The Office
"When you work on a farm, your sense of smell gets very sharp. For example, there are beets in the condo two doors down that way. And someone over there, I believe, is a fan of olives."
-Dwight
As a magnet for all that is awkward, I have a certain appreciation for the NBC series "the office", but as of the beginning of this season I am left more depressed on Thursday nights because of a subtle change. The humor has become heavy and dark. I've noticed that from the crowd around the TV there are more frequently gasps of sympathy instead gasps of amazement. At the end of the half-hour people look around stupidly wondering if "that's it?". Yet, every Thursday night there is always a loyal group waiting patiently for "the office" to inspire them to greater works of the awkward and uncalled for.
My one thought is that the characters have become too well known, we love them too much to see humiliating or depressing situations occur to them. We want Jim and Pam to be together, we are upset every time Michael looks into the camera with his longing to have a family, and some (shockingly) even have hopes for Dwight.
Have you been disappointed at all by this new season, or are you amazed that anyone could claim it to be anything less than the best? What have you seen different in this season compared to others? What is your favorite season and why?
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Yea, I totally agree.
ReplyDeleteI've even felt sorry for Dwight. The humor always has been at the character's expense, but now it's malice and cruel.
I would say that both the first and the 4th season were exceptional. The first sticks out as being very unique to the other seasons because of how the characters and style were so novel and unusual. The fourth season, though I might be mistaking it for the third, seemed to have a lot going down. This latest season seems to be a bunch of consequences.