Bo Burnham on "Eighth Grade" and tech
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- Comedian Bo Burnham discussed the critically acclaimed film he wrote and directed, "Eighth Grade." His conversation with The Atlantic’s Matt Thompson explored the process of creating a story around adolescence in a social-media-saturated world, how tech impacts the shifting experience of being a teenager - or fails to - and what he learned making the movie.
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The host calling Bo's comedy carrear "light stuff" at the start seems to me like he didn't do his research.
Light stuff as in the songs kill yourself, from god's perspective and that 2 sides of the brain thing? talking about mental health issues, suicide and love. Just fun light stuff all the way.
2:25 "Sure" then a slight smirk
Almost stopped watching when he said it... One of the most profound comedian today for sure....
to be fair, I think the interviewer was super nervous, hes got nervous energy for sure. And, I kinda think he meant to say ".. and you do comedy, like, stuff"
“it was my biggest fear that i wasn’t unique, and my biggest salvation that i wasn’t alone.” woah. that hits hard. so beautifully said.
bo: “hi everyone! how are you doing? how’s your day going?”
interviewer: “they can’t answer, they don’t have mics”
bo: “mouths.”
i love that man.
I don’t get it I’m slow
(Now I do..)
Bo really became an interview pro on this circuit of interviews. He turns truly horrible, basic questions into introspective and expansive answers.
"...how much they (kids) don't want to think about political issues until a political issue kicks down the door with a political issue in their hand."
Wow.
What a powerful and heartbreaking image.
His mind is such a fascinating place
what
a strange
choice
to have to make
at the end
of the night
between all
the information
in the history
of the world
and
the back of your eyelids, you know
infinity
or
oblivion
(Bo Burnham, 2018)
I can't believe I haven't seen this until now. It's wonderful to hear someone talking about kids like they're valid, and explaining their thought process. The whole 'no bullying, but being ignored' is very real and reminded me of school and the dynamic with teens nowadays.
Bo is a legend.
“Infinity or oblivion.” That’s so powerful good lord
It's true but the opposite can also be the same the oblivion is this material world and our codependency tours our phones and infinite is that silence and infinite knowledge of quieting the mind
When the host is talking, Bo’s smile is trying real hard to contain his scathing sarcasm.
Wow. I only started watching bo's stand up days ago. I'm 36 and its still so relatable. I'm glad he made this movie. I think he genuinely cares about his peers.
I’m 36 and discovered Bo and his work yesterday xxx love it and greatful he creates xxx
Matt Thompson is basically saying he doesn't expect a comedian to have depth. Ouch. Then he calls Bo's previous work "light." Uhhhh buddy you haven't seen it.
Bo is so smart that I had to add this video to my "Holy shit" Playlist
Bo Burnham start a podcast challenge
please i'm begging i've been rewatching interviews for WEEKS i need new content
It's absolutely hilarious that what you both take away from this is that you need more content and commentary from this man...
His whole point is that you shouldn't be yearning for another fix, you should move away from the phones and the content not keep trying to scratch that itch.
If Bo Burnham becomes just another content factory to please the masses he will be a part of the problem he's trying to fight against.
The hosts cadence makes me a little uncomfortable for some reason
Toten Brunk it’s because he is very disingenuous. Basically a talking head who asks shallow questions. It makes the situation very polarizing.
Just listen to this 2:25
@@powerpug964 bro he just KEEPS going
The one part of Bo’s replies that this host related to was “#chalupa” because that’s how he knows the internet. It feels like he completely missed the point of the film based on these questions and his presentation.
As you so rightly put it, that's how he know the internet. It's so interesting to me how these various incompatible narratives, of what the internet is and is for, just seem to exist out there.
But yeah that wasn't the point haha he missed the joke and that's pretty sad
He’s literally doing a sit down comedy rn and it’s golden
The sad thing about social media is that all our social life attached to social media, so it is an obligation to have a social life, to make friends, to get job etc etc. You can't seperate the digital world and real world, they melted down together in a box, when ı have quited on social media about 2-3 months I started to loose touch with my friends or couldn't get involved their conversation or their jokes bec I have no idea what they're talking about. bec half of the interaction/conversation was going on social media account and ı wasnt there, ı started to be isolated person. I think that bitter fact was really expressed in that movie from the perspective a child who born into this half digital/half real world.
I feel this so much. I don't have facebook, and haven't had one for over 6 years and because of that I absolutely got left behind on my friend group. Which is fine, but I wish we wouldn't use social media as such a crutch to maintain relationships. As a 29 year old I feel like I'm one of the many few who aren't acclimated to the narcissistic side of social media like most of my peers are and it actually puts me at a weird disadvantage.
Another point in the bingo card for inside ideas at the end
This host is insufferable. He speaks to Bo as if to a 4 year old with such an over the top, pretentious condescension.
it pains me because Bo is also clearly uncomfortable with the host. If the host actually learned about Bo prior i'd hope that he would be aware of Bo's anxiety and would try to make this a welcoming opportunity for him and he did the complete opposite. Shout out to Bo for being an amazing, brilliant human
Bo in 2018: “you have to compete with Bob Iger”
Bo in 2021: “The surgeon general’s pop up shop, Robert Iger’s face…”
“Infinity or oblivion” Wow.
i truly could listen to him talk for hours he's so enticing.
This guy doesn't seem qualified to conduct this interview; the naivety revealed in his series of questions to Bo is remarkable.
I'm only a minute in and I can tell Bo is NOT vibing with this guy
Dang I am late to this; I needed this 4 years ago.
Bo’s giggles at himself are literal sun rays
9:57 I love this quote
why did this interview seem like satire
I have no idea
I find it almost unsettling that Bo's point of the algorithm burying nobodies isn't even really that true anymore. During the pandemic we had people like Julie Nolke and Joel Haver pop up out of relative obscurity. Too many people like Bo were scrolling through the trending section and not clicking anything bc they are bored of Fallon or Colbert. That's what makes the internet so dangerous, it's constantly changing into a version of itself that makes you want to come back (or never leave).
Something bout Bo's mic constantly touching his shoulder from him slouching while talking about chilling and not caring...
Not me scrolling through Instagram while watching this💀
absolutely. Infinity or oblivion.
"infinity or oblivion." ok now how does he do that
“Kids would love to be shoved in a locker”
Me:
also did not like this interviewer from the "they can't answer they don't have mics" excuse me. he was TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE. shut up
"As someone who achieved that currency that the kids are striving for, what would you tell Kayla?"
"I worry about young people being creative. The great thing about working creatively is accessible to everyone right away. The thing I actually loved about it was the thing I was doing when I was in theater in eighth grade. I get a lot of kids coming up to me saying 'I'm an aspiring writer, I'm an aspiring actor.' Well, ARE you a writer? Do you write? Do you act? You're a writer. You're an actor! You actually have the permission to enjoy the thing right away. and if it's not what you enjoy & you enjoy the views and the attention - RUN. Go. Get away from it. You're putting your happiness in the hands of something you have no control over."
You know who I feel bad for? Nikocado Avocado. That's one of the people who lost their lives that way.
7:00
7:00-9:00
God - Ellie is acting her heart out in this movie. As a +50-year-old dude, I can not over-emphasise anything by now since I am old watching the internet as one of the first who git access to the thing.
Oh hey, American TV hosts - stop trying to impress ANYONE with your inner acting skills on TV. That dude acts so well himself that I FELT his breakdown in his Robert Lepage level of understanding and attention to detail and humanism recently.
I am saying this kindly as a scientist "broadly" studying climate change, specifically bothering my brain with the combination of fluid and thermodynamics (yeah - that pain does not go away). Some shit is way above my paygrade and one should not pretend to be auditioning for it on linear TV that one is hosting.
Just be ok. I, as a physicist, do not even know what time really is or if it even exists. But I know it is not "pretending to be performing some zeitgeist on the internet right now". I really struggle with reality. It is why I am paid long before they ask me what it means to be a human. I go to the arts to help me with my humanity since I can obviously not calculate the solution to that question.
god that host was almost unbearable
That's part of his job
@@moolardpexcellent5253 lmao
15:40
#chalupa
#cottage. Thank you google translate.
this host is extremely pretentious
The fact this guy thought Bo's comedy is light, shows he has no clue about Bo's comedy.
also, damn that contrived laughter
0:16 they have mouths
and he's right. youtube isn't about talent! i seriously thought it would be as a 90s kid. But it's still the same, just advertising for money hungry people.