The Office
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- exador10
i dunno....i'd heard for ages about this incredible show 'the office' from friends..'go rent it man...it's amazing'....etc etc....eventually, the american version came out, and my wife and i watched that, got hooked...still love it .....
about half a year or more ago, we borrowed the original UK dvd's and watched them....
ok...it took a while to get used to it, it's far more cringe-worthy than the american show, and obviously ricky's boss character is not likeable at all...and yet....
for some reason, by the end (and i mean, END...right up til and after the final christmas episode that tied everything all together) i was blown away by the show....found it much MUCH better than the american version...
lets face it..they did something nobody else had even come close to...it was truly original, hilariously funny and also quite sad at times...
what started to bother me about the american verison is how its eventually drifted into sitcom world...the characters started becoming slightly more cartoon like....whereas the UK version always kept its feet fairly firmly in the dismal reality it was making fun of.....which to me, makes it a bit better....and the end of the christmas episode....Ricky's character achieved at that moment the same sort of 'i kinda like that guy and was rooting for him' vibe that steve carell gets....i really wanted ricky to 'get the girl' and tell those guys to fuck off.....so it was a perfect ending.... :)