The Office | 1x2 'Diversity Day'
Added 2023-07-01 13:00:18 +0000 UTCComments
I was a big fan of Parks and Recreation which was often compared to this being filmed in the same manner. Now I wonder if it really was good or if I'm remembering it through rose coloured glasses
Amy Cope
2023-07-10 07:27:24 +0000 UTCOof. That was hard to watch. I never really got into the office when it first aired for that reason. I just can't get into cringe humour and I don't really understand who the intended audience is. I just imagine the Michaels of the world laughing at it and thinking the whole things hilarious rather than doing any sort of self reflection.
Amy Cope
2023-07-10 07:23:52 +0000 UTCFor me it's funny because Michael is the example of the clueless white cis male. Also Steve Carrel delivers his lines really well. But I get that you don't find it funny, it's really hard to digest...
Leticia Schmitt
2023-07-03 00:03:35 +0000 UTCOh I know, but Iโve heard many people say they love this episode because they think itโs so funny and I just donโt understand laughing at it but Iโm not mad or anything, I get it.
Nikki S
2023-07-02 01:56:40 +0000 UTCI don't think it's about the importance of the issue tho. I think it's about how it's not funny at all and how wrong the things he says are. The joke isn't in what he says, but rather in Michael himself, who has the "capacity" to say these things. I think the biggest example of this is that everyone in the show is always embarrassed too because everyone knows it's very wrong. It's not a show that makes a stereotypical joke and expects us to laugh at the joke... the humor lies in how clueless Michael is.
Leticia Schmitt
2023-07-02 01:41:15 +0000 UTCYeaaaaah. Not sure how so many people thought this was a funny enough joke To include it on the show. I get it. I get what people are saying about how it brings attention to something that is still happening and important to realize how wild people sound when they do it in real life, I get it. But I just.. yeahhhh. ๐ณ๐ซฃ
Nikki S
2023-07-02 00:27:38 +0000 UTCDefinitely a man child ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Ilsuk Yang
2023-07-01 19:50:13 +0000 UTCI'm sure a good portion of us have had a boss like Michael. Maybe not as exaggerated as this, but, yeah...I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations like this (again, not as exaggerated as this, but close). I can laugh about it now, but, when I was having those conversations, well, all I can say is awkward! I love this episode since it brings to attention the micro-aggressions that (still) exist in the workplace. And to answer your question, season 1 was released in 2005
Ilsuk Yang
2023-07-01 19:09:44 +0000 UTCYup. Michael is a man child... Hang in there, he gets less cringe lol
Spaceydoodle
2023-07-01 16:30:00 +0000 UTCItโs like a child running an office and growing up in the process. I find these episodes so fun on rewatch.
John buchanan
2023-07-01 14:46:26 +0000 UTC"Michael is stressful!" AGREED ๐คฃ S1 was tough for me to get through cause of the level of cringe and if it had been much more than 6 episodes I might not have been able to make it to S2, but as others have said it gets so much better! Michael is the definition of dingus but he gets less stressful and more just silly and fun, for me anyway! ๐ Was glad to see him get punched in this one though! Needed that ๐ฏ
scarr
2023-07-01 14:21:39 +0000 UTCSatire at its finest! I love it and on rewatch this episode always hits me in all the wtf kind of ways. So hard not to laugh out of pure awkwardness which I love
John buchanan
2023-07-01 14:05:52 +0000 UTCgod can you believe nbc aired this ๐ญ this is still one of the more controversial episodes of the whole show lmao michael is a disaster
Grace
2023-07-01 13:31:38 +0000 UTC
