Re: The Office
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 1:29 am
The show really deserved a better send-off.
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Re: The Office
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 1:10 pm
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 12:48 am
"Money" is a stellar episode
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:22 am
The absolute nadir of this show is when everyone dances down the aisle at Jim and Pam’s wedding. Pure torture. I hate it so much.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:24 am
It's a weird moment that is ruined by virtue of The Office fully embracing the truth of Michael Scott. It's one of the most paradoxical things I've witnessed.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:36 am
Oh i got super emotional in that scene. It was touching and super cheesy and ridiculous but i loved it :\
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:38 am
Ultimately, I have to love it because of the paradoxical quality and the way it's embraced. But I do think it's weird.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:39 am
Um, Joey? I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:41 am
Shocking
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:41 am
Oh! I forgot.
So, that scene is actually based on this:
That video went viral years ago and all of those people were invited onto like good morning america or something to talk about it. Im 99% sure that is why the office did that.
Also, the guy at the 1:10 mark is a friend of mine.
So, that scene is actually based on this:
That video went viral years ago and all of those people were invited onto like good morning america or something to talk about it. Im 99% sure that is why the office did that.
Also, the guy at the 1:10 mark is a friend of mine.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:43 am
Though i could be wrong on timing and they stole it. But im pretty certain of my story
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:44 am
No, you’re right. Jim mentions it in the episode.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:44 am
Yep
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:44 am
I’m not being snarky or anything? I genuinely don’t know what you’re saying/referring to.durdencommatyler wrote:Shocking
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:45 am
Yea the office episode aired october of 2009
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:45 am
My buddy always shut the bar down in College with his dance moves. It was incredible to watch.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:47 am
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:48 am
que?tragabigzanda wrote:this is a good typoStrat wrote:My buddy always shut the bar down in College with his dance moves. It was incredible to watch.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:49 am
Oh. Sorry.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I’m not being snarky or anything? I genuinely don’t know what you’re saying/referring to.durdencommatyler wrote:Shocking
Basically, I think good TV writing is character driven. The jokes/references/etc should always come from character. And in this scene the joke comes from character. Michael Scott saw the YouTube video and decided to recreate it. That's a quintessential Michael Scott moment/joke. It's inherently character driven. Which is something I value and think is important.
However, paradoxically, the character driven moment here actually hurts the scene. It would be a better moment if it wasn't based on a real-life YouTube moment. But that's also the joke! So, the writers did the right thing by crafting a joke that is inherently character driven and consistent with the Michael Scott we've been given over the last 6 years. BUT it also DOESN'T work because of the reference to pop-culture. It's a rare moment when the writers did the right thing but it also doesn't work. There are a million ways that the scene could have gone and could have worked.
For me that's a writer's paradox. It's exactly the kind of thing I want from good writers but it's also the very thing that makes it awful.
Re: The Office
Posted: Fri June 15, 2018 12:50 am
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.