The Office: You may not have seen the best comedy series on Netflix

PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 14: Executive producers Ricky Gervais (L) and Stephen Merchant of “The Ricky Gervais Show” speak during the HBO portion of the 2010 Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham Hotel on January 14, 2010 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Two incongruous elements join the marriage of the disparate in The Office: monotony and hilarity. Honestly, the show is paradoxical; you have the most mundane of the setting of a paper merchant in the medium-sized grey town of Slough creating a seminal work of art that influenced every funny program that came after it in the sub-genre.

Though there is plenty of pastiche and influence from such movies as Spinal Tap; not to mention British 70s classic Fawlty Towers. Tap is the godfather of spoofs as arguably the first and certainly preeminent mockumentary.

Gervais once revealingly informed star and writer of Spinal Tap Christopher Guest – who discovered his Baron status in England and emigrated from the US – that he watches the movie once a week for what can be described as a mixture of entertainment and inspiration.

John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers served as another brief paragon to Gervais; a paradigm which refused money and endless budget to continue as a series indefinitely.

Evidently, the latter was offered astonishing amounts by the usually economical BBC. He denied this possibility; leaving his baby, The Office, as an ended triumph not to be ruined, as did Cleese. Gervais then conveyed his charm, new budget, and notability over to is new conception Extras. With which, using his new repute, he produced another commercial and critical success.

Differences between the two shows

Really this is a supreme series versus a top-quality sitcom. These masterful once-in-a-generation creations often finish after one or two seasons – leaving a legacy as an iconic classic. Whereas a more typical lengthy sitcom can receive the same acclaim, its bulk means it cannot be held in the same esteem with exactly the same status.

In the sense of mockumentary style, The Office: An American Workplace employs similar devices like breaking the fourth wall but doesn’t enforce the constant structure of an authentic documentary.

Basically, The Office viewers in the UK were often convinced the show was a really a vlog without actors, into season two even – some probably still do! While viewers in Britain who watched the transatlantic recreation would never have thought it wasn’t scripted.

Let alone every joke, every single word uttered written and uttered in the English Office was meticulously scrutinized and packed a comedic punch in every memorable scene.

Delivery is so deadpan that some observers found it too cringe-worthy to endure. Yet how it resonates with audiences on a humanistic level is moving, indescribable, as well as hilariously brutal. Tim versus Jim and Pam Vs Dawn, this is not, it is a recommendation and a differentiation.