Friday, August 26, 2016

My most recent and probably most favorite piece of comedy is the Office, a documentary tv show that follows around the employees of the Dunder Mifflin paper company. The show portrays comedy through the relationships of the coworkers, and by making a real world job relatable to all walks of life through the role each character plays. An example of how the comedy serves to all walks of life is through the relationship between Jim and Dwight, two of the salesmen for the paper company. They come from two completely different walks of life. Jim is married with kids, and Dwight owns a beet farm, and struggles in his search for love. Dwight also is very serious about his job, Jim is not. The comedy in these guys relationship shows up when their work life collide, creating a constant tension. While Jim plans his pranks of Dwight, the audience plays along with Jim. This creates anticipation for what is about to happen, and it always is more fun to be on the giving side of a prank than the receiving end. Overall, the long, drawn out tensions between coworkers, creates an engaging show for the audience, allowing the audience to feel apart of the Office itself.

2 comments:

  1. I joked about not using the "r word", but it is actually helpful sometimes to think what we mean when we use this word. In many contexts, it's simply a paraphrase of the word "funny." In what way is this here relatable?

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  2. I really appreciate your in sight too the Office. I my self have never seen it before so this post helped me know more about it and the type of humor used.

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