Rainn Wilson says The Office couldn't be made today

ahdok18

The Office couldn't be made today because it'd infringe on the existing copyright.

John Kohn III11

So, you're saying we could make the British version.

Michael Cleary8

The office couldn’t be made today because everybody already knows that Ricky Gervais is a cunt

Vic Svaporub5

This hurts when i think about Loudermilk.

John Kinsella4

Episode 7 would be a flashback to the invention of paper.

ryanhide.bsky.social4

Also instead of a Steve Carell circa 2005 Michael Scott would’ve been played by a barely interested A-list actor.

Robert Dougherty4

....which is so far *exactly* what Peacock did with the spinoff [except it was 10 episodes]

Kathy Byrne3

forgetting that the series was originally saved from cancellation because it was a hit on iTunes, it could get made today, probably on ABC but would not be the same as the office place of the mid-2000s really no longer exists, even Scrubs had to update

bart3

which basically describes the office spinoff, the paper, which even though it hasn’t been 3 years between season, it might as well have been

Steven DeGennaro2

This is exactly what Space Force was.

Higher Than Onix50

The Office may be the prime example of a plain white bread sitcom. It's the kind of show you put on when your religious great grandma comes over to visit.

future victim of cuteness aggression48

i remembered him going on a radio show i listened to in the late 2000s trying to promote his "soul pancake" thing. took himself far too seriously.

jack20

shows don’t even get residuals any more rainn my man you are complaining about the legroom on the last chopper out of saigon

Joey Protons20

It's more clear every time some past-his-prime comedian does this that what they are really saying is "I used to get undue praise for my mediocre comedy, and now that people have other options than what's approved for broadcast TV I'm slipping into irrelevancy and I'm mad!"

🗑️ UNCAИИY (they/them) NEW ALBUM OUT NOW13

I definitely thought he must have been like misquoted or taken out of context cuz I feel like he's always been fairly liberal publicly but no corrections have come from his camp as far as I know...

AOQ9

Dude burnt his Soul Pancake.

Him saying that The Office, the cornerstone of all cozy comedies for the past decade plus, couldn't be made today because of Woke is hilarious. Dude The Office stays relevant today because of 'Woke'

Bring ya ass6

It's revealing that he believes the lowest common cultural denominator for entertainment was too edgy for modern taste. Buddy, people fall asleep to this! It's comfort food.

Erinn O'Dear6

Plenty of Baha'is are embarassed by his bs. He definitely used to know better.

Brisket Fudgins4

It's also funny because they literally released the Paper last year and they all do ATT commercials together

Ash B4

Also Always Sunny is still on the air! Go try to get a guest appearance in that if you wanna say fucked up stuff on the teevee.

HOT TOR GO!11

He needs may more of his shit encased in Jello.

Elsiemon11

That whole congregation of men are highly suspect

banh mi luvr 698

isn’t rainn baha’i as well? kinda like how all the scientologists rallied behind danny masterson

ʜᴇʟʟ-DOPA7

so should I be suspicious of Bahá’í practitioners in the industry now

Zac!5

No you don’t understand, you can’t say “bears, beets, battlestar galactica” anymore because of woke

WhatRWeDoingHere2

When you read interviews of directors and casting executives who are good at casting, they inevitably say that a good casting decision is when the actor, in reality, possesses the same qualities of the character they're playing. Just thinking about this upon reading his bullshit.

Velour Shirt11

Whole scene is a war crime

Laminariales9

Good news, he is in hell right now. His entire life is finding new ways to say "no, I'm not actually Dwight from the office in real life"

DB8

i will never forgive myself for seeing this movie in theaters. i was internally screaming the whole time.

Wil McMillen8

Diablo Cody won an Oscar for that 2005 blog lingo bullshit screenplay and it still gives me rage. (yes, I understand the film came out in 2007. That's my point.)

Dan O’Sullivan8

That's true actually isn't it

Mike Schuster5

It's what won the screenplay an Oscar

Justin Falcone3

I've had "fertile Myrtle" ringing in my head today because of this

The Primer3

Rainn Wilson's entire energy in that film is pure cringe. That word alone is a war crime against dialogue.

Andrew Rothstein2

Sure, but those eight episodes would have a cult following and 2 years later, it would appear on Blimo and after a kickstarter and another 2 years of waiting it would get a movie released on Vuemi.

Irate Historian (Pride Edition)2

Someone mentioned it’s like House but with a cop and lol yes, I got that vibe merely from the commercials