If you haven’t seen BBC’s The Office, you should. It’s a mockumentary, in which fictional BBC cameras follow some hapless fictional office employees around and document the fictional but spot-on daily goings on. It’s a great view into real office life. In particular, Ricky Gervais does a horrifyingly accurate job of portraying a dysfunctional boss.
Gervais’ portrayal is shocking in its accuracy. Any manager who sees traces of himself in this character needs to take steps to purge those traits from his routine. PS – Any manager who doesn’t see himself in this character isn’t looking hard enough.
The team that developed The Office is reportedly working on a new comedy for the BBC, in a similar vein, in which Ricky plays a struggling TV extra, “a moaner who bitches about the stars and laughs in the face of adversity,” he says. Although it’s not filmed as a documentary this time, fans of The Office should still like it.
Movie stars are of course falling over themselves for cameos on the show, which is sure to be a hit. It should come out some time this summer… at least in England.
