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Bo Burnham: what.

  • TV Special
  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • 1h
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8.3/10
13K
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Bo Burnham: what. (2013)
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A musical stand-up comedy show by Bo Burnham, the famous internet musician.A musical stand-up comedy show by Bo Burnham, the famous internet musician.A musical stand-up comedy show by Bo Burnham, the famous internet musician.

  • Directors
    • Bo Burnham
    • Christopher Storer
  • Writer
    • Bo Burnham
  • Star
    • Bo Burnham
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  • IMDb RATING
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    13K
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    • Directors
      • Bo Burnham
      • Christopher Storer
    • Writer
      • Bo Burnham
    • Star
      • Bo Burnham
    • 14User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    8TheHoodOfSwords

    Great Comedy Show!!!

    I love Bo's comedy, this show is great. The ups and the lows contrast so well, and the end song when you know that he quits later and the reason just hits so much harder. It's hard to rank comedy shows on my ranking. But I think of it as a solid 8.5/10. It's fun, crude, and subverts expectations.
    10scoobz_93

    what?!

    Bo Burnham found accidental fame after posting a couple comedy songs on YouTube. His first special "words, words, words" was a collection of pun heavy comedic songs which would have you laughing instantly and than hours later after the puns finally caught up with you. This special 'what' follows in his trade make style of quick and quirky comedic songs while this time being accompanied by an arrangement of lights and backing tracks. Burnham talks about religion, modern 'pop stars' and ask's questions we never knew we needed answers too.

    This musical style of comedy is very quickly becoming my favourite genre. 10/10 glittery dick jokes.
    10granthidy

    A masterpiece

    This wasn't just a comedy show. In fact, I think the comedy was secondary to what was an introspective, artistic masterpiece of debatably unmatched proportions. Every second of this special was incredible, even when the jokes weren't - which wasn't often. I get that comedy is subjective, but this was more than comedy. Bloody brilliant!
    8TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews

    This

    Bo returns to the stage, and delivers on his multiple talents - playing instruments(mostly "air" ones) and comedy - musical(including making it largely out of sampled sounds), verbal and physical. He goes for wordplay, the clever, and the silly, with universal jokes, rather than ones that will date this.

    As usual, he prioritizes being consistently funny and challenging over having one specific focus - with that said, he does get rather introspective(such as the "two halves of the brain" bit), and one can tell that he has grown since he launched on the internet. Of course, this doesn't mean that he is unrecognizable, far from it. His brand and identity remain intact, and in-between, sometimes even in, the intellectual parts, he gets just as immature as we want him to.

    Awkwardness is embraced, not shied away from. That of himself, and some of the things that go into shaping a show like this - yes, he does go as meta and self-referential as usual(a child of YouTube, that much is clear). We can follow his line of thinking, and yet he throws curve-balls our way. Plain and simple, we never, for a second, know exactly what he's going to do next, and whenever he jumps tracks in his train of thought, the audience(including the live ones for the video recording of this) loves it. It is simply that carefully crafted.

    Among his material are social problems(with an indictment of himself and other artists, making this simultaneously the illness and the cure, the reason for needing, and the actual pursuing of, therapy), integrity, religion, sexuality, etc. At the time of writing this, the entire well-paced 60-minute presentation is up on, and thus endorsed by, his own channel, so legally free to watch.

    There is brutal and disturbing imagery in this. I recommend this to any fan of Burnham. 8/10
    6redproton88

    I don't get the 8+ rating

    I had not heard of this comedian before and found this special on Netflix and thought I would give it a try. To sum up my thoughts... I do appreciate Bo Burnham's wit and cleverness. I also appreciate his silly and zany performance as well as his musical talents. I just don't find it laugh out loud funny.

    Unfortunately, I found What. to be annoying and Bo's singing voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me. It's looking doubtful that I will continue watching past 35 minutes. That said, I give him credit for being young, clever and making it happen for himself. And hey, I suggest at least checking out his set because who knows, maybe his comedy is right up your alley.

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    • Trivia
      When Bo Burnham told the video editors joke in the live show, he paused after it and said to the audience 'this joke isn't for you, so move on.'
    • Quotes

      Bo Burnham: That was called "Beating Off in A Minor", 'A Minor' the key not the felony.

    • Connections
      Followed by Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Intro
      Written and Performed by Bo Burnham

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • what.
    • Filming locations
      • Regency Ball Room, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Attic Bedroom
      • New Wave Entertainment Television
      • 3 Arts Entertainment
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      1 hour
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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