I just finished the show The Office. Before I watched the whole series I hated the show. I didn’t like how the camera was shaky and how it wasn’t all that funny because it was just like real life. Nothing was that out of the normal it was just life. As I continued to watch the show, that’s exactly what I grew to like. The Office shows us exactly what we all fear in life. We fear being the outcast and weird, no one liking us, not having a home or finding a home in friends, not being able to love and not being loved by anyone, and how to say goodbye. Each character struggled with more than one of these fears and they all dealt with them differently. Goodbyes are extremely difficult especially when you have to tell the ones you love. A lot of the characters opted not to do it. Michael Scott left a day earlier than he told everyone he would, Jim when he transferred branches didn’t tell Pam, and Darrell tried to leave without saying goodbye as well.
The show grapples with what is acceptable and what should not be allowed in a workplace. It pushes everything to the limit where it is funny but also makes you think about how, yes, there is sexism, racism, different religious backgrounds, and different types of sexual attraction. All of things are addressed in one place we find it acceptable as Americans to have everyone not being seen as equals. There is a boss who gets paid the most and has the power to fire people. That changes the dynamic and causes friction for Michael because he so badly wants everyone to also be his friend. The Office makes you think about your life and your future. It helps you realize that your job is where you end up spending most of your life. You can hate it or you can love it but no matter what if that is the job you chose and are continuing to do, you are going to have to form relationships with the people around you.
They are whom you end up spending your life with. The Office is a well written, well acted, just all around good show and I never thought that I would say that. I watched the first couple seasons just trying it out and then by the final season I was just finishing out the show. The finale is truly where they struck gold. The characters all have evolved into the people that they want to be and it leaves the viewers with the fact that there is a future and the sun will shine after you get through your struggles that you have in life. So this is for those who didn’t think they would like The Office or don’t find that sense of humor all that funny. I’d say give it a complete chance because they are telling stories of lives and allow for you to reflect on your own.
