And while we are on the topic, The Office episode Heavy Competition was super pleasurable.
The writers of The Office seem to love The Wire, and I do, too. After several false starts (I watched the first six episodes like three times each before committing. Hey, sometimes its hard to commit, what can I say. But when I fall, I fall hard.) I have just finished Season Two, and I am hooked. Even for those not that into cop dramas, I recommend this show. There are a crazy number of characters and they are all pretty well filled in, and some are habit forming. Like most great modern television shows, the setting has become a character and this Baltimore is fun to watch. In fact, the fun factor is increased by how little you would actually want to be in this city. Last week's Modern Love was about The Wire, and that was great. However, I believe that there are better odes to the show, Baltimore, and the complex characters residing there. Maybe later this summer, after the MCAT, I'll put some serious time into writing one. I'm so glad I have three seasons left to watch. Please, no spoilers.
The reason this The Office was so good was that it was a pastiche of The Wire. Watching the fierce Idris Elba (aka Stringer Bell) play the boss that pitted Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute against each other in underhanded dealings was awesome. If you are a writer for The Office and the main story line has come to resolution what do you do? Apparently, you think of the best show you know and just copy that. It is a sweet little feat given the total disjuncture in material. I just felt all my University of Texas RTF vocabulary come flooding back. Some graduate student could have a ball with this. Which brought me to the conclusion, wouldn't my life be better if all those graduate students just spent their time and energy making great tv instead of writing about it?
Well, its been a good week nonetheless: a fun website back up (to me) and some great television viewing, so I'll take my winnings and walk away.
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