Bo Burnham: Inside

There has never been a peice of fiction that I connected with quite like this one

Another self-hating racist woke person, also with a sprinkle of anti-semitism, as is right for the times if you want to be on Team Fourth Reich. I forget why I liked this guy previously, probably he was funny, but now he's just a hateful cancer that we should all keep clear of. Sad.

This captures what it means to have gone through the covid pandemic. Whether it be the mental health consequences or the social media doom-scroll that has replaced the human interaction we once took for granted.

Surprising amount of race-based self-hatred, though I couldn't quite tell if it was being presented honestly. I guess you could say that about the bulk of *Inside* -- and much of the rest of Burnham's specials -- which clearly represents a certain allure. Still, for this all happening in a single room, I was impressed with the breadth of concepts shown in the vignettes. Among the most enjoyable...