“I can’t really, uh, play the guitar very well, um, or sing,” Bo Burnham says at the beginning of the video for his song “That Funny Feeling,” illuminated by a flickering light in a dark room. “So you ...

He’s managed to turn his supposed absence into a performance, whether on “The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show” or in your social media feed. By Jason Zinoman Early in his bold and vexing new reality ...