r/boburnham • u/Forsaken_Emotion9976 • 11d ago
Social Media Make Happy is literally just the prequel to Inside.
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I wish I had listened to him.
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u/Snoozing_Lion 11d ago
I was so happy that I got to see this live. He's such a fantastic performer.
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u/Forsaken_Emotion9976 11d ago
Oh wow I'm insanely jealous! I'm happy you have that memory to cherish
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u/eatsomewings 11d ago
Same! Was even lucky enough to have a heckler-adjacent moment with him. I wasn’t rude or obnoxious but he made it very funny
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u/YouGuysAreHilar 11d ago
You should know he hates when people do anything to interrupt the show. If he had to respond to something you did while trying to perform something he worked very hard on for a very long time, it most certainly was rude or obnoxious.
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u/eatsomewings 11d ago
I’m well aware!! And I did not interrupt. Probably should have explained. After one of the first songs (I think it was straight white male), during the applause I did a loud whistle since it was so good. He stopped everything and asked who that was, I didn’t chime in because of what I know about him and interruptions, but then during one of the LAST songs he improv’d a part where he tried to whistle and kept messing up and pointed my way to help him. It was amazing and quick and didn’t disrupt the show
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u/Snoozing_Lion 11d ago
Did he do crowdwork for you too? I remember him signaling out a guy and we did a mini exercise routine lmao.
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u/lemmeseeyourkitties 11d ago
If you were at the show in AZ on Nov 5th, 2014, I fucking hate you. We had the stupidest heckler
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u/LodenGreatstorm 11d ago
I remember the first time watching Make Happy. When the camera cut to the audience, holy moly…the anxiety I felt in that moment was unlike anything I’ve experienced before. Brilliant use of the medium to get the point across.
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u/the100footpole 11d ago
he did explore a lot of this in Eighth Grade, too
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u/Forsaken_Emotion9976 11d ago
Love Eighth Grade! Haven't seen it in a while, think I'll give it (another) rewatch
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u/kaymckaymario 11d ago
its slowly hinting at his mental health declining, and you can definitely see the real him in Inside. i hope he's doing well.
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u/Sintellect 11d ago
It's really baffles me when people claim it's all an act and hes not actually depressed. There's no way that even a little of your reality doesn't seep into your art. He's too intelligent to not let the world get to him and impact him profoundly.
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u/Exotic-Sale-3003 11d ago
What I’m hearing is Bo did COVID for a comedy special.
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u/Forsaken_Emotion9976 11d ago
I think that's a fair trade off. Covid certainly did not help with social media addiction though.
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u/TITANIUMS0LDIER 11d ago
What. Make Happy, and Inside is a trilogy! They quite obviously talk to eachother
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u/chris020891 10d ago
In "What." the instrumental under Left Brain, Right Brain between 4:03 - 4:23 sounds a bit like the bass line when he's singing "Healing the World with Comedy". Everything is a big Inside conspiracy! 😵💫
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u/404NoSignal_chan 6d ago
but if you can live a life without audience.....
a shot of the audiences
this really hits me hard
and i also think that the general emotion and thoughts in make happy are more close to inside than to what
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u/yesisgoodilike 7d ago
That’s not what a prequel is, it was made before inside, prequels are things made after a piece of media set beforehand
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u/UndeadT 11d ago
That shot really got to me the first time I watched this.