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Originally Posted by Gaz
Baby Lee-
I saw about 15 minutes of “The Office” and was not captivated.
Do I need to give it another chance?
xoxo~
Gaz
Open to suggestions.
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If you like "Office Space" and "Spinal Tap" I'd say definitely. I can certainly see only seeing 15 minutes of it and not being captivated. It has that mockumentary style that is dry and deadpan. Nothing is played as a joke. The humor is that the people are supposed to be real, not actors, and are so ridiculous, yet familiar. Also, a lot of the humor is in the background. The conversations or actions of people who are juts going about their business oblivious to the camera.
Also, the show isn't just about funny. It's about broad humor, schadenfreude, pop culture references, AND the occasional honest emotion that knocks you over like a mack truck. I won't get into specifics, but there are several moments through the series where you'll be laughing your ass off and something will happen that literally squeeze tears from your eyes. And you find yourself thinking about the situations days later, like they happened to a friend of yours in real life.
And, in the interest of not wasting TOO much of your time, it was a short run series by design. Instead of trying to fill the US 23 episode schedule, the series was specifcally written for two 6 episode seasons and a 2 hour finale. Both seasons and the finale are all available on DVD.
I've been on a real BBC comedy kick. Loved Coupling. LOVED The Office. Getting into The Young Ones, Trailer Park Boys, Men Behaving Badly, and Fawlty Towers as they come in on Netflix.
More than anything, the quality of The Office makes me pissed at American Reality-crap infested television.