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Bo Burnham: Inside

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Bo Burnham: Inside

Bo Burnham: Inside

Bo Burnham: Inside

2021

Comedy, Drama

TV Special

1h 27m

A musical comedy special shot and performed by Bo Burnham, alone, over the course of a very unusual year. (netflix.com)

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19 Jun 2021

This special will probably go down as the piece of media that best captured the quarantine era but together with "Eighth Grade" it also shows how Burnham is perhaps the first "big time" creator who can make truly "online" art. He captures life on the Internet like no one else. The technical skill and creative filmmaking at display here makes me giddy at the thought of seeing what this man can do moving forward. If 2020s don't become the decade of Burnham, I will be very disappointed.

19 Jun 2021

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14 Jun 2021

OK I have to admit that I turned it off after twenty minutes, but I wasn't laughing and the sock puppet was the final straw, really: too much icky "self-aware" irony for me. It's incredible to me how people feel the need to make a display of the fact that they know how much of a "problem" it is that they are a "white man". Comedians making such a display is even more disconcerting. I'd never seen anything by this performer before (and in fact had never heard of him). Maybe it got better later.

14 Jun 2021

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03 Jun 2021

Consider this more of a movie than previous outings. It has the usual stuff that Bo is known for, but the intimacy and directorial efforts of this one man show is impressive. It feels cinematic, it feels like an exploration of depression and solitude in a COVID world, presented as a mixture of video essay, comedy special and movie. Lots of lil details. Some of the jokes don't work, but generally it's entertaining with some great songs and potent moments (such as the ending). Drags sometimes.

03 Jun 2021

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05 Jun 2021

Early in his career, it was easy to hate Bo, only because it was annoying to see someone young already so talented and funny. Okay, maybe that was a me thing. But I have really come around to him, and this is a masterpiece. This captures the past year so perfectly.

05 Jun 2021

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03 Jun 2021

I never felt more understood by a piece of art.

03 Jun 2021

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10 Jun 2021

It's not especially funny, at least not in a laugh-out-loud sort of way, but it's super thought-provoking and cinematic. Upsetting in some ways too. A unique pandemic-inspired experience.

10 Jun 2021

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14 Oct 2021

You WILL have all of these songs simultaneously stuck in your head the following day.

14 Oct 2021

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11 Jul 2021

Hit me personally. Stylistically random at first but a theme begins to emerge: if the digital tools we use to communicate are the means of production, then we're a free labor force, and we're getting fucking tired. Millennials are always getting called out for being sensitive, but we're also the first generation Always On, where what's inside is always exposed, and what is identity when you're simultaneously voyeur and seen and product and production and Jeffrey Bezos and

11 Jul 2021

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09 Jul 2021

It's always special when you see an artist create their magnum opus. I'd hate to say that Bo can't make something greater than this through the rest of his career, but when you watch an artist fully commit themselves to an idea, and show us everything they have, it's hard not to feel like this is it. This will be the one he chases his whole career. If I met Bo in real life I would thank him for making this feature.

09 Jul 2021

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08 Jun 2021

It doesn’t make any sense that this works so well. It wouldn’t work at all in any other year. It’s such a mess. But as a document of 2020, the weirdest, loneliest, and most raw year, it’s near-perfect. Has Bo’s funniest songs to date, and the depressing/introspective material, which I always felt were low points of the previous specials, are genuinely affecting and powerful. Kind of a masterpiece.

08 Jun 2021

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07 Jun 2021

Bo's musicianship has matured along with his Carlin-esque angle on society, comedy songwriting is rarely this good and never as poignant (although the latter is only true for two songs really). Is it fair to say the vibe is a bit woe-is-me? Lockdown sucked for everyone but it's not like he lost a steady paycheck with mouths to feed. I don't think he was even cursed with zoom meetings, it seems like he's just battling boredom. Can't fault the man for putting his free time to good use though.

07 Jun 2021

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26 Aug 2021

I think I question the sincerity of a bit of what's going on here. I don't question that Burnham suffers from anxiety, and lockdown made that worse and he took up this project as therapy. I don't question that he has anxiety about the internet and his relevance in modern culture. I do question whether there's much substance to these concerns since he mainly deals with them by mentioning them and not really interrogating them in any real way.

26 Aug 2021

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25 Jun 2021

Creative and inspiring. (and sometimes a bit boring)

25 Jun 2021

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21 Jun 2021

Impressive work, although the yammering about lockdown soon became annoying. Clearly it was a ridiculously productive and creative time for Burnham, so acting like it was 'hell on earth' bothered me a bit. Most songs are based on a fun gimmick, but go on waaaaay too long. I appreciated both (short) Bezos songs the most.

21 Jun 2021

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17 Jun 2021

As someone familiar with Burnham's past work, I wan't impressed. The commentary and comedy was all just things I'd already been seeing on the internet for the past year.

17 Jun 2021

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30 May 2021

Lots of ups and downs. It's impressive as hell as a one-man production and is utterly unique but also feels a lot longer than it is, and certain segments don't work nearly as well as others. The highs are wonderful. Overall, quite depressing

30 May 2021

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04 May 2025

Would have enjoyed this a lot more if I was in middle school

04 May 2025

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01 Jan 2022

Quickly becomes an exhausting watch. And, whenever there's singing, a very grating one.

01 Jan 2022

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22 Dec 2021

Very of it's time. Even though we're still in the midst of the pandemic, this reflects the time of confusion, depression and anxiety in clever and interesting ways. And it's the first time I want to listen to Burham's music outside of the special.

22 Dec 2021

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18 Nov 2021

A highly effective and relevant comedy special, but it's so much of a product of the times, from generational differences to topics deeply rooted in current events. While the acuity and craft here might be career defining work and there's no doubt that Burnham expertly capitalized off of a communal catharsis, I wonder exactly how much of the power of this special will stay in 2021, or if people watching twenty years from now could even imagine what it was like to watch this after a year of shit.

18 Nov 2021

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22 Aug 2021

Amazing production and concept - a borderline deranged one man show. The purpose was likely to provoke thought even more than to simply entertain - and considering how many conversations it's started - from both a positive and critical POV - it's quite successful.

22 Aug 2021

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22 Aug 2021

messy and unstructured doesnt play nice even if its intended. might seem deep to anyone who doesnt know better. points for actually locking himself in a room for a year though.

22 Aug 2021

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18 Aug 2021

Although I found it very creative, relatable and fun, it did start to lag toward the end. I think the overhype didnst help either. Still though a must watch for the pandemic era. Oh, and, Jeff Bezos..

18 Aug 2021

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01 Aug 2021

A flawless, heartfelt piece that captures the pandemic psyche probably better than anything else could. Burnham doesn't do anything less than phenomenal work, and has now fully established himself as one of the more thrilling young artists working today.

01 Aug 2021

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17 Jul 2021

I didn't have high expectations coming into this but I was pleasantly surprised in the end. How can someone make a simple, bland room look this aesthetic? Some of the comedy didn't really hit me, but it was entertaining to say the least.

17 Jul 2021

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14 Jul 2021

I'm surprised I didn't hate it. Should've been a 60min special instead of a 87min one. Stand-up material kinda doesn't land anywhere. Songs are hit or miss, but mostly hit. As self-consciously millennial as you could think of -- always nodding how inteligent, woke and self-depreciative it is about creating content or art in a (digital) world of pain, without never hiding its almost unbearably performative nature --, but pretty talented one-man show about himself, a time and a place.

14 Jul 2021

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12 Jul 2021

Really funny at times, but also heavy when it needs to be. Probably the best pandemic-inspired thing out there.

12 Jul 2021

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05 Jul 2021

A work of pure genius. This is art.

05 Jul 2021

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11 Jun 2021

Seen: 2. Burnham has produced a near perfect encapsulation of life in 2020. It's introspective, dark, and pretty damn funny. And the best part is the songs are catchy as hell.

11 Jun 2021

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07 Jun 2021

Funny that it plays like a guy slowly getting possessed by Father John Misty but honestly otherwise a shockingly depressing watch.

07 Jun 2021

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07 Jun 2021

Ingenious, elegant, depressing and absolutely hilarious. I loved every second of it.

07 Jun 2021

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06 Feb 2024

Strange

06 Feb 2024

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16 Oct 2023

this is a masterpiece, both as a comedy special, a music "video", and a piece of cinema. the misplaced white guilt was a bit nagging throughout, but it's a telling timestamp and one of many expressions of Bo's and society's collective mental illness in this incredible portrait.

16 Oct 2023

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17 Aug 2023

often masterful, especially white woman's instagram. sometimes feels like a sequel to zach stone, and watching his og yt stuff after this helped lol. still wonder how much is him playing a character

17 Aug 2023

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28 Mar 2023

Bo Burnham: "You wanna hear a funny story? So uh... five years ago- I quit performing live comedy. Because I was beginning to have uh severe panic attacks while on stage. Which is not a great place to have them."

28 Mar 2023

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11 Mar 2023

Not overly funny, but often profound

11 Mar 2023

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23 Sep 2022

A manifesto for the millennial generation

23 Sep 2022

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20 Sep 2022

pretty good/insightful songs and great visual effects, impressive for a 1 man show. however, the emotional core felt a bit lacking to me, forced maybe. how the world works was an amazing stand-out, if a bit blunt.

20 Sep 2022

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10 Aug 2022

One of my most listened to soundtracks right now, makes me depressed though.

10 Aug 2022

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11 Mar 2022

Bo Burnham’ın dönemin en büyük stand up’çılarından birisi olduğunu kanıtlayan bu special, klostrofobik ve yalnız bir seyir sunarken nasıl bir insanın tek başına bu kadar şey yapabileceğine şaşırmanızı da sağlıyor.

11 Mar 2022

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20 Jan 2022

W4E2P2S1V1M2A2R3. Shocking and surprising and twisted fun.

20 Jan 2022

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18 Jan 2022

The lighting, photography and four or five of the songs are actually pretty good, but for the most part this is a bit of a snoozefest. Feels like you clicked on an average music comedy YouTube video, got forced to leave the autoplay on and sat through 90 minutes of the same, intermittent with embryonic darkness and sporadic glimpses of originality. Burnham doesn't even attempt comedy that much, falls back on topics he's previously covered and rarely gets past skin-deep sociopolitical critique.

18 Jan 2022

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10 Jan 2022

This is a better quarantine movie than Locked Down and a better climate change movie than Don't Look Up. It also has more laughs in its first sixty seconds than either of those films had in their entirety. Not everything in this worked for me (the fairly audacious back half in particular feels too ambitious for its own good), but the endless creativity and inventiveness on display is pretty exhilarating. Plus, y'know, it's really funny.

10 Jan 2022

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09 Jan 2022

I was entertained for the first few songs and even chuckled on occaision. However, after about a half hour, it was painfully boring, unfunny, and unfocused. It was a chore for me to sit through the whole thing.

09 Jan 2022

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25 Dec 2021

The best thing to come out of the pandemic besides dead republicans.

25 Dec 2021

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08 Aug 2021

Karantina filmi. Bo Burnham evde tek başına kalıp, kendi kendine çektiği klipler. Çok komik ve eğlenceli. İnsanın canı sıkılınca yaptığımız saçmalıklar. Kafayı yemeler. Kendi kendine konuşmalar. İlginç kişilik bozuklukları. Bo Burnham'ın gizli dünyası. Filmin sonunda, evde otur otur nereye kadar? Beyaz 1 kadının instagramında.

08 Aug 2021

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09 Jul 2021

sock-o

09 Jul 2021

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07 Jul 2021

Perfect even in spite of (or because of?) its flaws

07 Jul 2021

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05 Jul 2021

Very impressive. Catchy songs with fun lyrics. Above all else it's an impressive piece of art with creative and well thought out visuals and cinematography. My favourite is probably the Welcome to the Internet, the Jeff Bezos song and the one just before the ending song. Really masterfully done, seems more mature than his earlier work and stands as a unique piece of art. Highly recommended!

05 Jul 2021

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04 Jul 2021

Very impressive, a good mix of skits and song numbers (my favourites being Welcome to the Internet and the reaction videos). I'm blown away by the cinematography, despite not having much of a camera crew (aside from colorists) -- it's done simply through crazy light systems and creative editing, but it works and looks great. But this whole thing is admittedly a pity-party, and a reiterative one at that, with many songs just being "I'm depressed and anxious, even before lockdown."

04 Jul 2021

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03 Jul 2021

Rarely laugh-out-loud funny, and a bit uneven at first, but it builds some deep melancholy in the latter half when we start seeing Burnham's frustration and desperation from being cooped up so long. A surprising hit to the gut. Best parts are "White Woman's Instagram," "Welcome to the Internet," and the ending.

03 Jul 2021

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02 Jul 2021

Keep doing your thing, Bo Burnham. His self-awareness already addresses a lot of the common critiques: drags a bit, some jokes don't connect since you don't get the reference, others are over the top, and the suicide is troubling. But I don't know of any other pandemic-inspired work that captures the multifaceted period as well as he does. Fav scenes: White Woman Instagram; the Internet song; the sock puppet.

02 Jul 2021

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26 Jun 2021

Genius work. Super funny and somewhat sad. Nailed the Instagram bit.

26 Jun 2021

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22 Jun 2021

Very fun and sometimes kind of sad.

22 Jun 2021

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22 Jun 2021

I coulda done that...

22 Jun 2021

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18 Jun 2021

Special

18 Jun 2021

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15 Jun 2021

Comedy?

15 Jun 2021

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10 Jun 2021

Genius becomes an externalized solitude that includes every bit of digital and interpersonal relations taking over the world today. God damn sexting is too funny

10 Jun 2021

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07 Jun 2021

Burnham's genius is on full display. This not only continues to the push the envelope in terms of form, but also serves up stunning insight and introspection. And the whole thing is hilarious on top of it all.

07 Jun 2021

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