On Apr 11, 3:19 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:17 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought for a bit that with the recent development we might see a > > little of Michael trying to make a living as some kind of G-List > > Scranton celebrity, but apparently in the universe of the show no part > > of the documentary has ever been shown anywhere. > > I think it would be funny if, in the series finale, we learn it was > Michael Scott himself who financed the documentary crew. And it is > discovered that, since no one would be willing to buy an extensive > documentary about people working in an office, he just sits at home > watching the tapes over and over.
I read a great explanation for why there's no "feedback loop" for the participants in the documentary - the show isn't seen in the United States. Rather, "An American Office" (according to IMDb, the title of [i]The Office[/i] internationally) is produced and shown only in one country, in a language that doesn't "export" well - say, Estonia. Dwight Schrute would be a huge celebrity on the streets of Tallinn, but remains suitably anonymous here. The explanation actually makes a lot of sense, from why the show would be produced in the first place (it's more to show "life in America" than "life in a paper company") to why there's no "outside reaction." Nobody in America, including the characters, has ever actually seen the show. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
