Inside is a Netflix comedy special written, performed, and directed by Bo Burnham, a 30-year-old American comedian/musician. It was written and filmed by Burnham himself over the course of 2020, as the pandemic forces Americans to stay ‘inside’, the premise of the special.

Lady Bird was lauded as being a revolutionary ode to women upon its 2017 release. Deemed to be ‘universally relatable’, many audiences praised Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut to be a raw, authentic approach to the often romanticised coming-of-age genre. However, one mistake Gerwig has made in this truly ‘feminist’ and otherwise well-made film is the fact that she neglects to feature characters of colour.

I think it would be safe to say that since the day it was released, the ground-breaking documentary (which missed out on the name ‘Conspira-sea’ and hence disappointed me in that regard before I even started) has had an impact on everyone who watched it. It fuelled a chain reaction of recommendations, from one viewer to the next, spreading like a wildfire, until six different people have mentioned it to me in the space of two days. It was at that point I sat down to experience it for myself.

It is likely that you have seen ‘Moxie’ being promoted all over your Netflix suggestions, or you’ve heard it come up in conversation, perhaps on Instagram. If you have not yet heard of it, it is a movie where a stereotypically shy, introverted, wallflower girl is inspired by her mother’s feminist activism and decides to start a movement in her own school, beginning as an anonymous rebellion called Moxie. In the meantime, she dates an idyllic male feminist, and tackles a wide variety of controversies or political issues, such as rape culture, homophobia, ableism and xenophobia. However, despite there being some notably great aspects of how they approached these themes, there were also areas where the topics felt awkward or underdeveloped, and other parts of the plot that were simply useless and cringe-worthy.

I just finished watching all ten episodes of the Great on all4 and, I have to say, its sheer ‘greatness’ has warranted the inordinate number of Coors Light and Arnold Clack adverts I endured. The series gained three Golden Globe nominations and, while it did not win those, it has won my heart! Think The Crown but throw the shred of historical accuracy out the window, more swearing, 18th century Russia and a pinch of Skins (*cough cough*: Tony Stonem making a guest appearance). So basically, not like The Crown at all.