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It's a weird moment that is ruined by virtue of The Office fully embracing the truth of Michael Scott. It's one of the most paradoxical things I've witnessed.
That video went viral years ago and all of those people were invited onto like good morning america or something to talk about it. Im 99% sure that is why the office did that.
Also, the guy at the 1:10 mark is a friend of mine.
I’m not being snarky or anything? I genuinely don’t know what you’re saying/referring to.
Oh. Sorry.
Basically, I think good TV writing is character driven. The jokes/references/etc should always come from character. And in this scene the joke comes from character. Michael Scott saw the YouTube video and decided to recreate it. That's a quintessential Michael Scott moment/joke. It's inherently character driven. Which is something I value and think is important.
However, paradoxically, the character driven moment here actually hurts the scene. It would be a better moment if it wasn't based on a real-life YouTube moment. But that's also the joke! So, the writers did the right thing by crafting a joke that is inherently character driven and consistent with the Michael Scott we've been given over the last 6 years. BUT it also DOESN'T work because of the reference to pop-culture. It's a rare moment when the writers did the right thing but it also doesn't work. There are a million ways that the scene could have gone and could have worked.
For me that's a writer's paradox. It's exactly the kind of thing I want from good writers but it's also the very thing that makes it awful.
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