Book Details
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The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History |
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Andy Greene |
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1 |
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08.17.20 |
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Notes History
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| 08.17.20 | Oral history of The Office. This is coming off a re-watch of the show before it leaves Netflix, which would be maybe the third time seeing it all the way through? The show holds up with some obvious lethargy in the last two seasons, but still there are many many very funny moments throughout the life of the show. I thought it would be interesting to hear how it went from the cast and crew's perspective. I was also pretty interested to read about details regarding those last two seasons to explain some of the more bizarre arcs and direction that happened. To me, the last season suffered from two big issues: Andy's radical personality change, and Jim/Pam's halfway separation that they quickly reverted as soon as they learned the audience hated it. To me, Season 8 was still interesting because James Spader was such a different influence on the group, but I still missed Michael Scott and wished he was there to bump up against Robert California's mystique. But anyway, I don't think season 8 was a failure, but those two things about S9 really bug me. The book does address the Jim/Pam stuff but not so much about Andy, other than needing 10 weeks off to shoot Hangover 3, which is a shame. But still, this book was very interesting and painted a pretty complete picture of the show. I wonder how it works for the cast and crew who are still in touch with each other when the author starts to make his calls. Like, do they talk back and forth to decide whether to participate or not? And when he's got like 80 people involved, are the notable absences just because of scheduling? or was someone an asshole? It's a nice meta-layer that I enjoy with oral histories. |
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