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pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong · 1 year

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not sally writing a whole show where shes an amazing mother supporting her kid out of an abusive relationship and then becoming abusive towards her real life kid. not telling her agent that she has 'more to bring to the table than breakfast' only to end up as a waitress in a breakfast bar. not barry spinning a narrative to his son about being a war hero and even naming himself after superman when his son doesnt even know his real name or that they're on the run for murder. 'he thinks my name is emily' 'but he knows who YOU really are.' not hank telling barry that he didnt want to take everything for himself and wanted to split it 50/50 with cristobal only to kill cristobal and taking it all for himself but still acting like it's both of their empire. naming his business a combination of their names and erecting a golden shrine to his dead lover. everyone is acting. everyone trying desperately to live their own lie.

#even fuches leaning into the raven narrative #what the fuck bill #barry #hbo barry #barry spoilers #bill hader #alec berg #barry berkman #sally reed #noho hank #cristobal sifuentes #sarah goldberg #anthony carrigan #michael irby #barry meta

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themarionette-theporcelaindoll · 22 days

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Barry season 3 & 4 bloopers when

#bill hader im in your walls i havent left #barry hbo #barry cast #bill hader #alec berg #hbo barry #nohobal #barry berkman

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boardchairman-blog · 11 months

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**Shots of the Episode**

Barry (2018)

Season 4, Episode 8: “wow” (2023) Director: Bill Hader Cinematographer: Carl Herse

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hellbeast-go-walkies · 3 months

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Things I loved about Barry [SPOILERS]:

It seamlessly blends humorous and serious. No joke or dramatic moment felt like an afterthought, and heavy moments got to exist without someone trying to lighten the mood.

The pacing and use of sound/silence was amazing. I feel like I've seen so many shows and movies lately where we move from one scene to the next without any time to breathe, but this show just let moments or silence hang there without it feeling like the scene was dragging on.

Sally's character starts out like she's just going to be some pretty, blond love interest, but we got to see her angry and frustrated and violent and unhinged. For the majority of the show, she had bags under her eyes. She wasn't some love interest who fixed the violent man with her love. And even when she leaves her old life to go with Barry, we see how unhappy she is. There are no male fantasies with her character.

I could see Bill's stomach and his love handles through his shirt. I'm in no way calling him chubby or fat or treating those things as negative, but when you've had years of film and TV execs thinking all leading men have to be cut, I was so happy to see someone with an ounce of body fat.

There's zero copaganda. At best, the police in this show are incompetent, willing to believe anything in order to wrap up a case quickly, and at worst they're violent. And there's no blindly patriotic portrayal of the military either. This post and this post have some great points about propaganda and the finale.

The show does not glorify violence. Barry is not some cool action hero who carries out his work without emotion or consequence. And the show humanizes Barry without glorifying him or justifying his actions.

We get to see Barry cry, break down, beg for help, touch Fuches' hand, and say "I love you" to two father-figures. This show speaks on male violence as well as the need for deep, meaningful connection with others (and how that connection may prevent violence).

It's very ace-friendly.* Over the course of 32 episodes, there is like 4 overtly sexual/crude moments: a brief scene from a sex tape (which makes Barry uncomfortable), audio from a porno (which makes Barry REALLY uncomfortable), and Sally has two moments where a man she works with creepily and crudely hits on her.

Like, this is an HBO show. It could've been so much more sexual and violent, and it wasn't. There are graphic moments of violence, but there are also moments where the team chose a distant approach that worked perfectly. For example, one character is shot at close range in a car, and they chose to film that moment some distance from the vehicle. It was still a heavy, horrific moment, but it wasn't gratuitous.

*If you don't like swearing, violence, god-awful parenting, or stressful shows, you won't like Barry. It's the only comedy I've loved where I was just on edge for the rest of the day.

I have 4,000 more thoughts on this show, and I can't remember anything else I was going to add.

#hbo barry #barry hbo #barry berkman #bill hader #alec berg #sarah goldberg #sally reed

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fandomtransmandom · 6 months

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Excerpts from Henry Winkler's Memoir Being Henry: The Fonz...And Beyond about Bill Hader/Barry

#sorry it's too long copy/paste here #henry winkler #memoir #being henry #bill hader #barry hbo #hbo barry #every mention from the book #not doing trigger warnings so read at your own risk #excerpts #sorry I know the blocks of text aren't very reader-friendly but I did my best #highly recommend #I cried so many times😭🥺#henry is a treasure❤️#alec berg #d'arcy carden #sarah goldberg #gene cousineau #barry berkman

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billhader-fromtulsa · 1 year

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Season 4 poster looks so cool!!

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slim-yduck · 2 years

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Fëdor Dostoevskij - Crime and Punishment // Barry HBO

#barry hbo #barry berkman #bill hader #albert nguyen #james hiroyuki liao #alec berg #barry #fedor dostoevskij #the dostoevskijfication of barry hbo #this post has a target audience of one...me #russian literature #web weaving #mine #and to the person that said in the tags of the previous one that bill would like the comparison...i owe you my life(#jk

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haderfvcker · 2 years

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Alec Berg you are a SICK man for the scene where hank's in the closet hiding from Elena

#alec berg #barry hbo #bill hader #barry #noho hank #anthony carrigan #barry spoilers

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xxitsxbillxhaderxnationxx · 7 months

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Photo of the Day:

But in all seriousness, when are these two going to get together for another epic TV series? Because I’m ready!! 🤩👍🏻

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beastiestboy · 2 years

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#barry berkman #barry s3 #barry s3 e7 #barry hbo spoilers #sally reed #natalie greer #noho hank and cristobal #cristobal sifuentes #noho hank #bill hader #alec berg

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pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong · 11 months

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oh god i just realised barry did get redemption. hes been begging god to wash away his sins as if they never happened to be seen as a good man and he fucking got it. the whole world thinks that he was a hero. buried in arlington cemetery with full honours. god is propaganda. god is hollywood.

#he is in hell tho. fuck you crusty murder boy i hope the devil shits on you.#barry #barry hbo #hbo barry #barry meta #barry spoilers #barry finale #barry season four #barry season 4 #barry s4 #bill hader #alec berg #barry berkman #gene cousineau #sally reed #noho hank #cristobal sifuentes #monroe fuches

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themarionette-theporcelaindoll · 11 months

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I KNOW it's a sad note, the barry finale being tonight and I just want to thank all of you for the art. The fics, the memes and your wonderful meta and analysis that made me lose it before and after an episode would air.

Love you Barry Fandom, this is something special <3

#bill hader #barry hbo #hbo harry #barry berkman #sally reed #gene cousineau #noho hank #cristobal sifuentes #jim moss #sarah goldberg #anthony carrigan #michael irby #robert wisdom #alec berg #nohobal

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boardchairman-blog · 1 year

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**Shots of the Episode**

Barry (2018)

Season 4, Episode 5: “tricky legacies” (2023) Director: Bill Hader Cinematographer: Carl Herse

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hellbeast-go-walkies · 3 months

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Some thoughts I had while watching Barry [SPOILERS]:

Oh my God, the writing's amazing.

[giggling]

See, kids, this is why you don't get Facebook.

You're going to destroy yourself, and I'm going to watch every minute of it.

I want to study this show under a microscope.

New rule: All shows need to be 30-minute episodes.

I love my gay Chechen son!

I want NoHo Hank's entire wardrobe.

[watching NoHo Hank gun down Cristobal's wife and the man she hired to dance in a Speedo] Yay!

I'm a Barry apologist, but when Sally broke up with him, I said, "Yes, girl, leave him."

I'm a Barry apologist, but when NoHo Hank cut him out of his life, I said, "Yes, girl, leave him."

If Nohobal isn't endgame, love isn't real.

LOVE ISN'T REAL.

[notices the episode titles in seasons 3 and 4 are all lowercase] Oh, Bill's in his folklore and evermore eras.

[John Mulaney voice] And he was wearing reading glasses to show that time had passed.

Oh, God, she's going to kill again.

[more giggling]

New rule: All characters' last words need to be "Oh, wow..."

#barry berkman #barry hbo #bill hader #alec berg #noho hank #nohobal #anthony carrigan #michael irby #cristobal sifuentes #hbo barry

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fandomtransmandom · 10 months

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“If you’re making a dish for the first time, you really follow the directions,” he says. “You know, making sure you have a wide [shot], a medium, a close; making sure we have the right coverage. But even then, I was trying things .... You watch a lot of movies and it’s in you, you know, it’s a visual language.”

#bill hader #la times #michael ordoña #interview #barry season 4 #barry season four #alec berg #spoiler #spoilers #barry hbo #hbo barry #📷 Daniel Prakopcyk

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billhader-fromtulsa · 1 year

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