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BO BURNHAM AND ELSIE FISHER

“We’re both anxious, weird people,” actress Elsie Fisher says, when asked how she is like Kayla Day, the idealistic and socially awkward 13-year-old vlogger she plays in Eighth Grade , the feature film debut from comedian Bo Burnham as writer and director. Burnham’s funny, empathetic film—which charts

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