Admin said:
The office is a show that is supposed to make fun of the workplace environment 90% of americans work in. If you have a bunch of british speaking people in it, they wont be able to draw as close of an association.
Have you watched it? Watch it, and then make that comment--you'll have a harder time doing so.
This show is better than most of the shite on American TV, which doesn't know how to do comedy--sitcoms are simply dead and rotting; either laugh tracks remind us big brother is watching, or they simply copy what works in cartoons, which is ridiculous in live action (i.e., Scrubs). That said, this show is a poor rendition of the original. The boss--while funny--is somehow too likeable, if only because he seems like he's acting; you don't feel embarassed for him ever, because he's distanced from the situation through his character. He doesn't approach the repulsiveness of Ricky Gervais, personally or physcially. They made the Tim character a perfect-looking jock, thus letting the audience not give a sh*t whether he hooks up with the girl. And the girl seems like every cold, mean-spirited soash you ever knew in highschool, just less pretty. She lacks all the humor and loveability of Dawn; there goes the sexual tension--in the audience, at least. And, yeah, the Gareth guy--Dwight--is a desperate attempt to make that character funny. Gareth was funny because he WASN'T too ugly, and he wasn't too extreme--he was simply an obnoxious prick, and he was just like someone everyone knew in school at some point who, while not being an a**h**, was just kind of a chode. Dwight seems like he came right out of a cartoon.
Whew. Sorry, I just really loved the original Office, and was angry when I heard they were going to remake it in the states. Glad that Gervais and Merchant can get another paycheck, but I was afraid they'd muck it up--unfortunately, lots would be good about it if they'd cast it better. They just totally missed the point that it's supposed to be real.
