Oh Bo, Part Five: Eighth Grade

Burnham Moves to Film to Pass His Ideals to a Wider Audience with Eighth Grade

“I’m looking at this girl and thinking ‘There’s a scared little girl who is self-conscious and worried.’” — Bo Burnham on the origins of Eighth Grade

Welcome back to my five-part series examining the work of Bo Burnham! You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 here.

It begins, as it always has, in another suburban bedroom. But something’s different. It’s darker except for two lights: one from the…