somewhere along the line, the show stopped presenting Michael as delusional and intrusive for seeing the office like a family, and started agreeing with him
I think once a show has a run like that it becomes harder to not treat the entire thing as precious. Especially with a sitcom rather than a drama. People don't want characters they've developed parasocial relationships with to be treated cynically.
Personally I kind of doubt it. I think it might have somewhat become that over time, but I'm sure the initial pitch was just "hey people work in offices everywhere, let's make a sitcom about one where the boss is a dipshit." Of course since it was originally created by Ricky Gervais I wouldn't be shocked if shitty politics were a motivation. I guess I'm saying I think the goal was to appeal to people more than to influence them.
somewhere along the line, the show stopped presenting Michael as delusional and intrusive for seeing the office like a family, and started agreeing with him
I think once a show has a run like that it becomes harder to not treat the entire thing as precious. Especially with a sitcom rather than a drama. People don't want characters they've developed parasocial relationships with to be treated cynically.
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Personally I kind of doubt it. I think it might have somewhat become that over time, but I'm sure the initial pitch was just "hey people work in offices everywhere, let's make a sitcom about one where the boss is a dipshit." Of course since it was originally created by Ricky Gervais I wouldn't be shocked if shitty politics were a motivation. I guess I'm saying I think the goal was to appeal to people more than to influence them.
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Yeah, that's the one big thing the UK show has over the US one.
Brent stays absolutely loathsome and pathetic throughout the whole show because that's what he is. A loser who failed upwards into management.
Probably a benefit of having like 12 episode total or whatever.