It was looking to be a bad start to 2023 given that after almost two years since returning to Netflix outside of the US, The Office (US) was set to leave multiple regions around the world in January 2023. However, Netflix has struck a last-minute deal to keep the show on Netflix for an additional 2 years.
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"Is there something about how the show was constructed, how the team was put together, how the cast was made, that that gave it some sort of special sauce that has led to its longevity? And not just surviving – but thriving now, seven years after we'd filmed our last shot."
An Oral History of The Office also allowed Baumgartner to learn things about the show he never knew before. We ask what surprised the host in the making of the podcast – and mostly it came down to the kind acts of the cast and crew.
Os seriados The Office e Downton Abbey voltam a fazer parte do catálogo da Netflix neste mês, após passarem alguns meses na Amazon Prime Video. Outros lançamentos da plataforma é a série brasileira Olhar Indiscreto (2023) e o filme O Pálido Olho Azul (2022). Confira a lista completa.
We ask if the reason The Office's popularity persists is down to the characters, and the way they resonate with audiences. "Ben Silverman says: it's just funny. So I think I think there's some truth to that. Like, it's just funny and it holds up. But yes, I do think that is the case."
Baumgartner found it pretty simple to get his old colleagues on-board for the podcast. "It was really fairly easy. I have maintained a connection to a lot of the people and had a special connection that sort of crossed disciplines, from producers to writers and directors, and cast. I was surprised at how generously people gave up their time and how like myself, people wanted to go back there." Executive producer of The Office, Ben Silverman, who originally got the rights from Gervais, Merchant and the BBC in the early '00s, is one of the producers behind the podcast too.
"Greg Daniels sending an individual check to every single crew member out of his own bank account – I never knew that story," Baumgartner says. This is an act revealed to the host in real-time on the podcast. When the Writer's Guild of America went on strike in 2007-08, Daniels made this magnanimous gesture to non-writer colleagues who depended on the show's production for income.
Para os fãs de anime, a plataforma inclui ainda a 2ª temporada de Gokushufudou: Tatsu Imortal, a segunda parte de Record of Ragnarok e também Junjito: Histórias Macabras do Japão.
The Office will remain on Netflix internationally, per a new report. The hit series was originally set to leave the streamer this month. In the US, The Office is available to stream on NBC's own service, Peacock.
Já entre os filmes, o destaque fica com O Pálido Olho Azul (2022). Dirigido por Scott Cooper, o longa-metragem é uma adaptação de mesmo nome do conto de Louis Bayard. O personagem principal é detetive aposentado Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) que deixa a vida sossegada de lado para investigar um assassinato ao lado do jovem Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).
An Oral History of The Office is impressive because of the level of access – everyone from network executives to original UK Office creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are interviewed by Baumgartner. The main cast is all accounted for, too, including Steve Carell, John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer. You truly get an insider's perspective of how it happened – and the story is surprisingly dramatic at times.
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This is part of the narrative of the podcast. After a bumpy first season in 2005, The Office firmly emerged from the shadow of its UK predecessor in its second season ,helped enormously by the success of Steve Carell's film 40 Year-Old Virgin, and became a smash hit for the remainder of its run. Yet the show's appeal hasn't waned in the time since The Office went off of the air – it's arguably only increased, and this is part of what led to this podcast's creation.
If you're a fan, the podcast is illuminating, and it covers the complete run of the show, including the later introductions of new characters like Andy (Ed Helms) and Erin (Ellie Kemper), and the eventual departure of Carell as Michael Scott.
Neste ano de 2023, The Office completa dez anos do encerramento, exibido em maio de 2013. Lançada oito anos antes, a sitcom sobrevive ao tempo por várias razões. Uma delas é a vocação natural de gerar memes que povoam todas as redes sociais, muitos deles usando as caras e bocas do chefe excêntrico Michael Scott, interpretado por Steve Carell.
Carell retoma seu papel no final de The Office, embora Michael Scott já tenha se despedido. O último episódio coloca sua atenção em outros personagens – assim como Carell esperava como consequência de sua partida. No final, embora haja alguma divisão de opiniões sobre a produção da sitcom nas duas últimas temporadas, não há como negar que o programa demonstrou um tremendo poder de permanência.
Outro dois destaques do mês são o seriados The Office (2005) e Downton Abbey (2010), que voltam a fazer parte da plataforma de streaming após passarem meses como parte do catálogo da Amazon Prime Video.
A Netflix ainda inclui em seu catálogo o documentário Pamela Anderson: Uma História de Amor, na qual a atriz compartilha alguns dos momentos mais dramáticos de sua vida, com entrevistas e vídeos concedidos pela própria famosa.