Bo Burnham: Difference between revisions

=== Tropes associated with Bo Burnham include: ===

* [[Appeal to Worse Problems]]: In "Oh Bo," we get this:

Swallow, bitch, there's people starving in Africa }}

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: "It's become a symbol of misogyny, gay panic... fiscal irresponsibility..."

* [[Broken Aesop]]: Love is all about whistles.

* [[Country Matters]]: All in the name of punning.

Also used more blatantly in haiku form "Bono, if you want to help poor people, sell your tinted shades you cunt!" }}

* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]

* [[Fetish]]: Subverted.

* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: Part of his persona.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "Words, Words, Words", the catchy chorus of which starts: "I hate catchy choruses and I'm a hypocrite"

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: Does this from time to time, often combined with [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]

** Somehow manages to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] and play straight SIMULTANEOUSLY in "What's Funny":

Then take a viagra, and slap 'em with a rock-hard misdirection" }}

* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: A bit complicated. Bo's arrogant, unkind stage persona is partially for effect, but every now and then his reactions with audience members blur the line. He gets pretty nasty with his audience (not just hecklers and shouting idiots) on the "Words, Words, Words" DVD, such as singing "You're not a fucking metronome" when the audience starts clapping along to the beat of a song. At the very least, he's quick to shut them down. Reports vary about how nice he actually is in person, but some of it is just the persona.

** If you really think about it, the way he treats his audience is actually all part of the joke. If you really watch closely you can tell what's all just satire and sarcasm and his real vision of things becomes clear.

* [[Metaphorgotten]]: In his PSA.

* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: The subject of one of his songs, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8nuqwDVHlw My Whole Family Thinks I'm Gay]

** May be closer to [[Transparent Closet]], considering the line "Even my boyfriend thinks I'm gay."

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo9pU1q8sy8 Art is Dead], a reflective song that focuses on his own faults and hypocrisy that borders on [[Creator Breakdown]], is pretty jarring in general, let alone when heard in between his other songs.

** More specifically: on the "Words Words Words" CD, the "Art is Dead" track is directly followed by Bo lampshading this and immediately making a hysterical crude joke:

* [[No Ending]]: Multiple times, most notably "Welcome to Youtube", but to a lesser extent "Men and Women", "The Perfect Woman", and "Ironic". Also happens in the live versions of "Oh Bo" (partly justified because the bit about the oboe is hard to replicate live) and "Words Words Words", which just kinda cut off where the studio versions have little codas and fade out.

** On the DVD of "Words, Words, Words", he performs "I'm Bo Yo" as an encore, and abruptly stops in the middle of the last chorus after changing one of the lyrics to "This song's gonna end really awkwardly."

* [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]: See the entry under [[Crosses the Line Twice]]

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Often, most notably in recent performances of "I'm Bo Yo"; in the final line of the chorus he says he "can really find your G-spot", which is followed by a brief self-indicting remark.

** "Art is Dead" is chock full of this.

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: One of his routines involves quoting Hamlet's "to sleep, perchance, to dream" monologue and then, after a beat, saying "Pff, like, WHAT?"

** This is essentially his ''modus operandi''. Basically, if you laugh at tons of stuff the first time you hear the song and don't bother listening again, you're doing it wrong.

* [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]: Several times.

* [[Your Mom]]:

 

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