Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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More Bo Burnham Quotes
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I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone’s watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it.
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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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What’s a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy
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The classic comedian says there’s nothing that’s taboo; if you laugh at one thing you’ve got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.
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In the distance, Bo saw a fairy. A fairy so beautiful that he felt proud of being called one in highschool.
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Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you’re on stage you have to know it so well that you can get lost in it. I don’t want to be onstage looking like a robot,
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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that’s a lovely addition.
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The average person has one Fallopian tube.
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I’m friends with a lot of comedians, but we don’t talk about material. Most comedians I know don’t watch a lot of other comedy.
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You love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that’s not selfless that you love your fans, that’s ridiculous.
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When I see someone filming me, I don’t usually think, ‘No, man, don’t put this up online!’ I’d think, ‘Hey man, you don’t get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!’ I love going to theatre and to shows so much.
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Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer
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I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.
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