier Netflix specials and comedy albums. Burnham reacts to his reaction to his reaction to his reaction, focusing so intently on his body and image that he panics, stops the videoand then smiles at his audience, thanking them for watching. We're a long way from the days when he filmed "Comedy" and the contrast shows how fruitless this method of healing has been. "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all," is another of Burnham's lyrics in this song that seems to speak to the idea that civilization is nearing collapse, and also touches on suicidal ideation. Now, five years later, Burnham's new parody song is digging even deeper at the philosophical question of whether or not it's appropriate to be creating comedy during a horrifyingly raw period of tragedy like the COVID-19 pandemic and the social reckoning that followed George Floyd's murder. "Oh Jesus, sorry," Burnham says, hurrying over to pick it up. Thank you, Michel. 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. And it has a real feel of restlessness to it, almost like stream of consciousness. The whole video is filmed like one big thirst trap as he sweats and works out. Today We'll Talk About That Day WebBo's transcripts on Scraps From The Loft. With electro-pop social commentary, bleak humour and sock-puppet debates, the comics lockdown creation is astonishing. It's like Burnham's special has swallowed you whole, bringing you fully into his mind at last. That cloud scene was projected onto Burnham during the section of "Comedy" when Burnham stood up right after the God-like voice had given him his directive to "heal the world with comedy." "That's a good start. It's a reminder, coming almost exactly halfway through the special, of the toll that this year is taking on Burnham. So this is how it ends. Anyone can read what you share. Long before the phrase parasocial relationship had entered the mainstream zeitgeist, Burnhams work discussed the phenomenon. So for our own little slice of the world, Burnham's two time spans seem to be referencing the start and end of an era in our civilization. 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. Poioumenon (from the Greek word for "product") is a term created by author Alastair Fowler and usually used to refer to a kind of metafiction. All Eyes on Me also earned Bo his first Grammy win for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2022 Grammys. Burnham is also the main character in the game, a character who is seen moving mechanically around a room. The voices of the characters eventually blend together to tell the live Burnham on stage, We think we know you.. At the second level of the reaction video, Burnham says: "I'm being a little pretentious. 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. Theres always been a tension in his comedy between an ironic, smarty-pants cleverness and an often melodramatic point of view. Its easy to see Unpaid Intern as one scene and the reaction videos as another, but in the lens of parasocial relationships, digital media, and workers rights, the song and the reactions work as an analysis for another sort of labor exploitation: content creation. And it has a lot of very clever and very quick wordplay about the specific things you can get on the internet. I was not, you know, having these particular experiences. Parasocial relationships are neutral, and how we interact with them is usually a mixed bag. Burnham reacts to his reaction of the song, this time saying, Im being a little pretentious. Review: Bo Burnham's 'Inside Daddy made you your favorite, open wide.". "I was in a full body sweat, so I didn't hear most of that," Burnham said after the clip played. Burnham then kicks back into song, still addressing his audience, who seem unsure of whether to laugh, applaud, or sit somberly in their chairs. The special is set almost entirely in one cluttered room. Burnham uses vocal tuning often throughout all of his specials. 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. '", "Robert's been a little depressed, no!" 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). 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. 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. They may still be comical, but they have a different feel. Remember how Burnham's older, more-bearded self popped up at the beginning of "Inside" when we were watching footage of him setting up the cameras and lighting? And now depression has its grips in him. Its an instinct I have for all my work to have some deeper meaning or something. 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. See our analysis of the end of the special, and why Burnham's analogy for depression works so well. 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. Something went wrong. You know, as silly as that one is, some of the other ones are more sedate. "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.". Entertainment correspondent Kim Renfro ranked them in ascending order of greatness. Trying to grant his dying father's wish, a son discovers an epic love story buried in his family's distant past. If we continue to look at it from the lens of a musical narrative, this is the point at which our protagonist realizes he's failed at his mission. Bo Burnham Other than Fred Rogers, Bo Burnham is one of the most cited single individual creators when discussing parasocial relationships. Like, what is it? 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. We're a long way from the days when he filmed "Comedy" and the contrast shows how fruitless this method of healing has been. Once he's decided he's done with the special, Burnham brings back all the motifs from the earlier songs into "Goodbye," his finale of this musical movie. Bo Burnham Similarly, Burnham often speaks to the audience by filming himself speaking to himself in a mirror. "Goodbye sadness, hello jokes!". Tell us a little bit more about that. Get the fuck up! Burnham walks towards the camera and grabs it like hes grabbing the viewer by the throat. Its horrific.". "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. In the song, Burnham specifically mentions looking up "derealization," a disorder that may "feel like you're living in a dream. 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. Burnham wrote out: "Does it target those who have been disenfranchised in a historical, political, social, economic and/or psychological context?". You know, I was not, you know, I was alone, but I was not trapped in one room. It's a quiet, banal scene that many people coming out of a depressive episode might recognize. The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart, #1 on the Comedy Albums chart, and #18 on the Independent Albums chart. HOLMES: So, as you'll hear there, on the one hand, there's a lot of sadness in what he's talking about there. BURNHAM: (Singing) Does anybody want to joke when no one's laughing in the background? But I described it to a couple of people as, you know, this looks like what the inside of my head felt like because of his sort of restlessness, his desire to create, create, create. Many of his songs begin seriously, then shift into the joke, but this one doesnt. 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. That's what it is. Inside His 2014 song Repeat Stuff and its music video parodies how boy bands and other corporately-owned pop stars prey on young fans desire to feel loved by writing songs with lyrics vague enough anyone can feel like it was written specifically about them. With menacing horror movie sound effects and hectic, dreamy camerawork, what becomes clear is Burnhams title has a double meaning: referring to being inside not just a room, but also his head. I hope to see you inside at some point. Comedian and filmmaker Bo Burnham used his time alone during the pandemic to create a one-man show. 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. 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. Theyre complicated. It's progress. But then, just as Burnham is vowing to always stay inside, and lamenting that he'll be "fully irrelevant and totally broken" in the future, the spotlight turns on him and he's completely naked. Yes, Bo Burnham posted a trailer via Twitter on April 28, 2021. The tropes he says you may find on a white woman's Instagram page are peppered with cultural appropriation ("a dreamcatcher bought from Urban Outfitters") and ignorant political takes ("a random quote from 'Lord of the Rings' misattributed to Martin Luther King"). Most creator-made content online is available for free, meaning creators usually have to rely on their fans for income via crowdfunding like Patreon. 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 He brushes his teeth, eats a bowl of cereal, and begins editing his videos. Burnham slaps his leg in frustration and eventually gives a mirthless laugh before he starts slamming objects around him. 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.". They Cloned Tyrone. 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.. The tension between creator and audience is a prominent theme in Burnhams work, likely because he got his start on YouTube. The vocal key used in "All Eyes On Me" could be meant to represent depression, an outside force that is rather adept at convincing our minds to simply stay in bed, to not care, and to not try anymore. 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. 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. 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?. So we broke down each song and sketch and analyzed their meaning and context. Is he content with its content? "Trying to be funny and stuck in a room, there isn't much more to say about it," he starts in a new song after fumbling a first take. 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. I'm sitting down, writing jokes, singing silly songs, I'm sorry I was gone. An astronaut's return after a 30-year disappearance rekindles a lost love and sparks interest from a corporation determined to learn why he hasn't aged. 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. Please check your email to find a confirmation email, and follow the steps to confirm your humanity. Though it does have a twist. BURNHAM: (Singing) Could I interest you in everything all of the time, a little bit of everything all of the time? According to a May 2021 Slate article, the piece was filmed at Bo Burnhams Los Angeles guest housethe same room used for June 2016s Are You Happy? and the closing shots of the Make Happy special. 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. Bo Burnham's new Netflix comedy special "Inside" is jam-packed with references to his previous work. 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. But he meant to knock the water over, yeah yeah yeah, art is a lie nothing is real. Yes, Amazon has a pre-order set up for the album on Vinyl. begins with the question "Is it mean?" Bo Burnham Right after the song ends, the shot of Burnham's guest house returns but this time it's filled with clutter. HOLMES: Well, logically enough, let's go out on the closing song. Bo Burnham The incentives of the web, those that reward outrage, excess and sentiment, are the villains of this show. Burnham is especially aware as a creator constantly reflecting on his own life. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. On the simplest level, Inside is the story of a comic struggling to make a funny show during quarantine and gradually losing his mind. Using cinematic tools other comics overlook, the star (who is also the director, editor and cameraman) trains a glaring spotlight on internet life mid-pandemic. 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. The structured movements of the last hour and half fall away as Burnham snaps at the audience: "Get up. The first comes when Burnham looks directly into the camera as he addresses the audience, singing, Are you feeling nervous? A Detailed Breakdown of How Bo Burnham "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. 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? He is now back to where he was, making jokes alone in his room, an effort to escape his reality. Anything and everything all of the time. "And so, today, I'm gonna try just getting up, sitting down, going back to work. Bo Burnham: Inside 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. ", 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.". Good. Burnham says he had quit live comedy several years ago because of panic attacks and returned in January 2020 before, as he puts it in typical perverse irony, the funniest thing happened.. The whole song ping pongs between Burnham's singing character describing a very surface-level, pleasant definition of the world functioning as a cohesive ecosystem and his puppet, Socko, saying that the truth is the world functions at a much darker level of power imbalance and oppression. I've been singing that song for about a week NOW. MARTIN: This special is titled, appropriately enough, "Inside," and it is streaming on Netflix now. Here's a little bit of that. And the very format of it, as I said, it's very much this kind of sinister figure trying to get you interested. And I don't think that I can handle this right now. 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.

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