History TearJerker / BoBurnhamInside

* One part of the special packs a ''heavy'' one-two punch. While talking about how he's been working on the special for a year, Bo fumbles his words and starts over a few times, visibly anxious, before he suddenly breaks down into hysterics and exits the scene, thrashing some of his equipment. We then immediately cut to him sitting down and saying:

** Even worse? This segment immediately leads into "All Eyes On Me," a song about Bo's anxiety under public scrutiny, and arguably the special's darkest number. This also creates the disturbing juxtaposition of Bo's sobbing and the cheering audience that opens the song.

* "White Woman's Instagram" is one big TakeThat of a song, and it's pretty funny seeing him cycle through every worn-out Instagram cliché... until he suddenly humanizes his subject on the bridge, and recites a caption where a woman [[DueToTheDead talks to her long-dead mother about how badly she misses her.]] It's a heart-wrenching moment where you least expect it. There's an extra tear-jerker hidden in the same humanizing breakdown: the final line is "Give a hug and kiss to Dad." Did both parents die?

''Wanna guess the ending? If it ever does...\\
I swear to God that all I've ever wanted was''\\

-->''Hey, what can you say? \\
We were overdue \\
But it'll be over soon \\

-->''You say the ocean's rising \\

-->''So this is how it ends.''\\
''I promise to never go outside again.''\\
''Am I going crazy? Would I even know?''\\
''Am I right back where I started fourteen years ago?''\\
''Wanna guess the ending? If it ever does...''\\
''I swear to God that all I've ever wanted was''\\
''a little bit of everything all of the time.''\\
''A bit of everything all of the time.''\\
''Apathy's a tragedy, and boredom is a crime.''\\
''I'm finished playing, and I'm staying inside.''

* One part of the special packs a ''heavy'' one-two punch. While talking about how he's been working on the special for a year, Bo fumbles his words and starts over a few times, visibly in the throes of anxiety, before he suddenly breaks down into hysterics and exits the scene, thrashing some of his equipment. We then immediately cut to him sitting down and saying:

* One part of the special packs a ''heavy'' one-two punch. While talking about how he's been working on the special for a year, Bo fumbles his words and starts over a few times before he suddenly breaks down into hysterics, presumably from anxiety, and rushes to turn off the camera. We then immediately cut to him sitting down, the camera positioned so that only half of him is onscreen, as he says:

--> ''Hey, what can you say? \\

--> ''You say the ocean's rising \\

* And then, there's the ending, where he walks out of his house and onto a stage, and gets locked out while the offscreen audience laughs at him. Becomes a TearsOfJoy moment when Bo watches himself onscreen, and ''finally'' gives a genuine smile.

* "White Woman's Instagram" is one big TakeThat of a song, and it's pretty funny seeing him cycle through every worn-out Instagram cliche... until he suddenly humanizes his subject on the bridge, and recites a caption where a woman [[DueToTheDead talks to her long-dead mother about how badly she misses her.]] It's a heart-wrenching moment where you least expect it. There's an extra tear-jerker hidden in the same humanizing breakdown: the final line is "Give a hug and kiss to Dad." Did both parents die?

** Even worse? This segment immediately leads into "All Eyes On Me", a song about Bo's anxiety under public scrutiny, and arguably the special's darkest number. This also creates the disturbing juxtaposition of Bo's sobbing and the cheering audience that opens the song.
* "White Woman's Instagram" is one big TakeThat of a song, and it's pretty funny seeing him cycle through every worn-out Instagram cliche... until he suddenly humanizes his subject on the bridge, and recites a caption where a woman [[DueToTheDead talks to her long-dead mother about how badly she misses her.]] It's a heart-wrenching moment where you least expect it. There's an extra tear-jerker hidden in the same humanizing breakdown: the final line is "Give a hug and kiss to Dad". Did both parents die?

* "All Eyes on Me", as Bo sings to a nonexistent audience and begs them to pay attention to him, then breaks down during the bridge, eventually [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou screaming directly at the camera]].

* One part of the special is a ''heavy'' one-two punch. While talking about how he's been working on the special for a year, he fumbles over his words and starts over a few times before suddenly breaking down into hysterics, presumably from anxiety, and rushing to turn off the camera. We then immediately cut to him sitting down, the camera positioned so that only half of him is onscreen, as he says:

** Even worse? This segment immediately leads into ''"All Eyes On Me"'', a song about Bo's anxiety under public scrutiny, and arguably the special's darkest number.

* "All Eyes on Me", as Bo sings to a nonexistent audience and begs them to pay attention to him, then breaks down during the bridge, eventually screaming directly at the camera.

* Bo does a quiet, somber song on acoustic guitar towards the end of the special, called "That Funny Feeling." What's the funny feeling? It's Bo's feeling that society is collapsing in on itself, and doesn't notice or care due to apathy and shallowness. The lyrics [[ListSong list off]] shallow displays of wokeness, self-awareness and materialism by big business and media. Bo has ''never'' been this nihilistic - which is saying something - and it's incredibly poignant and sad. The song ends with this repeated stanza, delivered in a major key and giving the impression that Bo can't wait for that societal collapse to happen.

* One part of the special is a ''heavy'' one-two punch. While talking about how he's been working on the special for a year, he fumbles over his words and starts over a few times before suddenly breaking down into hysterics, presumably from anxiety, and rushes to turn off the camera. We then immediately cut to him sitting down, the camera positioned so that only half of him is onscreen, as he says:

--->'''Bo:''' ''[struggling to get the words out]'' I am..... not..... uh, well..... ''[[[DespairEventHorizon collapses into sobs]]]''

2021's comeback special, ''Inside,'' is pretty depressing.

* For one thing, Bo filmed the special during the pandemic in his own house without an audience, so as the special goes on, his room becomes less organized with lots of filming equipment on the floor. Plus, he has clearly grown a BeardOfSorrow, and he talks about his anxiety and depression and suicidal thoughts.