emington presentation5: the office as quality television

Through the Eyes of an ‘Admirer’:

An Evaluation of “The Office,” Season One

Josh Emington

Control Power Responsibility

Through the Eyes of an ‘Admirer’: An Evaluation of “The Office,” Season One

Josh Emington

Single Cam

Interviews

New Genre

Quality Pedigree

Memory

Noble Struggle

LiteraryEnsemble Cast.

Self Conscious

‘Realism’

Controversial

'Quality' TV as per Robert J. Thompson

Selected Criteria for Evaluation:

Quality Pedigree

The Subject Matter Tends Toward the Controversial

Quality TV usually has a quality pedigree.

Director has a certain cachet

Director has training, familiarity, education, or

degree that is relevant to, or ‘fits’ the artifact

Variety of director’s experience

Pedigree

cachet

experienceeducation

The Subject Matter of Quality TV Tends Toward the Controversial:

Passively or indirectly discusses terms, topics, or scenarios which are commonly considered controversial

Considers controversial questions with a developed sense of responsibility

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

The Writers

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that the show's main character regularly makes insensitive remarks about employees' race and gender, and that he's treated like a buffoon as a result. The show also features a fair amount of sexual innuendo. Characters are known to get drunk at office parties.

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