Friday 11 June 2021

Bo Burnham: what.

 Bo Burnham: what. 

Streaming on Netflix. 

This piece is a mixture of a lot of art forms, which all blend together seamlessly. Comedy, music, satire, parody, mime, poetry, prose, dance. It's almost like there's nothing he doesn't do. He uses every form to tell something, and it's so fun to watch. His multi-talent makes him so unique an artist that it could even be difficult to define what he exactly is. A stand up comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, director. All of them come together seamlessly to create a unique voice. The entire show is heavily meta in nature. My favorite piece is the left brain, right brain division - it's brilliant humor created through really good understanding of basic psychology. His jokes about how everyone gives advice, on catering to the audience more is also funny. I always find parody and humor based on imitating hilarious, because there's no setup needed and the jokes can come back to back. In fact, that was my very first piece of writing. I used to write and direct plays based on parody in school back then. I would imitate lecturers in college, by putting them in scenes from popular movies. It's hilarious. Even spoofs. I love them. 

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