The Office vs. Parks and Recreation NBC's The Office and Parks and Recreation are quite similar, but yet so different. Both of these TV shows are comedies. They also both take place in the workplace, specifically an office. The Office is set in Scranton, Pennsylvania at an office called Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Parks and Recreation is set in Pawnee,Indiana in the City Hall building where the Parks and Recreation office is located. "You know what they say. Fool me once, strike one, but fool me twice… strike three." This was said by the great and wise Michael Scott. Well, maybe not wise… but he is great! Michael Scott is a fictional character in The Office. Scott plays the protagonist in the show. Michael Scott is the heart of The Office. …show more content…
Beginning with both being the protagonist in their shows. Both Michael and Leslie show a compassionate and caring heart towards most everyone. Michael cares for his friends, as Leslie cares for her friends and the great city of Pawnee. As seen in the quotes above, both say just about whatever comes to their mind, which keeps the show very humorous. Although Michael can be a bit more crude with his jokes. The Office is more negative with their humor than Parks and Recreation. A lot of the humor on The Office comes from making fun of or bringing down the other characters. This kind of a comedy makes for a funny and intriguing TV show. Also The Office has a bigger cast. Throughout the 10 seasons, the cast gets bigger. Some of the characters leave throughout the seasons and new ones will come in. Parks and Recreation is a smaller cast, and does not have as many characters that come and go through the seasons. Both of these comedies are very similar, but yet they are so different. Both The Office and Parks and Recreation are so unique in their own way, and are very good TV shows. I am bias towards The Office though. I believe it is a better quality TV show. To me The Office is more humorous than Parks and
Our English Class, after reading an excerpt from The Odyssey, watched O Brother Where Art Thou. I enjoyed both, but realized they weren’t the same. I discovered that being similar to The Odyssey, it had many similarities. But they also had many differences because the movie was loosely based on the book. These are a few similarities and differences that I
In the end there are some similarities and some differences just how it was meant to be. Nothing will ever be the exact same no matter what you are comparing. Anything like comparing Coke to Pepsi or flat screen and a tube TV nothing will ever be the exact same. In the end I guess that the characters are more alike than different or the opposite depending on how you are viewing them. Overall though Candy and George look like they will have a bright future together no matter on how alike or how different they
While there are so many things I could say about Michael, nothing will ever compare to his compassion and humor. He has said before and will say again, “Society teaches us that having feelings and crying is bad and wrong. Well that’s baloney because grief isn’t wrong. There’s such a thing as good grief. Just ask Charlie
The medium by which the comedy within these two movies is portrayed is almost as diverse as the movies themselves. The comedy found in City Lights is for the most part portrayed through the use of visual tactics. The most obvious difference between the two movies is the incorporation or lack thereof of dialogue. City Lights can be watched and completely understood with the sound turned off, which is a quality Monty Python and the Holy Grail does not have. If someone tried to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail without the sound on they would be confused within the first few seconds of the first scene. Sound plays an important role in Monty Python and
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and when it comes to the television series, Family Guy, everyone does. A person either loves the series or absolutely hates it. Antonia Peacocke voiced her opinion on the hit series in her article, Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious. At first she was just another addition to the other Family Guy haters, but she eventually came around and saw the humor after the hard to swallow punch lines. “Family Guy does not aim to hurt… creators take certain measures to keep it from hitting too hard.” Peacock says (307). What the creators are reenacting in the shows are not exactly, socially
I found that even though these two women have come from two very different backgrounds, they both love to make people laugh. Mo’Nique has always entertained with her sharp tongue often at the expense of her own family, she has often joked about her sister and her struggle with addiction, but has always reassured her audience that her sister has been clean for some time and they are able to joke about it today. Fey uses light humor and referencing the famous. She will always be remembered as Sarah Palin more than any other
However, it turned out to be one of the best examples of slapstick comedy in the history of television. John Ritter showed that he was a master of physical comedy and it really showed on this show. Another thing that really helped to make this show great was the whole ensemble. I feel that Joyce DeWitt was totally underrated in her role as the sensible Janet and that she was the perfect counterpoint to Jack's leering personality. The only thing I was disappointed with was how they devolved Suzanne Somer's character, Chrissy.
Also supporting characters are not too unrealistic relative to the story. To illustrate, Patrick star is an impressively naïve best friend, but he is a fitting character to the stories in SpongeBob Square-pants. Likewise, Dwight Shrute takes his work life and workplace far greater seriously than any real human ever would, but it fits the comedic story of The Office. Sidekicks are not neglected attention in the plot or else the audience is uncomfortable with them. Lastly, a sidekick is usually not too similar to the main character, but not too different either or else the two won’t fit naturally together in the story.
Comedy, it makes us laugh and make our stomach hurt as we cringe to the most vulgar skits. It brings us together with friends, families, and strangers in a night filled with laughter. In the comedy field, it takes a lot of skill and delivery in their skits. The nature in comedy requires so many things such as stage presence, delivery, and reliability. Wanda Sykes, a Primetime Emmy Award winner, known most for her big and small shows to be the most relatable to people.
The average American has seen the sitcom The Office, or at least had someone ask if they have seen it, as it focuses on a paper office in Pennsylvania. Each character has a very different personality and outlook on their what most would think boring desk jobs, some see it as the best job in the world while others can not wait to leave as soon as the clock strikes 5. The show is known for turning everyday activities seen in every workplace into a hysterical twenty minutes. The show probably would not be anywhere near as funny without one of the writers and actors Mindy Kaling, also the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?(and Other Concerns). Kaling uses her skills as a comedy writer to convey her big dreams and how she got there as an Indian American woman.
As a predecessor of NBC’s The Office, Parks and Recreation (or P&R for short,) had big shoes to fill. Both shows were created by Greg Daniels and Mike Schur, and at first, P&R did not impress many, as its ratings were low. The first season seemed not to have a place, like a show trying to be something it was not, until it found its footing. Feminism was the missing piece of the puzzle. The show went on to become a success- arguably more so than The Office. So what separates the two? P&R eventually gave us something The Office never did: real world issues, served up with clever wit. The fictional worlds most television shows take place in, are almost entirely post-feminist. Unlike these sexism-free utopias, P&R normalizes feminism, reminding us that it exists and is important; it is the stepping stone we need to further conversations about inequality. While the text of P&R is consistently the most obviously empowering aspect of the show, production practices and audience consumption are also rich with evidence of this series’ feminist potential.
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I really like this show because of the depth of character it goes into and the antics of the hilarious Homer Simpson. Homer was the funnest out of all of them. When Homer would get mad at Bart and Homer would start choking Bart. It felt like I was dying because I was laughing so hard. Now when the movie came out I had to get it. The Simpsons Movie was so amazing that I thought it was the best movie I have ever seen. Every time I watch The simpsons it makes me think of my aunt because that's what she always watch.
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I don 't know why, they 're just hillarious and I absolutely love them. Yes sure call me a geek, a nerd whatever but I play a lot of the games they do and never miss a new episode of anything. I 've watched all their series at least twice.