Back in May I said:
Looks like the American's have butchered The Office
Alas, I was right. I've just watched The Office NBC, and it was truly dire. Contrast to the The Office BBC to see the different actors, and attitude.
What can I say? The script is almost identical, but the acting is woeful and all originality and satire has been sapped. The Brent character offers no humour, pity or pathos - he's just distressingly annoying. The actor has no sense of comedy and the monologues are wet.
The Tim/Dawn relationship is completely lacking in charm or warmth and Gareth has turned into a pantomine. The only time I felt vaguely amused was the decision to change "Camilla Parker Bowles" for "Hillary Rodham Clinton", and the great sales rep is no longer "Chris Finch" but (wait for it).... "Todd Packer".
I'm intrigued to see how they film the scenes in Chaser's, since that sort of evening is distinctly un-American.
Everything about it is wrong wrong wrong. The original BBC series was popular over here so why recast? And if they wanted to focus it on America, than rewrite it.
Pathetic.
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