The Office Michael Scott Analysis

"The Office" is effectively a standout amongst the most well known shows on TV. Some portion of its fame is because of the occasionally uncomfortable jokes and circumstances that emerge out of Michael Scott's ineptitude and obtuseness. These unbalanced minutes regularly include sexual introduction or race, yet gender is additionally a subject that is investigated by Michael and his staff. "The Office" does its part to propagate sexual orientation generalizations, yet it likewise demonstrates to us how customary gender parts are evolving. Likewise, the way that we, as a society, can laugh at Michael's aggregate absence of affectability towards sexual orientation issues demonstrates that, as a public we can perceive unseemly conduct and can discover …show more content…
As per David Gauntlett in his content Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction, before, "Female characters were unrealistic to work, particularly not on the off chance that they were wives or moms, and notwithstanding when they did this work was not ordinarily seen on screen" (47). Nevertheless, the fundamental setting of "The Office" is a workplace, and a few women are depicted. Phyllis, Meredith, Pam, Kelley and Angela are all depicted as working women. It is fascinating that of these women only Meredith has a child in the beginning of the show. What's more, not just are these women appeared in a work setting, some of them are appeared to have more power than men, a perspective of sexual orientation, which would not have been appeared in before decades. In the initial few seasons, Michael's prevalent, was Jan, who was depicted as a brilliant representative, and Angela is the leader of the bookkeeping office. Notwithstanding, Pam is the secretary, a customarily female part. Even when Pam tried to break away as only being seen as the secretary she was met with resistance because she was a woman and only woman could answer the phone and take messages for people. Being a secretary is not seen as a male …show more content…
In the episode "Gay Witch Chase" one of the main characters, comes out as gay. In this scene, Michael discovers that one of his representatives, Oscar, is gay. The picture that outcomes is one in which Oscar is dealt with diversely by the greater part of his associates in view of his sexuality. This picture sends a capable message. This message fortifies the social standard that gay people are essentially unique in relation to heterosexuals, and consequently should be distinguished. This scene obviously set homosexuality beneath heterosexuality on the hegemonic progression. "The Office" additionally incorporates Oscar, a bookkeeper who is transparently gay. As per Gauntlett, "For quite a long time, lesbians and gays were imperceptible, and even now . . . these examples are excellent and the larger part of TV projects have included and keep on highlighting, an apparently all-straight arrangement of characters" (92). While "The Office" incorporates a gay person character, viewers who have not seen the scene in which Oscar "turns out" may not understand that he is gay, and Gauntlett and other media researchers might in any case consider him