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> UK office [..] was just too bleak and dull > [..] has no relief, it's just pure misery. That's kind of the entire point mate. There is plenty of relief, but
by emsixteen 4y ago
> UK office [..] was just too bleak and dull
> [..] has no relief, it's just pure misery.
That's kind of the entire point mate. There is plenty of relief, but it's not your typical American sitcom relief.
- blowski 4y agoI think Bill Bryson commented that, in the US, the dominant culture is an excited hope about how much better the future will be. In the UK, our culture is a mild surprise that things aren’t worse than they are right now.
- LAC-Tech 4y agoYeah look I understand the UK is a bleak and miserable place filled with bleak and miserable people, mate. But to those who have dwelt in lands with sunshine and hope the original Office is a shock to the senses.
- ungamedplayer 4y agoAs someone who physically lives in neither, and in the "Sunshine state" of Australia. The original office wasn't a shock to my senses. Australia is definitely closer to British humour than americano humour.
- rsynnott 4y agoI think it'd be fair to say that the US has now somewhat embraced the less happy cheerful variety of sitcom; a lot of modern US stuff falls into that category. It definitely hadn't in 2005 when the US Office came out, though.