High school is hard … but in some ways, eighth grade is harder. Pimples. Mean girls. Parents. It’s the stuff of tragedy — and comedy — the likes of which we don’t usually talk about. Comedian Bo Burnham sets out to do just that. He’s the writer and director of a new film called “Eighth Grade.”

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