Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone From the creator of Netflix phenomenon Outside

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One important note, in case you haven’t watched it yet: he discusses his experiences with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts.

Self-fashioning as a woman—and trying to thread the needle of “acceptable” femininity, online and IRL—is an impossible task.

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Just think how Burnham’s own pantyfied one-man show would be received were it a one-woman affair instead. Put simply, Inside is the story, told through song and clever visuals, of a comic trying to make a funny show during the pandemic and slowly slipping into disassociation and depression. Autofiction satisfies the market need for relatable protagonists while appearing to offer a stylish new mode through which to deliver content. His increasingly shaggy hair and beard mark the passing of time; his body, which he offers frequently to the viewer clad in only his underwear, marks something else: his whiteness, his youth, his willingness to be—I guess—“stripped down” and exposed for the viewer’s benefit. Even if the special has this effect, Burnham’s explicit, relentless emphasis on Inside as a highly crafted performance seems at odds with the emphasis on his perceived honesty.Bo Burnham was a teenager living in his parents’ attic in Massachusetts when he started posting funny songs to YouTube. Comedian and musician Bo Burnham released a stunning new comedy special, Inside, on Netflix on May 30. I think it matters that most people waxing lyrical about Burnham’s rawness and self-exposure are white men. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. I’m thinking books about the loss of self, the nihilistic psychology brought on by current societal ills like climate change or automation, the proliferation of technology into our everyday lives and the impacts that has, etc etc.