This episode is definitely one of the most funny ones in my book but also holds many racist stereotypes that we can actually learn from. The clip does a fantastic job of highlighting every ethnicity's and cultures untrue assumptions that people make but while doing it in a funny manner. This satire is very basic and we can see the absurdity of the employees and how they are acting but many of these assumptions can be seen in real life. While Michael is talking to Kelly (the Indian lady) he is being extremely racist and then gets slapped for what he said. While Dwight (the "Asian" guy) brings up how Pam is a bad driver because hes a woman and she is also "Jewish" so he says shalom and asks for a loan. These are all common stereotypes and the office does a perfect job of making us feel surprised, aware and maybe even uncomfortable. In the clip we can see examples of hyperbole and situational irony. This clip is an example of a hyperbole because everything is blown out of proportion and Micheal has sort of a twisted and absurd way of bringing his co workers together regardless of their differences. It is ironic that Micheal would be a hero like Martin Luther King Junior and Stanley would "randomly" get the black card. Overall this episode was funny based on making fun of people but it brought awareness to common stereotypes that are heard in our society and how they can be damaging or absurd.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Diversity Day
In the hit show The Office all of the episodes are funny but most also have satirical value. In most episodes, gender stereotypes are brought up, racism is prevalent and some office not so friendly jokes are being played usually on the coworkers that are part of a minority. In The Office episode called Diversity Day, Micheal Scott (the boss) tries to bring everyone in the office together by defacing and making light of common stereotypes faced by minorities. He wants everyone to put a different ethnicity, race or culture on their forehead and then have a partner talk to the person as if they were talking to the person of that ethnicity, race or culture. Of course, the point of the exercise was to show that no matter the ethnicity, everyone in the office is themselves and can be talked to with equality. However, things go aerie and the exercise turns into a racist fiasco.
This episode is definitely one of the most funny ones in my book but also holds many racist stereotypes that we can actually learn from. The clip does a fantastic job of highlighting every ethnicity's and cultures untrue assumptions that people make but while doing it in a funny manner. This satire is very basic and we can see the absurdity of the employees and how they are acting but many of these assumptions can be seen in real life. While Michael is talking to Kelly (the Indian lady) he is being extremely racist and then gets slapped for what he said. While Dwight (the "Asian" guy) brings up how Pam is a bad driver because hes a woman and she is also "Jewish" so he says shalom and asks for a loan. These are all common stereotypes and the office does a perfect job of making us feel surprised, aware and maybe even uncomfortable. In the clip we can see examples of hyperbole and situational irony. This clip is an example of a hyperbole because everything is blown out of proportion and Micheal has sort of a twisted and absurd way of bringing his co workers together regardless of their differences. It is ironic that Micheal would be a hero like Martin Luther King Junior and Stanley would "randomly" get the black card. Overall this episode was funny based on making fun of people but it brought awareness to common stereotypes that are heard in our society and how they can be damaging or absurd.
This episode is definitely one of the most funny ones in my book but also holds many racist stereotypes that we can actually learn from. The clip does a fantastic job of highlighting every ethnicity's and cultures untrue assumptions that people make but while doing it in a funny manner. This satire is very basic and we can see the absurdity of the employees and how they are acting but many of these assumptions can be seen in real life. While Michael is talking to Kelly (the Indian lady) he is being extremely racist and then gets slapped for what he said. While Dwight (the "Asian" guy) brings up how Pam is a bad driver because hes a woman and she is also "Jewish" so he says shalom and asks for a loan. These are all common stereotypes and the office does a perfect job of making us feel surprised, aware and maybe even uncomfortable. In the clip we can see examples of hyperbole and situational irony. This clip is an example of a hyperbole because everything is blown out of proportion and Micheal has sort of a twisted and absurd way of bringing his co workers together regardless of their differences. It is ironic that Micheal would be a hero like Martin Luther King Junior and Stanley would "randomly" get the black card. Overall this episode was funny based on making fun of people but it brought awareness to common stereotypes that are heard in our society and how they can be damaging or absurd.
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Great analysis and understanding of this segment. I think television shows are a great way to reach a large audience and get people to realize how ridiculous they look when they stereotype others.
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