Current position: watching ‘The Office (UK)”Relaxing

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

Edit: This is much, much different from the US remake, which is much much better

Current position: watching ‘The Office (UK)”
Relaxing

[justine@snac.smithies.me.uk]

You can relax watching that ? 😖

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@justine I don’t know. I just started

[pmdj@mstdn.social]

@justine @stefano I remember a housemate at uni thought it was brilliant and made us watch it. Personally, it just made me feel like my insides were tying themselves in knots so I bailed out after an episode. (Also, Ricky Gervais is an arse for consistently punching down in his “comedy” routines.)

[hedders@mas.to]

@pmdj Hard agree. It's awful, isn't it? Weirdly, I don't feel the same about the US version, which is quite good.

[pmdj@mstdn.social]

@hedders I mean it’s been over 20 years since I watched it, so I can’t actually remember any specifics. I just remember finding it deeply uncomfortable and having a “I can see how this is supposed to be funny, but it isn’t” reaction.
I’ve not attempted the US version; I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised it’s very different - while I think any characterisation of “British humour” vs “American humor” [sic] is overly simplistic, the prevailing tastes do seem to diverge quite a bit.

[hedders@mas.to]

@pmdj yeah, I've never been much of a one for comedies based on vicarious embarrassment. And that's basically what The Office, in its original UK guise at least, was. The US version had a bit more substance to it, in that the characters were a bit more interesting because they weren't complete monsters.

[nux@fosstodon.org]

@stefano Qualityyy..
If you haven't yet, watch "Utopia" (UK series).

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@justine that was terrible. Much different from the US remake