r/DunderMifflin 5d ago

Just listened to some Office Ladies podcast episodes and thought…

Please don’t jump me. The general commentary is that it’s bland with irrelevant deep dives, but what also puts me off of it is the fact that it seems like sometimes they… don’t get why the office is funny? Like of course they know it’s a funny show, but at times I don’t even feel like they “get” the humor and the core appeal of the show.

Like, when Jenna talks about the healthcare episode, and how at the end when Michael just stands there after claiming he had a surprise for them, that she thinks the scene was just awkward and long for television and might not make the cut to the final episode. For ppl who like the office’s humor, that scene is simply hilarious—the show at its MOST hilarious, actually. One of the first few scenes that truly hooked me on the show. She didn’t say anything about it being funny, just that it was weird. Suggesting not having that scene is sort of like not understanding what makes this show funny, idk.

And also, skipping over the “offensive” humor or ignorant jokes & basically acting like they don’t exist, also gives me that impression as well that they don’t “get” them and the ironic style of them in the way I would’ve thought they would, seeing as they played their characters amazingly. Does anyone have any similar thoughts? No attacking pls

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u/GetRealPrimrose 5d ago

I never hear people bitch about an optional podcast as I do with the office ladies on this sub

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u/Acminvan 5d ago

When it comes to the podcast, this and r/OfficeLadiesPodcast are incredibly nitpicky and whiny. Nothing they do is good enough. It's an entirely free and voluntary-to-listen-to podcast yet seems people continue to listen mainly for the purpose of complaining about it.

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u/estedavis 5d ago

For real though. Jenna and Angela are giving us a podcast, which is more than anyone else is doing, and people hate on it so hard lol

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u/GetRealPrimrose 5d ago

“A wide variety of opinions”

Every post I ever see about it on this sub is a complaint about it.

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u/Acminvan 5d ago

But there's not a wide variety of opinions

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u/NYY15TM I don't technically have a hearing problem 2d ago

Yet you felt the need to comment