The best part about the spider verse is how on the surface it's about her being a 'bad feminist' but on the deeper level it's about him jumping onto anything he can think of to get her to handle the spider instead of him. It's so insincere and i love it.
At the end he puts his product (himself and his creation) out to the world. Once you do that you can't get back in. It's out there. There was applause and there was laughter, but you've just thrown yourself out there and none of that makes sense in the moment and you can't escape it, you can't take it back.
I watched many reactions to this. So far, you are the only one who got it. That microphone hitting the ground at the end was, so far, to my knowledge, the end of Bo Burnham performing live. "I hope you are happy" were the last words he spoke to a live audience. The screams at the end are an attempt to cover it up, as he is dropping the second half of every line. That was the panic attack.
Loool one thing i learned, on a sexual level, men are physically sexualy driven while women are mentally driven. Mainly guys enjoy porn, strip clubs etc meanwhile women prefers spicy novels, spicy dating games and more mental stimulations.
The whole reaction concept needs to be adjusted. There's something severely flawed about the idea of someone giving their detailed thoughts about the meaning behind something they haven't even seen yet. The alternative that some people embrace is watching the video beforehand, but that takes away from the spontaneity of the situation. There has to be a middle ground between the two. A couple things I'm sure of though, is that I enjoy reactions, but I can't stand listening to someone pontificate about something they obviously don't yet understand, because they haven't had the full experience. There is value in hearing a real-time assessment, but it can go too far, very easily. It takes almost nothing for it to go too far and get into, "I'm an expert in all things, even this thing that you've already seen and I'm just watching for the first time" territory. Just my thoughts.
If you haven't already, you need to watch Tim Minchin, especially "Not Perfect". You can see how strongly he influenced Bo in his approach. The comedy combined with seriousness and reality. His song "Not Perfect" is a very obvious waypoint on Bo's life path.
When he says "needs" he turns towards the crowed, and when he says "Hates you" he turns away from the crowed. That os what realy got me. The positive thing he turn to the crowed, and the negative he turn away from them.
I tried following the traffic laws in GTA5. I stopped at a stop light, got rear ended by a cop, and then the cop turned on their siren and started chasing me.
"When he was 27 my granddad fought in vietnam; when i was 27 i built a birdhouse with my mom" Don't worry, Bo, I haven't accomplished a damn thing either.
I hope you are well Chris. You haven't posted in 2 years. I watched a lot of your videos when you were active and was recently reminded of them. Going thru them all again. Hope you're doing alright and your family too :)
This song kills me every time I hear it... And watching reactions, I always hope the person listening gets it, and has the visceral reaction I do... And then I feel bad for WANTING it. But... I think it's necessary.... Understanding this is.... Necessity. Edit: Your reaction made me subscribe, and I'm so sorry.... "The thing about pain is it demands to be felt."
i kinda like to think that the entire voicemail from the start of "Five Years" kind of just sums the song up to what it really is, its like a song being in a relationship and then you have these sometimes small but heated moments of both of them arguing about something small and start juist fighting for whatever reason and sometimes being annoyed at eachother. Like at the beginning he was just asking her a favor to send him back the voice mail, but after that he starts to just say just do it, i dont have to be the one to do everything, and then becomes a bit of an arguement, but he just cools down and says i love you. And it just reflects the whole song from thta voicemail. I dont know if im right but thats what i got from that. But Bo's creativity for music and comedy still nails everytime
I know I’m late here but your reaction shows how much you get what he’s feeling in that moment. Thanks for showing your vulnerability, it helps highlight the vulnerability in the art
I know you posted this two years ago, but I wanted to say thank you. I thought I was a pussy for tearing up when he got real, and you also experiencing that let me know that it’s normal
"Look at them they're just staring at me like come and watch the skinny kid with a steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself" I’ve been fighting for months to care for my elderly mother while living with multiple chronic illnesses. My doctor recently referred me to a social worker to discuss my abusive household. This line speaks truths beyond words.
he did such a good job as showing the scope of what that funny feeling could be. We all know it but it's still different for all of us, that weird strange dread without immediate cause, knowing something is...off but not knowing how to fix it.
I don't think it was the generation that thrived expressing themselves. I think what blossomed was a generation of esteem withered trolls who felt better about themselves by putting others down in COMPLETE anonymity. They could be their cancerous selves without ANY repercussions. Also, he's controlling all of it. The sound, the lights, even the stupid breeze hitting his face. Watch when he gets low, he's triggering preprogrammed pedals that he set up. Genius!
Of course, it's not like you don't have problems, everyone has problems, but your problems are not due to you being a straight white male, they're due to you being a person. Probably. I'm at 5:00 and just came to my mind that's all
"It's starts of really light and innocent", which can be attributed to surfing the web too. You start off with that but the longer you are around and the deeper you go, the more dark shit you learn.
I can't help but see it as a critical miss for someone to try analyzing the lyric "Googling derealization. Hating what you find" without, you know, GOOGLING DEREALIZATION.
From guitarist to guitarist, I salute this video with glee. Good skills and a good voice, you surprised me there. I enjoy the depth you put into your reaction, but seeing you try and emulate such a hard song to channel, you did an impressive job. Even the room setup, the lighting and the camera play, you did pay attention to details and used them to your advantage. Good job, man. :)
Your "I hope I didn't dissapoint" kinda felt like you did share some of Bo's anxiety and really took it in. You did an amazing job and you picked on details that many before you didn't. You legit seem like a good man and I wish you the best. Keep up the good work. :)
