The A24 Podcast

High Anxiety with Jerrod Carmichael & Bo Burnham

Mar 29, 2018
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INSIGHT

When Internet Satire Feels Toothless

  • The internet has become self-referential so satire on it often feels dead on arrival.
  • Jerrod Carmichael says the antidote is quieter, sadder work that resists ironic winking.
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Big Politics Inside Small Families

  • Cultural and political disagreements can live inside small family dynamics.
  • Jerrod admires how domestic tensions capture larger national conversations in his work.
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Ads Have Become Cinematic Art

  • Advertising now borrows high-art aesthetics, making commercials feel like cinema.
  • Bo notes this blurs lines between art and marketing and reduces satire's distinctiveness.
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