#Diversity day the office script series#
Both sitcom and mockumentary, first airing on NBC on Mafrom May 16, 2013, the series depicts the everyday life of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. An adaptation of the BBC series of the same name created in 2001 by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, The Office was adapted for American audiences by Greg Daniels, veteran writer for SNL, King of the Hill and The Simpsons.
So says the "World's Best Boss" borrowing a quote from Abraham Lincoln. It's considerably lighter (the British one's gag about over-sized genitalia would never have made it past the idea stage), but that doesn't mean it's any less entertaining. From Michael's lame attempt at (mis)quoting Abraham Lincoln to Dwight's twisted mentality (when given a clue to find out what race he is representing as part of a test, he says: "Aw man, what am I, a woman?"), this episode is a good example of the show's ability to pull off the same kind of awkward humor as the original version whilst adapting it to the American way of life. Soon everyone in the office is involved in a series of increasingly ridiculous tolerance games that undermine everything Diversity Day is meant to stand for.
#Diversity day the office script skin#
Brown is a made-up name - due to the person's skin color - isn't very helpful, either. Brown (Larry Wilmore), is actually there because of numerous complaints about his behavior, not someone else's. What Michael doesn't know is that the spokesperson in charge of the event, Mr. Shockingly, the fun derives from Michael trying to fix something: after one of his employees told a subtly racist joke, a Diversity Day is organized. After following the British template almost slavishly in the pilot episode, the American version of The Office goes its own way already in the second show, the painfully hilarious Diversity Day (although, truth be told, it does occasionally remind of the first episode of the original's second season).
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