The Office: An American Workplace

Instead of updating about a film today I have decided to mix it up a little and update about my new found love of The Office (US version). 

I remember seeing the adverts for the third season of The Office on Comedy Central but at the time registered no interest in the programme. This was probably due to the fact that I cannot stand Ricky Gervais and thought that if I did not like the UK version of The Office then I would in no way like the American version. Oh how wrong I was! On Virgin TV on demand I seen the first, second and third season and decided to give it a bash. I've been hooked ever since! I started working my way through season one (which only has six episodes) and have since worked through season 2, which is my favourite so far. 

Steve Carrel plays Michael Scott, the regional manager of a paper company 'Dunder Mifflin' in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Desperately trying to be his right hand man is Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), an eccentric character who is constantly pranked by Jim Halpert (John Kransinksi). There are of course, other characters that make up the wonderful cast and provide constant entertainment. It is a programme that reminds me of a can of Pringles 'once you pop you can't stop' and this applies to every season that I have seen so far. (I am half way through season 3) I am trying to pace myself while watching this as I like to savour every moment of this fantastic comedy. 

A lot of viewers will not even give the US Office a chance as they become too attached to the British version. It is something that I feel everyone should give a chance - brilliantly written, acted and constructed. It has made its way firmly into one of my favourite shows of all time within the space of a couple of months. 

My favourite character has to be Dwight Schrute as I think Rainn Wilson was born to play this role. Dwight has some excellent lines and I also love the relationship between him and Angela Martin. He is so desperate for Michael’s approval that he jumps on Michael’s ill-advised schemes and humiliates his fellow colleagues in order to receive praise. He views Michael as a complete success and idolises him.

One of my favourite lines is “That’s what she said” and I love the parody that runs along with that. A moment that I cannot stop laughing at is during the sexual harassment episode in season 2 where Michael addresses the office that he is no longer aloud to make jokes and that they can no longer remain friends. In fact, the clip explains it all:

So get watching The Office, you won't regret it!