The Office
A very late review. You might say: "Why even do this now?", "It has been around since September of 2001!", "Bit late isn't it?". Well I say to you, fuck you, I just got around to seeing it. I mean jesus christ this is my site, I can do things in my own course of time, can't I? Well now that that is out of the way. If you have not yet heard about this show, you should go back to the cave and stay there until we discover the ruins of your people in a few hundred years. I have only ever thought there were a handful of genius television shows out there. Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sopranos, and of course Roseanne. Scrubs is right up there, but, not yet iconic. Now, the office. I knew that I had to watch this show when I watched, as many did, The Office beat out both Will And Grace and Friends. Friends, in it's final season for fuck's sake. I mean at the end when Rachel is speaking on the answering machine and Ross is in suspense. Did she get off the plane or not. Will they get together or not. Such a tense, romantic, shit, expected end. What crap. I had of course heard of The Office previously, though, everyone always says that about everything. But everyone had heard of this, though only like 5 people had probably seen it. Luckily those 5 people were Globes voters. The Office redefines what a sitcom can be. It shows that the in-between moments of your daily boring work day are absurdly funny in and of themselves. There are two types of characters in the show. One is the fool, who by simply being themselves are unwitting clowns, saying and doing the most inane things. The other is the character that is "in the know", more normal as it were, looking on in shock and awe at the fool acting, well, foolish, without knowing it of course. There are two types of viewers as well. If you "get it" you are like the characters who look on in amazement. If you don't understand the show, and this is key, you are that clown. The Office has boiled down to it's essence what it is like for us to stand in line and watch the lady at the register have to call a manager over because she screwed up your change. Or to be behind the guy at the airport that didn't know he couldn't bring a steak knife onto the plane. Or to be behind the person in traffic that stops at the flashing yellow light. You can't be mad these people, you just pity them and laugh to yourself. Well, sometimes you have to yell at them. But not when it is your boss. That is where this show comes in. All you can do is sit back and laugh, because you cannot point out the absurdity of what your fellow employees are saying, you must be polite. This show is simple, complete, amazing, never disappointing. I guarantee at least one orgasm. It is not just a big pair of tits. Just buy the fucking thing, really!
posted by Ash @ 3:39 AM
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