Are you going to cancel John Mulaney? "Baby J" is the latest example of a subgenre that I call cancellation comedy. John Mulaney: Baby J "Baby J" acknowledges the threat of cancellation, though it deviates from other cancellation comedies. Bo Burnham: Inside Mulaney's mention of Burnham is intriguing not only because the latter possesses a large Gen Z fanbase – …
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When Bo Burnham broke out back in the early days of YouTube — his first viral video, from 2006, showed him in his childhood bedroom, performing an original song about how his whole family thinks he’s gay — his music rarely felt like more than a vehicle designed to carry his comedy. The formal relationship in Burnham’s work — music …
Blue eyes, blonde hair, pale face, Bo Burnham wrote, shot, directed, and edited his comedy special Inside in a room — two windows to the left, a kitchenette behind, a door in front shorter than Burnham’s 6’5’’, and a pit of snake-like wires on the floor for the various lights, the flashes, the keyboard, the mic, etc. Burnham takes the …
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bo Burnham has announced that …