Burnham's most well crafted and honest stand-up to date. A performance that is both a slap in the face and a warm embrace to Sartre cliche "hell is other people". Sartre suggests we can not escape the judgment of each other, and Burnham laments a life lived in that judgmental spotlight. Burnham then flips the idea and adds a fear of the darkness outside the public gaze.
This leaves the audience wondering if the spotlight is truly a product of the external world, or is it a brightness radiating from within. Is our happiness self-determined, does it come from others, or is there a codependency to happiness? Maybe Burnham was right before, maybe life on earth could be heaven and we could all make happiness. Maybe we just need to try....
This leaves the audience wondering if the spotlight is truly a product of the external world, or is it a brightness radiating from within. Is our happiness self-determined, does it come from others, or is there a codependency to happiness? Maybe Burnham was right before, maybe life on earth could be heaven and we could all make happiness. Maybe we just need to try....