The Office Australia didn’t stand a chance – the brand legacy is too powerful
The Office launched 24 years ago on BBC Two and nobody really cared.
“With no fanfare in the Radio Times, the show’s initial ratings were poor,” an online history of the BBC notes. “However word of mouth ensured The Office grew in popularity and became one of the most influential comedies of the 21st Century.”
Its influence over the next quarter-century(ish) is hard to overstate.
Its typical aussie tall poppy reaction imo.
Aussies just love tearing down everything and anything. Its so weird
I watched the first couple of episodes, and I actually found it quite funny. I have to say, as someone that commutes from Woy Woy to Sydney, that the writers really got what many of us coasties have to deal with!
Lmfao nathan
You talk about “gender-flipping the lead” as if it were some wildly original idea!
Unfortunately, it is already a well-worn, usually unoriginal and lazy option for cheap producers, especially in the US. It is by no means a signal to expect fresh and stimulating content.
So the crew of the Aussie version of The Office faced an uphill battle to win over local eyeballs. Let’s hope enough people give the show a chance to succeed on its merits.
Sorry Nathan, but it is objectively bad. You are just plain wrong that it’s good.