Welcome everybody to the weekly Tradition of our group our Weekly Discussion Thread. This week I have no witty clip or introduction as none seem appropriate, all I have is anger and sorrow.
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Also i decided to watch some of The Office, and I know the show came out in 2005 but my god Michael is just…shockingly bad.
Honestly I thought Dwight or Jim would be my least favorite but I think I saw Michael make 5 racist remarks/“jokes” and 10 more incidents of sexual harassment in like 3 episodes.
And I know the show is pointing out how he is being really rude and offensive, but like…damn I needed a primer on what to be expected here
FWIW, he’s worse in the first couple of seasons than in the rest of it. The first two were modeled after the British version, but the British version only ran for two seasons, so after they ran out of material to mimic, they went their own way with it and Michael gradually starts getting written in a way where he’s more of a bumbling obnoxious person with a good heart than he is a narcissistic asshole.
But even then, yeah, the show can be painful to watch.