How Barry Creates Comedically Tragic Action Scenes

Barry is one of the most underrated shows on TV, and one reason why is the way it does action. It's weird, it's absurd, but at the same time it feels real, and in this video I want to explore how the show is able to toe this line through its action.
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Why Barry Has The Best "Action" On TV
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[@stuartcampbell4626]

The best action...for the best show...the only program currently in the same ball park with Succession for quality of writing, acting, directing, and cinematography. (The likes of Atlanta and Reservation Dogs a bit behind.) Thank you, Bill & co, for this absolute gem of a show!

[@I_Heart_Hader]

Barry is the first show to ever make me appreciate sound design. Its taken to an entirely new level

[@gustavmarie]

The only other director I can think of who shoots violence in this way is S Craig Zahler (especially Dragged Across Concrete and Rumble in Cell Block 99), which is also unsettling and focused on the dire consequences...

[@thepremisevideoessays]

Interesting, I may have to check those out

[@debrachambers1304]

Michael Haneke
The show Utopia (though it doesn't go as far as Barry)

[@jessif.]

Superb. Thank you.

[@jitishchavan27]

Exceptional Show

[@thepremisevideoessays]

Agreed

[@tuvasyarriver7854]

Thank you for this thorough analysis, you got me all pumped up for the last season!

[@magisterdamask3947]

Great video again ! Thanks ! On the same tone, you should give a look to the TV show "Patriot"

[@thepremisevideoessays]

Thanks for watching!

[@tuvasyarriver7854]

Patriot has one of the most absurd scenes I've ever seen, it's a real hidden gem

[@user-S19]

Gosh your videos are always so fantastic

[@thepremisevideoessays]

Thank you, appreciate you watching them!

[@---cy5gh]

Alright you've sold me

[@thepremisevideoessays]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Research0digo]

Barry has something none of the other shows do - #BillHader . (yum)

[@AC3handle]

Am I the only one who thought when Barry crashed the car, during motercycle fight, that I thought it was an airbag in the passanger's seat, until it stops long enough that you can see it's a guy?