The original post: /r/television by /u/alanduda on 2025-02-14 21:41:20.
Not a huge fan of typical The Office-style mockumentary TV for the most part because it’s like…why is there a documentary crew following around these employees at a paper mill for 9 years and going to their houses and shit? And then, like, the characters all know they’re being filmed so…doesn’t that influence what they say and how they act? It’s all so weird and messy. I get that it’s easier – but looking to the camera and jimfacing seems lazier than good joke writing and having characters outright tell the camera their motivations in interviews seems lazier than writing good character development. Was a little disappointed that St. Denis was this style instead of Superstore’s style.
All that said, I like the show a lot and this line from episode 9 was the hardest I’ve laughed at a TV show in a while and we wouldn’t have got it if it weren’t a mockumentary haha
“I’ve always considered myself an empathetic person. But do other people think I’m empathetic? I dunno how other people feel! Never really cared.”