Bo Burnham

This note last modified August 20, 2021

#todo

Is being self aware enough?

What is the role of comedy when the world is burning?

The camera looks at you, just as it looks at Bo. Putting you in the place of the performer (extension of Make Happy where he just asks what the role of the performer is)

Breaking the 4th wall

serious comedy
- Bo Burnham
actor audience paradigm
- Tags: Bo Burnham Bojack Horseman
- Many professional entertainers (e.g.Bo Burnham) have talked about how they find difficulty separating their characters from their real personas. Bo is forced to play an loud funny guy on stage, even though he claims that he’s actually reasonably shy and quiet in real life. Thing is, if everyone sees you as something, they start treating you that way. Audiences expect their actors to act in certain ways. (tag: stereotypes) If you play a character all the time, it’s easy for you to start seeing yourself in that character.