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Ricky Gervais Says if ‘The Office’ Aired Now It ‘Would Suffer Because People Take Things Literally’
Ricky Gervais says that if “The Office” were made today, the British comedy would “suffer” from more criticism than it did when the show premiered almost 20 years ago, due to the rise of online “outrage mobs who take things out of context.”“I think now it would suffer because people take things literally,” Gervais, who created and starred on the BBC mockumentary, as David Brent, an office manager who is incredibly politically incorrect, told Times Radio Thursday.“There’s these outrage mobs who t
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‘The Office’ Season 9 Christmas Episode Re-Edited to Remove Blackface Scene (Exclusive)
A Season 9 episode of “The Office” has been re-edited by series creator Greg Daniels and NBCUniversal to remove a scene featuring a character in blackface, TheWrap has learned exclusively.The old version of Episode 909, titled “Dwight’s Christmas,” has been replaced by the new cut on Netflix — “The Office’s” streaming home until 2021, when the show (and the updated episode) moves over to NBCUniversal’s Peacock — and other platforms where it is available for purchase.The new cut is also replacing
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'After Life' interview: Jo Hartley talks Season 2, Ricky Gervais and the moment that made her cry
The actress reveals all about the second season of Ricky Gervais' Netflix series.
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'The Office' reunion: John Krasinski launches online TV show with Steve Carell as his first guest
With movie shoots postponed and cinema releases kiboshed, Hollywood stars are reacting in different ways to the coronavirus lockdown.
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Mindy Kaling Says Television Academy Discriminated Against Her During Early Days of ‘The Office’
Mindy Kaling says that in the early days of “The Office,” she faced discrimination from the Television Academy when the show was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.Kaling said in a recent interview with Elle that Television Academy officials told her they were going to cut her name from the show’s list of eligible contenders because there were too many producers listed. She was also a producer, and the only woman of color on the writing staff.“They made me, not any of the other
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Rainn Wilson says African American friend's family found a noose in their yard
'The Office' actor explained that a noose had been hung in the front yard of his friend Jamey’s sister, and that her 17-year-old daughter found it.
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Hugh Dane, 'The Office' Actor, Dies at 75
Rainn Wilson, Steve Carell and more co-stars mourned the actor, who portrayed Hank the security guard in the beloved comedy series, and died on May 16.