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    The television show that I chose to watch was The Office. It is a sitcom that is a “documentary” about a paper company called Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The characters that I chose to analyze are Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer), and Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Dwight Schrute works at Dunder Mifflin as a sales representative. He wears the same type of clothes everyday, a mustard-colored dress shirt, dark tie, and a brown suit jacket. He is a tall, skinny, white male, and he has short brown hair. Dwight does not have much of a social life, and he spends most of his free time on his beet farm. Another character is Jim Halpert. He is also a sales representative at Dunder Mifflin. He dresses professionally for work, but he has brown, moppy hair. Towards the end of the series, he marries Pam Beesly, and they have two kids. The third character that I chose to analyze is Pam Beesly. In the beginning of the series, she was the receptionist, but she later…

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    Movie Analysis: The Office

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    A13705823 Professor Michael D. High Television Comedy and American Values 17 October 2016 The Office: A Critical Analysis The Office, an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005 to May 16, 2013, depicts the mundane lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It takes on the style of the mockumentary, with Michael Scott (portrayed by Steve Carell) as the leading character of the series, who serves as Regional…

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    In the NBC television show The Office camera crews follow a group of employees who work for a paper company called Dunder Mifflin. One of the main characters Andy Bernard most of the time is a very calm but very outgoing guy. Usually he along with everyone else in the office can handle the all of the pranking that goes on in the office. Until one day Andy has enough and becomes very angry due to the fact that Jim and Pam hid his phone in the ceiling tiles of the office. Jim and Pam repeatedly…

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    The Office is a television show that aired in 2005 and went off aired in 2013. The show was filmed as a documentary that looks into the inside of a small paper company Dunder-Mifflin in Pennsylvania. Being filmed as a documentary the show was able to capture everyday interactions in a work place. The Office was remarkable in capturing conflict throughout the nine seasons. Conflict is defined as when two or more people come into a collision or disagreement. From the show the audience…

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    History Dunder Mifflin Inc. was established in 1949 by Robert Dunder and Robert Mifflin. The co-founders met on a tour at Dartmouth College and decided to create a paper company after seeing the demand for office supplies on campus. Today Dunder Mifflin is multimillion dollar company that dominates the east coast. Dunder Mifflin’s main competition is from rival companies Office Max and Staples. In 2012, CEO Michael R. Williams took command of the company and has revamped the company’s loose…

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    You can get a review on how well a blue Bic pen performs on a piece of offset ivory 12.5 inch Dunder Mifflin paper. It doesn’t even matter if that paper company doesn’t exist, there’s a review on it! Let’s take that earlier example for review: after everything 's said and done, when you’re full and tastebuds satisfied from that great margarita, your server slips you a survey. He/she says that if you fill out this survey you can come in next time and get a free appetizer. Not only are you telling…

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    The Office is an amazing TV series. This sitcom follows the daily life of Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. Watching the characters interact and react to different situations is truly hilarious. Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, is the manager. His crazy personality made so many fans fall in love with his priceless character. In season six, Steve Carell left the show. Ratings dropped significantly. While the show was still good the last 2 seasons, it suffered. Like Michael Scott is to The Office, so…

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    Over the course of nine seasons, the television series, The Office has clearly displayed many concepts which we have discussed over the last few months. Four major sociological concepts which were noticeably portrayed throughout the many seasons of The Office include: sexuality, the way different social groups are made up, gender roles throughout the office and everyday life, as well as the formal organization among coworkers. The show displays romance, documentary type conversations, as well as…

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    Jim Halpert: A Tragic Hero

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    You can find heros in almost anyone, perhaps your parents, your friend, and even your favorite actor from a TV show. When you think about heros usually the first type that comes to mind is, Spiderman, Deadpool, Batman, and Firefighters. Yes, they are heroes, but they are the typical heroes found in movies. No one ever really thinks about those heroes that are in your favorite TV shows or Romantic Comedy movies or even heroes found in your everyday life. Each hero is different and fall into one…

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    Dwight Schrute is a character from the television show, “The Office.” The show simply follows the daily lives of the people who work for a paper company, Dunder Mifflin at their branch in Scranton, PA branch. All of the workers know they’re being filmed, but don’t find out until the very end that they are actually going to be a part of a TV. Show (it’s like a show within a show). Dwight is the top salesman at the Scranton Branch and a few daily struggles. For example, he is never given a real…

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