Art is Dead

I personally find Bo Burnahm’s “ Art is Dead” as one of the greatest pieces of not only comedy but art form in general. Bo is able to purge his guilt in an intense yet lighthearted manner. The song invokes a series of feeling as it delves into the failures of modern day artistic integrity, and what it means to be a sell out. The delivery makes you laugh as well as fall into deeper thinking. Although this is not by any means Bo’s funniest work, it is certainly a stand out piece in the message it conveys. Comedy is a tool used to express an often uncomfortable or hard to swallow idea with an audience in more comfortable and enjoyable manor; Bo does exactly this with “Art is Dead”.  He delivers the idea that he, himself as a comedian is selfish, and allows the audience to see the darker underlying reasons in show business without a heavy speech about it. Bo often uses song as a comedic device in delivering his often brutally honest messages, as part of keeping it light and funny. Bo may believe art is dead, but he sure is doing his best at the revival.