The Office as a comedic show based on a paper company in Scranton, PA. The day to day antics are caught on camera by a disruptive film crew following the employees of the office around. Although the average episode doesn't fit into the Aristotelian definition of a comedy, the shows plot turns into one.
As the show progresses farther and farther along the quick jokes and small pranks stay included, they're pushed out of the limelight as the lives of the individuals become the real focus. Pam and Jim become the most recorded and the "film crew" tells the couple that they are the reason they're still filming after ten years. The obstacles that their relationship face is the plot of the show in the later seasons, allowing The Office to slip under the Aristotelian definition of comedy.
The show fitting under this definition not only adds to it, but was also very important for the viewers of the show. As it continued the small short-lived laughs are not enough to keep an individual watching. As the plot comes into focus and Jim and Pam's lives are followed, interest is regained. The finale drops the curtains in front of a happy family, moving on from the office that they'd worked in for all the years on camera.
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