Emington presentation5: The Office as Quality Television
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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.
cliphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3sgR12ZSh8
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1079423//
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