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September 21, 2006

ZOMG! JIM AND PAM TOTALLY KISSED!

Tonight we'll find out if the American version of "The Office" jumped the shark by marrying Sam and Dian-... I mean, by having Jim and Pam kiss.

In the meantime, Slate has written a little compare/contrast piece on the various international versions of the hit brit-com.

But, more subtly, the base-line mood of David Brent's workplace—resignation mingled with self-loathing—is unrecognizably alien to our (well, my) sensibility. In the American office, passivity mingles with rueful hopefulness: An American always believes there's something to look forward to. A Brit does not, and finds humor in that hopelessness. What truths, I wondered, might Le Bureau and Stromberg reveal about the French and German professional milieus?

Posted by YourMomsBasement at September 21, 2006 11:00 AM