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Bo Burnham: Make Happy

2016 · 60 min

A clever, meta stand-up musical that makes you laugh before quietly turning inward to ask unsettling questions about happiness and performance.

Directed by: Bo Burnham, Christopher Storer
Genres: Comedy, Music
Starring: Bo Burnham, Lorene Scafaria

Tagline: Are you happy?
Overview: Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.

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Directed by: Bo Burnham, Christopher Storer
Genres: Comedy, Music
Starring: Bo Burnham, Lorene Scafaria

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
media
art
morality
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence none
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	9
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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