re: Bo Burnham “Inside” on Netflix

Don't you know? The world is built with blood!

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the reaction video skit is pretty great

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my favorite one.

His initial reaction he was going through deeply about labor exploitations and then his reaction to his reaction; "This is actually a stupid song and doesn't actually mean anything, For some reason I have this dire need to seem intelligent" had me dying

You can hide and bury your head in the sand and hope it fixes itself...or, you can roll up your sleeves and get to work.

And sell Butterfingers.

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I’m not sure why you decided to rely to me about overhyping it, my post was pretty grounded

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Just another night alone. On my own. One hand on my dick and one hand on my phone.

The Internet was made for nights like these.

Send me a picture of your titties.

Just finished it. I'm gonna have a long post on it tomorrow, but I'm leaning more towards the one of the best performance pieces ever camp. This one needs a lot of unpacking, but I thought it was fantastic and horribly depressing.

This special really was incredible and the people saying it wasn't funny were really probably just expecting something way different. I know I was, but I got sucked in and taken for a ride the whole time.

I honestly think he started out thinking this would be a much "lighter" special akin to some of his past work. It really almost flips a switch at the intermission. I also really wish we could get time stamps of what dates in 2020-2021 he was recording certain songs. That would probably be very telling as to why the undertones of some of his songs are the way they are.

For example, Healing the world with comedy, FaceTiming with my mom, and WW Instagram all seem like his classic comedy type songs that are poignant especially during the beginning of lockdown.

That’s how the world works, Brand consultant, and “Is it necessary?” / “Shut the frick up” all seem like direct reactions to George Floyd and BLM.

It would not surprise me at all if the Funny feeling guitar song was a direct reaction to Jan 6.

To the people saying, "woke boy", you didn't watch the same thing I did. He is not trying to be woke at all as he takes digs at all sides that he sees as damaging to the social fabric. I think he's spot on.

It's hard to know how much is produced or how much he is actually letting us in to see his real struggles with mental beth and depression. The knife part was pretty disturbing. It honestly would not surprise me to open the news one day and see "Bo Burnham found dead from parent suicide". Sadly, he fits the mold for the tortured artist. This is definitely his magnum opus.

His takes on the internet and social conditioning are perfect and spot on.

I'm not an artsy person, but damn. This really affected me and made me think about the current state/past year in a totally different way.

This special was incredible, absolutely fantastic. Bravo, Bo.

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I’d love to know when he started writing the Jeff Bezos songs and how many he wrote that we didn’t get to see.

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I have to imagine that those songs were inspired by every item in that room being supplied by Amazon

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It’s certainly not “the greatest work of art in a century” as someone said.

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Maybe not. But it is artful. It has something to say, and it stays with you. This is a guy, born on the internet (youtube/vine) reflecting on his place in the world, how the society is shaped by the internet, all with the isolation of the pandemic as the backdrop.

I didn't know Bo Burnham outside of the "Panderin'" song but I thought this was impactful.

It's a different kind of comedy special. A sort of madness, one-man-musical stage comedy/tragedy.

I love it.

Well that’s the point of why it’s so great..you can’t honestly tell if he is truly depressed or it’s just part of the piece. I’d suspect both. The anxiety part was real, and he finally decided to go back to stand up then COVID. Probably pretty damaging to someone who is clearly intelligent but mentally fragile.