This is the best show that's ever been made by the entertainment industry. I haven't watched TV in ages, but I can't get enough of this one! Why is it so great you ask? Well, in the interest of entirely ruining comedy by trying to explain it away, here we go.
1. This show would make Chesterton proud. People do stupid things all day long, and it's hilarious to watch. My life would probably be even worse.
2. Everyone identifies with a different character, but nobody wants to be Michael Scott, the boss. However, the real point is that we are all Michael Scotts. Michael Scott takes every pathetic, sinful, self-centered thought every human thinks throughout the day--and then he says them out loud.
3. The one character who never repents, never changes, never apologizes, and you never feel sorry for is not Michael Scott--it is Ryan the Temp. He is pathetic.
4. Even the most admirable characters on the show mess up.
5. It tells the truth about people--and there is no laugh track.
This is not to say the show is infallible. Some of the more recent episodes make me nervous that it will plunge to the depths of foolishness and inanity where most good TV shows go to die; but I will keep my hopes up until that happens--and if it does I will keep watching the re-runs.
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