In Bo Burnhams inside, we relive the covid 19 pandemic with Bo as he explores themes of productivity, comedy and the internet. The special was completely directed, written and shot by Bo. The whole special is set in his garden shed.
1.Bo Burnhams life
Bo Burnham was born on the 21st of august 1990. Bo started of as a youtuber making short songs and sketches. But everything changed on October 16th 2010 when his first special “Words,Words,Words” premiered on Comedy Central with over 700,000 viewers. Then 3 years later, Bo burnham released his next special named “what” which was released on both youtube and netflix. Another 3 years went by and Bo released “Make Happy” which started to explore more mature themes. It was around this time that Bo started to experience panic attacks on stage which would later make him take a break from preforming live. But in janurary 2020 Bo was planning to make a come back and release a new special, but then the pandemic struck.
2.comedy and music
Inside uses comedy and music to distract you from the darker themes. Bo uses a song like “White womans instagram” to show how we hide who we truly are on the internet with Lyrics such as “Her favorite photo of her momThe caption says, I can't believe itIt's been a decade since you've been gone” But as he starts to say this the instagram borders start to widen as hes opening up, but by the end of the verse, the borders come back in and the song becomes more comedic.
3. 30
In the special, Bo has a goal to finish the special before he turns 30, but he dosent reach this goal and he starts to crumble and he starts to have more frequent panic attacks. In the song “feeling in my body” Bo describes what its like to have a panic attack but hides it behind comedy.
4. The camera
Bo refers to the camera as the audience many times in the special, and also makes many remarks about how this is how entertainment should be consumed. which is interesting because of the ending of make happy when Bo says “The truth is my biggest problem's you I want to please you But I want to stay true to myself I want to give you the night out that you deserve But I want to say what I think and not care what you think about it A part of me loves you Part of me hates you Part of me needs you Part of me fears you” which is both speaking on his panic attacks and how he craves attention.
END OF PART 1 PART 2 WILL COME OUT SOMETIME THIS MONTH :)