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Bo Burnham: What.

Bo Burnham: What.

Comedy · Music · 2013

Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering unadulterated showmanship of his own.

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Bo Burnham: What.

2013 Comedy · Music 1h 0m

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7.8 / 10

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Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering unadulterated showmanship of his own.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

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“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.