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The Office Spin-off 'The Paper' Discussion Thread | Peacock
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:15 am
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:15 am
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The series follows the Dunder Mifflin documentary crew as they focus on a dying Midwestern newspaper & its reporters.
The Paper, a mockumentary from Greg Daniels and Michael Koman
Releasing September 4 on Peacock.
This post was edited on 9/11/25 at 9:57 am
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Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:18 am to RLDSC FAN
Was wary but then I saw Oscar, I am in.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:21 am to RLDSC FAN
I wanted to hate it but the trailer is not that bad. Doing a newspaper is a good idea because those are becoming obsolete too, just like paper was heading that way back when this show started.
I like Domhnall Gleeson. And Oscar seems to have not changed at all.
And Greg Daniels is behind this? My hope is that networks like NBC are starting to realize that PC and woke comedy just is not very profitable. People are DYING for a show like The Office and want to see some offensive shite sprinkled in.
I'll give it a shot.
I like Domhnall Gleeson. And Oscar seems to have not changed at all.
And Greg Daniels is behind this? My hope is that networks like NBC are starting to realize that PC and woke comedy just is not very profitable. People are DYING for a show like The Office and want to see some offensive shite sprinkled in.
I'll give it a shot.
This post was edited on 8/7/25 at 10:24 am
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:28 am to SUB
quote:depends on how political they get with the “news” the paper reports.
Doing a newspaper is a good idea
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:35 am to drexyl
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:03 am to SUB
quote:
I like Domhnall Gleeson.
I like they went in a totally different direction with "the boss". Instead of Michael Scott or Robert California or Andy Bernard or Dwight Schrute or David Brent...
They seemed to make him the straight man, a normal reasonable guy instead of a character
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:05 am to drexyl
quote:Here we go.
depends on how political they get with the “news” the paper reports.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:09 am to RLDSC FAN
My hot take is that Tim Key will steal the show. He’s hilarious. Hope he’s not wasted here.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:20 am to Fun Bunch
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They seemed to make him the straight man, a normal reasonable guy instead of a character
Tires kind of does this.
I think in a way I don't personally like the feel of that. A normal, or the most normal, guy working with a bunch of huge personalities. Feels like the ship is sinking around him and there isn't much he can do at times. Too much background anxiety for a comedy
With the American Office, they originally made Michael just a complete idiot like boss in the British version, but American audiences hated it because they can't stand an incompetent boss. So Michael, despite being a character in a lot of ways, is highly competent. Robert California and Dwight are also professionally competent in their own ways as well. Andy is not, and I think thats a big reason audiences generally hate the period when he is the manager.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:22 am to VolSquatch
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Tires kind of does this.
What
Will is definitely not a normal guy
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:25 am to bad93ex
Relieved that I didn't see a previously used "type" from The Office, Parks and Rec, Community, etc. (except for Oscar).
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:26 am to RLDSC FAN
Lol, woke as frick. Why do they keep doing this?
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:27 am to RLDSC FAN
Oscar
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:27 am to Fun Bunch
quote:
Will is definitely not a normal guy
On the Tires scale he is by far the most normal in the show lol
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:28 am to tiggerthetooth
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Lol, woke as frick.
What was woke about this trailer
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:34 am to Fun Bunch
quote:Non-whites, foreign accents, a known homosexual.
What was woke about this trailer
You know the drill.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:36 am to Fewer Kilometers
It’s woke when they Mary Sue those characters but if they’re normal arse people then it’s fine.
Keep Billy Eichner far from this show.
Keep Billy Eichner far from this show.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:34 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Here we go.
Yep, just like clockwork.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:40 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Lol, woke as frick. Why do they keep doing this?
We've gotten to the point where everything that doesn't have an all-white, all-male cast is considered "woke".
Turns out the SEK's of the world just want to watch a bunch of dudes in the KKK.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:45 pm to Broski
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We've gotten to the point where everything that doesn't have an all-white, all-male cast is considered "woke".
Turns out the SEK's of the world just want to watch a bunch of dudes in the KKK.
There are tons of themes/worldview assumptions that are injected into content thats woke. Its far deeper than race/gender.
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