You Go Meta and Didn't Even Know It

meta just means the actual actors or performers as themselves simply commenting on the reality and truth of what is actually going on. Me saying I'm writing an email to Bill Burr's podcast right now is technically meta. In your stand up comedy special paper tiger, you went meta when you noticed your mic clip fell off the stand and you mentioned that you needed to screw it back in, back on for continuity. That's meta. By mentioning the mic clip and continue and continue in continuity, you called attention to the reality that this was a filmed comedy special. You are actually a performer performing and that the special would be edited requiring continuity. Had you not mentioned the mic clip or had your editors just