I just bought my wife 'The Office' First Season on DVD for Christmas

Screaming Lord Byron

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Tue Dec-16-03 01:06 PM
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I just bought my wife 'The Office' First Season on DVD for Christmas

Edited on Tue Dec-16-03 01:07 PM by Screaming Lord Byron

Is it any good? Does anyone here watch it?
I haven't seen it, it just looked good to me.
It's a sit-com on the BBC about, surprisingly enough, an office.

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Brotherjohn

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Tue Dec-16-03 01:11 PM
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1. It's pretty funny. I thought about getting it for my wife.

We're not religious watchers, but we've seen it 4 or 5 times and thought it was very funny and darkly satirical.

If she likes British comedies and/or the "mockumentary" style of Spinal Tap, Best in Show, etc., she should like "The Office".

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Tue Dec-16-03 01:13 PM
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3. She's an insane Anglophile who used to work in an office in London n/t

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onehandle

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Tue Dec-16-03 01:11 PM
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2. Very dry humor....

All lines are delivered very straight (Monty Python, it ain't). You have to pay attention to catch it all. I find it pretty amusing. My wife LOVES it, so that might be a good indicator.

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DS1

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Tue Dec-16-03 01:21 PM
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4. Saw one episode, it was pretty damn funny

It would have probably been better if I knew the characters als Seinfeld.

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Hell Hath No Fury

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Tue Dec-16-03 01:34 PM
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5. I love it...

I find it hysterically funny and equally sad.

It is shot in cinema verite style, with the actors ad libbing the dialogue.

You have to be pretty quick to get much of the humor (esecially with some of the accents), but the characters are so universal you can't help but recognize them.

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