A musical comedy special shot and performed by Bo Burnham, alone, over the course of a very unusual year.A musical comedy special shot and performed by Bo Burnham, alone, over the course of a very unusual year.A musical comedy special shot and performed by Bo Burnham, alone, over the course of a very unusual year.
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- Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 10 wins & 14 nominations total
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- TriviaDuring the song "Sexting", the air conditioning unit is set to 69 degrees.
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Bo Burnham: So I've been freaking out for a long time, thinking that I'm never gonna finish this special and I'm gonna be working on it forever. And recently, I've been feeling like, oh man, maybe I am getting close to done with this. Maybe I'm gonna finish it after all. And that has made me completely freak out because if I finish this special, that means I have to not work on it anymore, and that means I have to just live my life, and so I'm not gonna do that, and I'm gonna not finish this special. I'm gonna work on it forever, I think, and I'm never gonna release it. So I'm not talking to anybody right now, I'm just talking to myself. So yeah, who fucking cares? Fuck you, and goodbye, and let's keep going.
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Written and Performed by Bo Burnham
I feel that what's been talked about the least for all the excellent writing and film making done in Inside, what blew me away was Burnham's growth as a performer. I went back and listened to his earlier stuff before I watched the special, he was always vulgar and consistently funny but I wouldn't have called him an award worthy actor. His delivery and performance in this is so raw, the lined blurred for me on whether this was a performance or if he really was struggling this much with his anxiety and depression. There's so much sadness and frustration in his delivery, I've had my struggles with these issues and from experience, nothing felt out of place or rang false. He's pitch perfect in his composition and singing of these heartfelt numbers and I have to tip my hat to him again for such a great job.
My only complaint here is that most of my favourite bits/songs from the special are front loaded. Welcome to the Internet is still the show stopper (which is placed in the middle-end portion of the show) and Goodbye wraps it up so well but otherwise, most of the best stuff is near the beginning. But I will also concede that its also more lighthearted at the beginning and the tone grows more and more serious as it goes on so that could have played a factor. I did like some songs better than others but I don't think there was a single one that I outright disliked. Even some of the weaker ones (Unpaid Intern comes to mind) are wrapped up with some pretty unique bits so there aren't any glaring weaknesses.
I wanted to keep my review short and succinct but this was a special show. I've been listening to the music since I saw Inside and reflecting on each song's meaning and how each song was presented. Despite Inside being a meditation on the stress, struggles and sadness of where we all are at collectively at this time in history, I would still describe this effort as triumphant. Burnham always had talent but he really outdid himself with this. I laughed hard yet I still had all the feels when Inside wanted me to and its one of my favourite pieces of media that I've seen this year bar none. This is more than worth checking out and I would recommend it wholeheartedly.
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- Sep 23, 2021
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- Bo Burnham: Trong Nhà
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1