Bo Burnham - Can't Handle This THERAPIST REACTION
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This is a reaction from a therapist point of view to Can't Handle This by Bo Burnham, it really got me.
What did you think about this song?
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”And laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself” - this line actually broke me. Bo Burnham is a genius. 👏🏻✨
Me too Sandra... Truly is a genius.
And then he did All Eyes On Me. I mean... fuck.
Same for me, never fails. I choke up at this every time.
yeah I cried when I first heard this...I do the same thing...I know I can't make myself happy so I try to make everyone else happy cuz at least that's something
@@annamarley4029 Anna, I used to be the same, but then I understood that I'm happy while making others happy and that's beautiful, so thank you for being that kind of person, that cares.
Fellow therapist here! I'm obsessed with Bo's authenticity and vulnerability, particularly as a man in America. Clients bring him up in therapy sessions all the time. He's helping so many people feel seen. Thanks for your reaction!
Hello fellow therapist! 🤗🤗 So am I, I can't not see the authenticity and vulnerability, that's what makes Bo Bo and that's just incredible and brave. Thank you for your great comment :)
If you haven't seen the episode of 'The Green Room' with Bo, it's amazing. Gary Shandling really appreciates how Bo exposes himself.
That's awesome! I'm so happy he's brought up in therapy. That just makes my heart smile so much.
If you haven't noticed, he sings "I don't think that I can handle this right now", but then emphasizes what's going on "now". Then his ending lines are, "I'll handle THIS right, handle this RIGHT, handle this right NOW", and leaving for five years to handle it...and I'm so happy he did handle it and gave us a masterpiece once again INSIDE.
Couldn't agree more. Take your time Bo, it's yours to take.
That last scream he does is just so raw and filled with so much emotion, and you can see his hand shaking while he’s holding the mic. We’re watching him break down in real time and I guarantee most of the people in the audience had no idea.
I agree, even more so, in one of the comments someone mentioned that Bo said he indeed had a break down as you said and went on to cry backstage for 2 hours. Such a fighter, it's incredible.
I've seen this once or twice before. I don't think I've seen the full special of Make Happy, maybe once in bits and pieces. I remember getting to the part where he had the screams, and I remember tilting my head because it sounded unnatural- not like part of the song. I never knew about the fact that he was having a panic attack right there. I just learned today from someone else's reaction, and it completely flipped my view of the song. I saw this video off to the side and sat through the song once more, and I just started sobbing. I cannot put it into words how.. horrible? this makes me feel. I feel bad for him. I adore him, I love him. Part of me wishes I could've just given him a hug, or any other form of comfort, in that moment. Another part of me feels like I'm part of the issue, guilty, simply because I've indulged in his content. But I'm very proud of him. He's such a talented man, and I just want the best for him.
@@TherapeuticReactions This has so many symbolic layer.
Why would he suddenly state ´if they still don´t get it you just run it one more time´?
The burrito is his psyche/life. Ingredients of fame don't fit in his burrito. Audience doesn't get this, they don't get that they are watching a depressed 'skinny kid' EVEN when he is telling him it. So he runs it one more time.
Just amazing, really. Genius.
From fun in the beginning, his job. To the literal breakdown, he even says it. Tells his real problems. Shut up and went to go his job again, as they don't understand half of it right now. The analogy of the burrito in which he says I wouldn't get half of it... he combines his job with the depression and the audience doesn't know. The problem is you.
How about that looking 'to deep into this'...
@@namelike5733 "Why would he suddenly state ´if they still don´t get it you just run it one more time´?" He wouldn't, and didn't. It was part of the pre-written lyrics. Not sudden at all. And the burrito isn't a metaphor. He's said the fans invented that but he was just riffing off the Kanye-whining-about-his-shirt-sales thing by adding mundane non-problems in there.
@@grabble7605 buddy you completely missed the point of this song. Bo ABSOLUTELY has symbolism and double meanings in his music. Or you must not know anything about Bo Burnham. In which case, maybe you should stop talking authoritatively on something you know nothing about
His art cannot be separated from his truth. Wow, that describes it really well.
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@@TherapeuticReactions Just finished the rest of your video. That was a beautiful reaction, thank you.
@@Jacky-sw6jx Thank you Jacky! Appreciate you!
@@TherapeuticReactions Thank you. When you said this line, I immediately paused the video, liked, and subscribed. No one has ever described to me what it is Bo does so well or so succinctly.
That said, I would prefer if you would pause the video (and rewind a few seconds) if you have something to say, rather than talking over it. It makes both more difficult to hear, and I worry you might miss something important while you're talking to us.
@@OdinSonnah Thank you for that suggestion, I will improve 😄
He's spoken about this specific show before. He was having a panic attack at the very end of it. He said he went backstage and cried for 2 hours after
Wow, didn't know that! Such a brave guy.
@Maxwell Long he literally said this on the H3H3 podcast lmao
@Maxwell Long He did two shows that night, which was unusual. He was drained by the 2nd one and most of the footage of this special is from the first show. He talked about just breaking down after the second one. I also think this was the last show of the tour, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
@@gsuk28 it is. This was the middle show he did in New York. And he literally told Ethan on H3H3 that he went backstage and broke down sobbing. No one is spreading rumours around.
@Maxwell Long th-cam.com/video/OpPjK8uW4u0/w-d-xo.html
Maybe research a bit before opening your mouth, eh? This was the middle show in New York that he said he had a panic attack during.
The art separation from truth is an amazing point, he’s a philosopher.
Thank you, he is, truly amazing.
I agree, arguably the deepest and most intelligent takeaway from that performance. No one's really said it in that kind of way before but it's so true.
@@DoktorVinter2011 What an amazing comment, thank you for that. Sometimes sitting there infront of the camera alone speculating feels presumptuous but that's what makes great art great. Thank you for this kind comment :)
Bo has integrity and humility and brains. That makes for a special kind of art.
I still remember watching this special, Make Happy, and getting to this point and feeling so much grief for him, not understanding why the crowd was cheering. And then speaking to other friends of mine who love his content and confessing I was genuinely worried for his mental health, and the fear that he’d do something drastic. Every one of them laughed it off and said it was never that deep, and that he was making fun of people for constantly analyzing his mental health, but to me it was so obvious that it was a cry for help. And then he left for five years and came back with Inside, and I was just so, so relieved to see him still fighting. Bo is honest in a way that is so so brave, just like you said. He’s amazingly talented, and he’s so very sad, and so good at conveying his emotions through his art. “Art Is Dead” is another one that’s really good by him, and gives a direct line of insight into how he views himself.
My sister asked me if I think he thought about doing something to himself. I said yes. A thought crosses our mind because we give it room, if he's constantly talking about it, it's no joke in my opinion, it's the god honest truth, and being an ambassador of the truth is no easy task, but the way he's fighting his dark side is by staying true to those thoughts, conveying them through his art giving others the ability to say, yes life are not easy, I might find it very hard sometimes and say drastic stuff but I'm here, and I'm still fighting.
i cheer because that took a lot to put it all out there and he put so much work into the production and lighting and EVERYTHING. i cheer because i can't hug him and, as a fan, it's the only way i'm allowed to show my love and support without coming off as creepy presumptuous. i can cheer and cry and worry at the same time
@@QuestionableLifeChoices Very true, I found myself wanting to stand up, cheer and show my gratitude. The laughter in the hard parts though, that gets me everytime strate in the heart!
Thanks for your great comment!
@@TherapeuticReactions you should listen "30" by Bo, or just watch Inside.
"It's 2020, and I'm thirty, I'll do another ten
2030, I'll be forty and kill myself then"
In the Special he makes a statement about the lyrics right after this song. In that record he's sitting in the room, the lights are up and he seems pretty energetic. He says he won't kill himself and he never wanted to do it and he asks the audiance to not even think about suicide because there are people that love them. And he continues to speak but in the next shot there's an older Bo with longer hair and beard, with a seriously depressed face (basically the face you'll see in rest of the Special) sitting in the same room. It's completely dark there and the only light source is his projector (he's projecting that record at his white shirt) and he's just listening what he said about suicide weeks (months?) ago.
It's basically a confession. I think he had suicidal thoughts even recently, and he's literally showing us that sometimes he needs to remind himself why is it worth to be alive.
Plus there's a message with a link after the credits scene for everyone who's struggling with their mental health or suicide thoughts. Inside is depressing. Brilliant, but still fucking depressing.
@@kovacsbenjamin7960 Crazy perceptive, and sounds on point, such a brave guy!
Bo has said in interviews that during this specific performance he had the worst panic attack of his life. That has helped me so much. No one could tell he was in a state of anxiety and panic during this but he was. That's how it is for me and many others. I hope Bo helps people understand that depression, anxiety and panic doesn't always present in an obvious way to others but for those struggling with it it feels like you're going to die. I love your Reaction videos and I have loved Bo for a long time.
"His art cannot be separated from his truth."
This is the most HONEST statement I've heard about Bo Burnham.
I was dealing and am dealing with crushing anxiety/panic/depression/OCD when I watched "Inside". I already 'knew' him from other things, but it shook me to the core.
Because pandemic life was my life ALWAYS but the world around me was melting down.
Bo HAD to sell out in order to even become an influencer.
My hope is that he reels himself in and begins to help others instead of creating more content, mind-blowing or not, because if he rags on rappers and others NOT helping after they get money, he cannot follow the same formula and still be true to his art.
Hope this makes sense.
Bo is a treasure, and it breaks my heart that he would think we would want him to be anyone but himself.
"He's talking about Pringles."
ME: *wiping tears* "Is he?"
a lot of people think it’s reaching to interpret the pringles and burrito bits as metaphor.
but in a song about his stage anxiety and depression, i don’t think it’s a coincidence that the first two verses are about trying to make yourself smaller to fit a box and putting too much on your plate/biting off more than you can chew and wishing someone warned you that you were making a mistake.
Yeah I contemplated on the same thing, all the emotions waiting to burst
I had a friend tell me I was reading into things too much when I said he's not really talking about Pringles and Burritos. I was just shocked that he couldn't see it.
The way I think about it is that even though he may not have initially thought of the pringles and burrito bits as anything more than a funny joke that could be subverted later on (as he said himself), he may have unintentionally been drawn to these themes and the metaphor kind of happened as a happy accident.
@@magiv4205 Right. You can't deny that they fit perfectly as metaphors so if he didn't mean for them to be, I don't see that as "it isn't deep because he wasn't trying to be". I think "he's such a genius that he writes perfect metaphors without even trying".
It's not reaching at all...Bo is a wordsmith through and through and has built his entire career on wordplay, metaphors and double meanings. The Burrito is the more obvious metaphor...it represents his working life and fame. He wouldn't have got x, y, or z if he knew it wouldn't fit. As in, he wouldn't have taken on half of it if he knew it would lead to such unhappiness.
The really clever one is the Pringle metaphor...being unable to reach the Pringles at the bottom of the can is about not being able to achieve happiness...you try to fit you hand in the pringle can, but its way to small to be able to reach, so when you get frustrated and resort to other means, it all comes spilling onto your face. This extends again by wanting to have a daughter, so he can finally have someone around to fit their hand inside the pringle can...as in, seeing having children as a means to achieve happiness...which is his "priority numro uno"
the silent pause at the end of the reaction and then the
“…i’m not happy.”
was the icing on the cake tbh
He got me, no doubt
I think he said "i hope you're happy"
@@janchristiandevilla1178 indeed that's what he says at the end
@@TherapeuticReactions but then you said 'I'm not happy' just to top it off 😢
So, ever since this special came out and before inside did, I've always said that Bo Burnham is the Vincent Van Goph of our generation, and I hoped he'd realize it before he actually became that. Once inside was released, I was so happy, because it seemed like he did at least somewhat wrestle his demons.
"They don't even know the half of it" He definitely expanded on this on Inside, and the meta-ness of the song as he's describing his anxiousness and the panic-enducing nature of his performances. Can't Handle This is actually a description of his inability to continue to perform, but does it to provide happiness and to give the audience "what he can't give himself." Honestly a really inspiring and passionate performer and he's a gift to the world honestly, but that fact has to eat at him so it's a double edged sword. It's no coincidence that this was the last special before his 5 year break and to reemerge with Inside is just incredible to me. Not many comedians or artists for that matter can take a break and come back with an even more concise and mature version of his art, applying his version of the world with the state of the world during COVID. Have loved all of your reactions and analyses and hope you've had time to watch the whole Inside special, as its best enjoyed as a whole in my opinion.
What a great comment, thank you, expanded my knowledge. Appreciate you :)
2:37 exactly this. you get it. and this is why he's so loved and really doesn't have any haters.
Great reaction! When he says "but I have problems", I always think of the panic attacks he was having on stage during that tour.
I also recommend We Think We Know You, which is the final of his previous special, and is similarly impactful.
Hey Nicole, I will definitely check it out thank you!
Bo has a way of capturing an audience through humor and music and then suddenly spilling his thoughts and feelings. Truly amazing
Those gutteral screams at the end put chill up my spine every time. It is so raw and real. So many of us wish we could get to that point, where we can just let it out. Very moving, for sure.
knowing that he was this brilliant through a panic attack makes you appreciate what he's doing to tell you something.
ever since this song I have been so worried about him. the way he phrases things you know it's real. I knew immediately he was going to be taking a break.
Me too.
I like how the last line, "I hope you're happy", can be taken as passive aggressive or genuine. I take it as genuine, and honestly I think it's more devastating that way. Like, he recognizes his desire to make others happy is causing him torment, but he still genuinely wants people to be happy.
I think the themes of Inside are similar, though he seems more cynical about his ability to actually have an impact. But really, who isn't a little more cynical after the past few years?
It’s funny I saw an interview with Bo and he said that the version of “I hope you’re happy” they used for the final edit of the filmed special was probably the most “genuine” sounding of the entire tour, and definitely of the 2 versions he did that night. Usually it came off much more snarky. I’m glad they did; it’s perfect.
I found out literally yesterday that he apparently went backstage after this song and had a huge panic attack and cried into his arms for 2 hours. he used to have panic attacks ON STAGE and just work through them.
I really think Bo is one of the most important artists of my time, and this piece is perhaps his finest work.
Knowing he had a panic attack while filming the video and cried for 2 hours after this ended and then stopped doing live preformances for 5 years makes this video so crazy powerful.
I completely agree
You had a very genuine, heartfelt reaction to this. I feel the same way every time I hear it. All I can think is, "wow." I just wanted to point out that the "nonsense Pringles and burritos" thing is deeper than I think you realized. If you listen to the similarities between them, he's talking about how both things are too much (his hand in the can and filling in the burrito), much in the same way that being famous was too much for him.
I believe those were metaphors for both being unprepared and overwhelmed
I lke that at the end he says instead of "i dont think that i can handle this right now" he says "I'll handle this right now" then proceeds to leave for 5 years because he needed a break for the sake of his mental health. Its really sad and i hope hes feeling a lot better now. Bo helped me so much when i was going through severe depression. It was like i could feel every word he was saying and just knowing i wasnt alone in feeling like that helped me.
He's an amazing person, helping so many people with his art
"I hope you're happy (because I'm not)."
Such a good dude, man..
Takes one to know one ❤️
I was so excited when I saw this video in my feed!!! Another older Bo bit is called We Think We Know You. I think you’d really appreciate it and you get to see an even younger than this Bo.
So fun to hear Julia, thank you! I will definitely check it out!
Seconding that! He had a lot of great work, but for me the two most beautiful ones prior to Inside are Can't handle this and We think we know you.
I always felt the pringles can was a metaphor for reaching the things in life you desire and see right in front of you but cant manage to reach without making a proverbial mess of things. While the burrito is a metaphor for trying to fit too much into life only to see it all fall apart. "you can tell them anything if you just make it funny, make it rhyme."
Agreed man!
I have to hand it to Bo I didn’t know that fear anxiety and depression had a self narrative soundtrack, amazing and a true testament to this young man’s art
Agreed Eric, well said.
In a later interview bo said that when he was doing that last part with the screaming he said he was having a panic attack at that very moment and that scream he did wasnt an act and after the show he went back stage and had an anxiety attack and cried for 2 hours straight
Do you know which interview?
@@nightorchid5031 sorry no
@@nightorchid5031 th-cam.com/video/GbS-7jUBJGY/w-d-xo.html
This is a video about him talking about his anxiety but not this show specifically
@@myleztosh3424 Ive seen that video. Thanks tho
I think pringles are a joy that he took for granted in childhood and now finds just out of reach
Indeed Adam! Understood that after 😅
Just curious but, you know the laugh you hear in "All eyes in me" was a laugh track added by Bo as it was in a small room. It is possible he put it in there with the previous experiences he has had on stage just speculating people would laugh, however, it was not real in the case of that song.
Hey! Yeah I he added that knowing the stage, like you said speculating because he is a true preformer. even more so, it sharpens the messege dramaticly. Thanks for the great comment Brown!
He did that perfectly it sounds exactly how I think peoples would sound exactly when they would.
@@splick718 A true preformer, knows the stage and the timing! Amazing.
Yes it was a reference to the previous experiences, expectations of a performer at a 'comedy show'. At the End of Inside when he can't get back into the room and the audience laughs again, cutting to Bo watching and observing himself and he starts to smile. The guy is an out and out genius.
This song kills me from the beginning of the "breaking it down" to the very end... I know all of Bo's fans are sending him warm and loving light, and hope that he has really healed and is happy
“His art cannot be separated from his truth.” Love this.
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The fact that this was the last time he performed live before inside really gives us a powerful insight into why at least for me this song hits so hard, the emotions are so raw and so real that it comes through in the song and really encapsulates everything that Bo is about in a beautiful painful package.
He can say some parts of this were overanalyzed, and I realize he's incredibly honest. But the can and the burrito tie in so well with the theme that while I agree he didn't intend those parts to be meaningful his subconscious very much did.
Very much so, great comment thank you Shannon
It's very very arrogant to make assumptions about what someone else's subconscious is doing when we don't exactly have a great handle on our own subconscious motivations for things.
Fandom: Look at this deeper meaning!
Bo: That wasn't intentional.
Fandom: It was *subconsciously* intentional.
At what point do we, the observer, know so much more about another person's mindscape that we get to disregard their own words about their intentions and motivations?
Maybe that's not how you intended it, but it comes off very arrogantly. A little critical awareness and humility goes a long way. I hate how casually we talk about other people as though their lives aren't at least equally vivid and complex as ours. Like we can just distill out their motivations from the bathwater of our own experience.
The whole paradigm is nonsense.
@@louishermann7676 ironically you're the only one actually being arrogant here
And about this video... this song was from his last special before he went on a 5 year hiatus.. he suffers from depression, he's an atheist and a nihilist.
The Pringles can is a metaphor for happiness. How he always tries to reach it but it's easily attainable. He tips it over and as a last ditch effort to get it and he gets little bits and pieces but it's never enough or instead of happiness those bits and pieces might be something else he doesn't want. He wishes it was easier to find happiness, but the diameter of the can is too small. He hopes that if he has a daughter that maybe she'll be able to give him happiness, if not for him then at least for herself. The "Chipotle burrito" is a metaphor for life. He wants so many things but by trying to get all of them he ends up overburdened to a point where he's overwhelmed. He wishes someone had told him what was too much but by now it's too late. The ingredients or certain parts of his life start falling out/apart because they don't fit into his schedule. He wanted to live his dream, have a girlfriend, spend time with his family, help others suffering through what he goes through.... but by spreading himself thin he ends up losing a lot of it. When he says there's no way he'll use a fork means he would doesn'twant to sacrifice parts of his life, or tend to them halfway... he can say that not finding happiness and being overwhelmed with responsibilities are his biggest problems.. but in the end that's not it. His biggest problem are the people. Everyone has expectations of him family, friends and audience... he wants to make us happy but he doesn't want to forsake who he is to do it. He loves and hates us, he needs and fears us, because if he doesn't do his job correctly there aill be millions of people judging him and at the same time that's his job and he needs us to survive because we're his source of income. He doesn't think he can handle it right now, there have been times he gets anxiety attacks, even when he's performing. "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"... he lives life wanting to make everyone around him happy while he's not happy himself.. he then says how he feels a pussy, like his profession isn't enough because he's not out there saving lives like a doctor, he's just doing a silly show. That he just says dumb things, making rhymes and getting laughs and in the meanwhile nobody notices him dying on the inside. He's suffering, even by explaining it one more time, everyone still applauds and cheers for the person breaking down on stage... and at the end he says "I hope your happy" both because he genuinely wants people to be happy but also scornfully cause they're inaction and lack of recognition of the world around him is one of the main causalities to his depression. A depressed comedian.. jestering in front of millions of people yet even after 3 specials nobody has noticed the demons haunting him.... that's what makes me cry.
And at the same time he's making fun of the way Kanye brings up superficial problems, he compares Kanye's complaints to his non-metaphorical problems, to actually not being able to reach inside a pringles cans and Chipotle burritos being overfilled and messy to eat.. and that's what makes it maintain its humor.
It's not his funniest bits, and it really shouldn't be since he's pouring out his heart. He's making fun of himself, calling his life a joke and at the same time making a point and statement of how nobody notices or reads between the lines. Making the cheers and applauds even more painful..
Watching him drown out his personal image with the silhouette while returning to the chipotle problem is so powerful for me. He went back into an everyman role with it after he poured his heart out....
the Prinkles and Burritos are metaphors for his career. Trying to get his hand into the pringle can was him trying to get his foot in the door in the comedy industry, and having troubles getting started until he was noticed on TH-cam.
And then once he started to get really famous, he was overwhelmed. The line where he said "Hey, you're the burrito expert, you shoulda told me halfway through, 'you might be reaching maximum burrito capacity here'" is him saying that he wished someone would have told him how things would be after being famous. "I wouldnt have gotten half of it" goes along with that as well
Great reaction dude, you earned a new sub :)
Oh wow! Thanks man you dropped some real knowledge on me! Lucky to have you on board 😄
That's what I thought as wel,l though the friend I discussed it with thought I was over reaching. Bo's work is full of metaphors, it's sad not everyone sees it.
I get the feeling that the "burrito expert" is his agent specifically.
@@christopherhamilton469 Oh man I didn't even think about it! Sounds right!
The absolutely stone-faced reaction to the fork line got me. Great video!
Thank you man! Much appreciated ❤️
Hi! I hope you enjoy my reaction to Bo Burnham - Can't Handle This.
Reaction starts at 0:48 :)
I used to have anxiety and panic-attacks. Him singing the "I Can't Handle This Right now" over and over again hit me deep, because I noticed that during my panic-attacks I used to have similar thoughts repeating on a loop over and over again, drowning out all other thoughts.
For me it was a constant "Help me, Help me, Help, Help, HELP, HELP, HELPHELPHELPHELP". Nowdays if I notice that word appearing in my thoughts even for a moment, I immediately try to decompress.
The name of the song could be what was his "panic-mantra" or whatever it's called.
Can definitely relate, thank you for sharing 🙏♥️
I’ve never seen your videos before but this song is so powerful while being funny and it was super cool to see a breakdown from a professional perspective. The song just hits you in a way and hearing the deeper reasons for why is cool
Yes, great reaction! Im so glad you keep enjoying reacting to Bo. It makes my day every time. "I hope you're happy" that line gets me every time T_T
Thank you! It really got me... Right in the heart.
@@TherapeuticReactions yeah, Bo has that power!! Excuses me im going to watch Make Happy again on Netflix lol. I bet you would love the whole show too. Will you eventually watch it (and Inside) and give your thoughts on the whole thing?
@@Femtastico Oh, fo sho! 🤩😜
@@TherapeuticReactions :DDD
I get tears in the eyes every time when he says I hope you're happy. Cuz he isn't.
"wouldn't have got the lettuce if I knew it wouldn't fit" bro spitting mad fax
Great reaction, thank you for your authenticity and insight. Also, and this goes for this video as well as your other reactions: it's comforting to watch a reaction video, or content in general, for that matter, that allows for silence to take part. We need some silence, that's how we allow for things to settle in, and connect emotionally. Keep it up, best wishes!
I absolutely agree, I use to fear the silence, today I embrace it. Thank you for the great comment Ezequiel!
I can almost see you tear up at the end and honestly, same. I cry every time I watch this.
Really, how can you not !
I really dont know how the fans cheered. Could they not see the pain? Could they not feel it? Is it some kind of crowd thing? The man is brilliant..but when he ends things like that..man you just wanna hug him..
I totally agree, I think as you said, it's the crowd effect
I think it's also just kind of a performance thing? Like, the cheers in the middle were probably just the crowd effect, but at the end of a performance you applaud, that's what you do. And especially after a performance like this, having nothing but utter silence might actually make it worse (or better, I don't know if sensory overloads tend to happen with panic attacks for people that don't have sensory issues usually, but if that's the case then silence is obviously a good thing), because it's like nobody cares/they didn't enjoy the show - and as an audience member, how are you supposed to react?
"And laugh as ge attempts to give you what he cannot give himself", that line hits me so hard. Personally. I've always been the comedian of my family, even the therapist, and ive never been able to find the perfect words for how thise things about me are the worst for ME. But good for everyone else. "Can not give himsefl," its true, for so many people. To be in that position, to give to others, to be there for others, as a job. Because you can give the one thing you cannot have. And the reason you are so good at that one thing that is so unknown to you, is because you spend countless hours, months, and years just fantasizing about feeling the relief of someone listening to you, the joy from someone making you laugh. But there is no joke for you to laugh at when you're own humor is made up of sadness, when you know the pain behind the laugh. Or how when a therapist is there for the patient, in reality (not for everyone) the therapist is the patient who learned what they are teaching already, the therapist is in that chair because in perspective, they never left that therapy room, they only switched seats.
Damn. So well put. Can relate to everything you said on the deepest note. I know that because I'm exactly that. Thank you for this comment ♥️
I adore this man and his vulnerability and honesty on and off stage. What’s funny is earlier in this special he does a bit that is a total misdirection and he just says “I’m not honest for a second up here. Want an honest comedian, go see the rest of them” and it’s hilarious and the perfect balance. He’s just a genius
"Pringles is a smokescreen" is probably a sentence that's never been said until this video, haha. Great reaction.
His art cannot be separated from his truth…damn
he went on record saying he was having a panic attack at the end of this
Yeah, such a big man, truly inspiring
This is quickly becoming my favorite reaction channel, you have an excellent balance of watching and breaking down, your breakdowns are on point, you’re fun to watch, and overall great, I have a feeling this sub will be well worth it
Thank you Fred! So much fun to read your comment! Thanks for being you!
Imagine how terrifying it is to have a breakdown like that for millions to see. Bo is amazing.
Truly amazing
I have watched many reactions to this. You are one of the few that actually saw what was happening. It went over so many peoples head. I watched this special and cried. I realized in that moment it was his goodbye, that he showed himself breaking... he is incredible and i hope he finds what he needs.
Such a deep performance, Bo is amazing
In spite of all of the differences in content and delivery this final performance of Bo's reminds me of Hannah Gadsby's Nanette. Just opening up a vein and bleeding their trauma all over the audience. Bo kept the humorous edge to the end, but he was every bit as sincere and vulnerable.
"He is the bravest man alive, because his heart can not separate from his truth" ......YESSS
Brave and pure.
I had to stop watching reactions to this video because most people don't see the truth that's right in front of them. Glad you got it. I respect Bo so much for being able to go out and say what he did.
Agreed, deserves respect
@TherapeuticReactions Even worse is he was having a panic attack towards the end of this performance. That's why he's screaming in the end, just trying to cope and get through the performance. Heart breaking. What a performance, what a genious, what a man!
Yeah! That is truly amazing , he's an inspiration really
A beautiful reaction for a beautiful song!!! Everything Bo does is so deep, dang...
Thank you!!! Really, the way you saw through everything-- you're so brave too!!!!
Thank you for saying that!! ❤️❤️
I hope your happy instead of thank you have a great night or something. Its like "i hope that my hard work and inconvenience gave you what you think you wanted"
Oh most definitely
Absolutely beautiful and sincere reaction. You're always so intuitive and on point.
Thank you, Randi! When someone is brave enough to share his truth, i'll be as respectful as I can possibly can and honor it by my own truth in the most sincere way possible :) Thank you for this great comment, very kind of you!
@@TherapeuticReactions And in turn, I was just being honest. 😉
Thank you for being the only One I have seen get his message 100% right. No one seems to understand. No One. Thank you.
Thank you, friend ❤️❤️
@@TherapeuticReactions By the way, the Burrito in this song is a metaphor for fame. He wouldn't have got half of it, (Lettuce if I knew it wouldn't fit) if he had have known what he had to give up and the anxiety that it would bring...
Great reaction! There’s so much to unpack on this one. 😊
Thank you :) sure is!
His one mistake is that he thinks they train us at Chipotle and that people don't force you to put extra rice but I love bo ❤️
I hate how the first time I watched the special I was the person who was watching this "oh the burrito is a metaphor for his life" and shit, like fuck, I couldn't see what he was saying even if the meaning burst into my room holding a metaphor. All you need to understand this song is context of bo and the text really, is about his relationship with perfoming and how he sees the crowd, this weird relationship "a part of me love you, a part of me hates you, a part of me fear you, a part of me needs you", this is very telling adn i think he later realised how this was starting to happen with everyone with the existence of social media, which led him to do eighth grade and later Inside, is soo good rewatching this with this in mind now a days
Bo is a beautiful person.
The first time I saw this I cried the rest of the night. He breaks my heart in the best way.
Best reaction by far. I felt exactly the same way when I watched this song. I empathized and felt such sadness for Bo. I’ve watched this song so many times now and the song really just sticks in my mind. I was genuinely worried about him for a long time after this show. I’m so glad he’s been working on himself.
Apparently I was wrong. Suddenly the song is much less than it was.
Bo Burnham stated in an interview (it was an interview about the movie 8th grade that he wrote and directed) that these metaphors were not intentional at all. They were simply meant to be jokes and not really consciously connected to the second half of the song. Of course you can interpret it how you want, and I personally think there was at least a loose subconscious metaphor there, but claiming the kinds of specifics you did is misleading and false. If you really need it, I can find the video and timestamp, but you should have enough information to look it up for yourself.
Best reaction to this I have ever seen...made me feel it like the first time all over again👍👍👍 beautiful brotha
Wow thank you! ❤️❤️
Dude loved this reaction to this and your thoughts on the meaning. I can count the number of songs I've actually requested on one hand but you gotta react to Are you Happy by Bo.
I love your reaction, this hit you hard, it hits me hard everytime i cry for this genius. PLEASE.. i beg you to react to LEFT brain RIGHT brain soon!
Thank you for sharing that Michael! Don't worry, I will :)
After this, he stopped performing for 5 years because of his panic attacks on stage.
So thats why its called Make Happy (T~T)
Bo is truly an incredible person for so so many reasons and I wish him nothing but the best in life
I love your takes. New sub, looking forward to more. Btw, I've never felt more seen by an artist than what Bo talks through. Cheers mate. Also I think it's commonly missed that it's all (IMO) metaphors for his fame, the pringles and the chipotle bit. He wants something (happiness) and thought fame would be the medium to bring it to him but it doesn't fit. Also everything that's required with fame, he can't fit it all, he can't handle it. So he masks his deep discomfort and displeasure with the life he himself has entrapped himself in.
Thank you man! That's kind of you to say! I absolutely agree with what you said, being seen, somehow he makes it so brilliantly simple through the complexity of his art! He's remarkable really.
I'm really happy you joined us! Beautiful community, good people, like yourself - I'm blessed! Cheers mate! ❤️
It’s nice to see someone understand the significance of this event.
❤️
And this is why we love Bo
i feel the "random stuff" he was talking about was also a deeper meaning talking about stuff falling apart and not fitting how he wants it to, then with the i hope youre happy having that double meaning of wanting them to be happy but also the i hope youre happy with whats this has done to me with that unspoken "because im not" hanging on the end.
I'm a bit late to the party but I just found your channel and have gone through several of your reactions to Bo and I just want to say your videos of his stuff are my favourites that I've watched. I've seen so many people that don't get it, that don't see the truth and emotion in his performances, that take it at face value with the 'funny' lyrics or how absurd and seemingly disconnected they are. While I can't speak for Bo and what he thought while writing this, but as someone with depression and anxiety who relates to his content on a massive scale, the way you talk about his performances and your insight as a therapist really hit hard.
I remembering watching this special for the first time and sobbing during this part while the audience was cheering. It feels a lot like trying to talk about mental health in general, we aren't talking about pringle cans and burritos, but people don't get it.
I'm probably not making much sense, but all of this to say thank you for putting these videos out. I'm going to go and binge the few I haven't seen yet.
You make a lot of sense. His raw emotion and vulnerability are hard to miss when we know the place he's coming from because we experience it for years. Your not late to the party, it just started and I'm happy you're with me in this truly amazing journey.
after this he went on his hiatus until netflix
Bo Burnham helps put into words the feelings that I struggle to tell my own therapist. It’s insane how much he has helped articulate what ai struggle to.
Thank you for sharing yourself my friend. Love from England
Thanks man, much love ❤️
Jeez. This man is smart. I have to sub, you earned it in the first 5 minutes.
The breakdown at the end really sold me, I'm definitely liking the video now as well.
Really good video!! You should do "are you happy"
one of my fave songs by him an listening after Inside made me cry lol
Thanks Kailee! I will most definitely do that! Yeah, so intense
could you please react to that funny feeling by him?? it hits really close to home for a lot of people and i would love to see a therapist’s reaction and perspective of the song
Hi Hannah, sure thing, you got it :)
Something I take away from this is how the music and lighting can make something trivial feel epic. As someone who grew up in a religious environment that used lights and music to manufacture emotion and gravity, seeing that had a big impact.
(Love you videos, by the way!)
Oh yeah , really makes an impact woth the lights and sounds here, thank you for that! 🤗
When he does All Eyes On Me I THINK the laughter is an effect he plays because he shot ALL of Inside in his home by himself. The whole show is amazing (as is everything I have EVER seen him do.) It is a VERY common thing (i.e., comedians getting laughs for the wrong reasons)
Agreed, As a former comedian - I know, frustrating 😅
I've fallen down the rabbit hole of watching people react to Burnham (because his songs are a comfort blanket for me and reaction videos give them some variation so I can listen over and over and over again and still get the endorphin kick I'm looking for). And you're the first one in dozens and dozens of videos that I've seen articulate that you grasped the depth of what he's doing. That you did it immediately gave me just the endorphin spike I was hunting for. Thank you for your analysis. I've been impressed with this song, thinking he builds a genius base when he compares Kanye's problems (African-American, bi-polar) with his (Pringles, burritos) and then goes on to show you can be unhappy even if you seemingly "don't have any problems." I still think that's a layer, but after your first impressions about how you can use your voice to talk about Pringles or about real stuff, I agree that's also a layer in here. You described it well, that he pulls us in with the trivial to force us to listen to his truths. And I see in your body language that you saw what he does when he stands up and puts his mask back on, going back to "doing his job". Anyway, sorry for weird comment. Just a stranger self-medicating with some Burnham, feeling a bit better after having written this.
BRAVE! A great way to describe Bo
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In the end when he talks about his mental health the song gets hastier and higher pitched hinting at his panic attacks
Me: sees title
Also me: Oh shit here we go 😅😅😅😅
You are my favorite reaction subscription. You are so insightful.
I missed your comment I'm sorry! Thank you! Such a privilege :)