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Bo Burnham: Inside
Made alone, in one room, in the year everyone was alone in one room. If isolation broke something in you, Bo gets it.
Who it's for
Burnham made the special entirely alone in one room during lockdown, so the form itself mirrors the viewer's isolation: the jokes and songs get stranger and heavier as the months pass.
Feelings it meets
What it is
An 87-minute musical comedy special that Bo Burnham wrote, directed, filmed, edited and performed alone in the guest house of his Los Angeles home during the COVID-19 pandemic, shot between March 2020 and May 2021 and released on Netflix on May 30, 2021. Through songs and sketches it shows his day-to-day life indoors and his worsening mental health, along with performance, the internet and online life.
Where to find it
Netflix original. Soundtrack album on music platforms. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Depressive decline; brief suicide mention.
Age: TV-MA (suggested 16+)
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
