While Gervais’ David Brent was an obnoxious little man, Steve Carell’s Michael Scott was infinitely more endearing, an innocent victim of the 21st Century rat race, afraid of being left behind.Īlso read: City of Dreams review: Not a good enough reason to renew your Hotstar subscription post Game of ThronesĪnd as every fan of the Office would tell you, the first season of the American show is easily the worst, precisely because it insisted on being a shot-for-shot remake of the UK version.
The beauty of the US show was that it took a very British premise, and retooled it to suit American sensibilities.
It’s like one of those ‘strategically planned’ intervals at your local multiplex.Īs a devoted fan of the American Office - at a conservative estimate, I have seen the series, from beginning to end, at least eight times - watching the Indian remake was a strange experience. Confusingly, however, at 13 episodes long, the Indian Office spans the entirety of the first season of the American series, and seven additional episodes from season two, before ending, abruptly and inevitably, without providing any sort of closure. Alligators and dingo babies.In addition to fulfilling its contractual obligations to Gervais and Merchant by giving them due credit, every episode of the Indian Office unblinkingly remakes its American counterpart, without a lick of imagination. Kelly: I like ice cream! I need a boyfriend. Like one time, I said I was Bridget Jones, and I talked like this for the whole conversation! Or if you’re bored, you can just make up a name. All you need to know how to do is pick up the phone and say “Customer Service, this is Kelly!” Except don’t say “Kelly,” say your own name. Oscar: I wonder how many phone calls you’re missing while you’re teaching us to answer calls.Īngela: Can you just tell us what we need to do so we can go? But guess what? From now on, you guys are no longer losers! So give yourselves a round of applause. Kelly: Look, I know the reason that you guys became accountants is because you’re not good at interacting with people.
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