Make Happy

The comedy is hit and miss, and is a little too bro-y for my taste, but I gotta give props to Bo for trying to push the medium forward. He uses technical theatre elements: lighting, sound design and even set design; in a way I've never seen a stand-up comedian do before and it elevates the craft to another level. I would love to see more comedians experiment with this kind of thing.

Expecting big things from Burnham going forward

*pun* I'm sad *plays piano*

Bo's best collection of work, thus far.

This whole thing ended in an extremely emotionally content note which I'm not sure if I even liked but I think I did. I've been a fan of bo for many years I always enjoy seeing his choreographed stand up. This was really enjoyable.

Bo Burnham: "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."

James Acaster is a fantastic comedian. Bo Burnham is James Acaster, but bad.

Seen: 2.

"Make Happy" is the natural continuation of "what." and mostly suffers from it. The energetic Burnham now and then manages to sneak in a couple of thought-provoking or even resonant bits in an enjoyable and competent whole, but the humour behind the flashiness of the show's structure isn't as unpredictable as he seems to think it is, or as it was the last time round. The meta card is played to death, and both the songs and stand-up feel like a lesser variation of an already established shtick.

I felt this was almost as good as Inside. Hilarious, inventive, but also very serious at times.