Dawn was sad because she admired Tim for chasing his dreams and deciding to get out of Wernham Hogg. When Tim said he was staying for an extra £500 a year and then started talking just like Brent (“vis a vie”) she was disappointed in him for giving up so easily.
@MichaelJWake956 ай бұрын
Fun fact - the cleaner who steps out and stares at the camera is Stephen Merchant's dad.
@thecornedbeefcouncil97926 ай бұрын
The Office is a comedy masquerading as a fly on the wall documentary series, hence why they’re always glancing at the camera and sometimes talking to an unseen person as if being interviewed. In the late 90s early 00s these types of documentaries following ‘real’ people in workplaces was very popular in the U.K.
@jamesrowe36066 ай бұрын
This is quintessential British comedy. The only American comedy show that I could compare it to is Curb Your Enthusiasm, in that it makes me laugh and cringe at the same time.
@trudim60246 ай бұрын
Tim didn’t want to leave Wernham Hogg because of Dawn, he was fed up of wasting his life in a job he didn’t like. He embarrassed himself asking her out after he’d already said he was going to quit. Also, I didn’t see it as them almost going to kiss at the party; for one thing, Lee, her fiancé was there. I take their closeness to mean that they are so comfortable around each other and, as others have pointed out, Dawn was disappointed in Tim’s change of attitude. All that said, I’m enjoying these reactions and am looking forward to Series 2 🙂
@TheJohnCooperShow6 ай бұрын
The office uk is a masterpiece. Multi layered with depth of character. The art is in the subtlety.
@user-zw8vr1vt8o6 ай бұрын
Fun fact..the bloke getting fired is Neil fitzmaurice from Peter kays phoenix nights
@kevinb98306 ай бұрын
It's been alluded to but it's very subtle I suppose, Dawn is sad because Tim has become just like Brent and the upper management they all joke about
@ElphabaRaine6 ай бұрын
I studied psychology. There is a diverse range of jobs in this field. I was aiming for working in the NHS with victims of assult and PTSD - but another area that interested me was geographical. Psychologists can advise on city planning - believe it or not areas with certain lay outs have a lower crime rate than others. Its interesting stuff.
@OffMyCloud6 ай бұрын
I do enjoy watching your reactions to The Office and how you make sense of it. Your take on it shows up very well the differences between what I'd call typically British humour and typically American humour. As you picked up on, the first thing to understand about the office is that it is a spoof of a type of reality show. Over here, back in the 1990s and early 2000s, there were a lot of reality programmes showing people in the work place. Ricky saw these and realised the potential for comedy. The David Brent character sees the fact that a documentary is being made about his office as a means to becoming famous. That's why he plays up to the cameras so much and tries to make himself look good, but he just comes over as a bit sad and pathetic. Pathos is often an element of British humour; it goes back at least as far as Shakespeare and his Tragicomedies. It's not something you see too much in US comedies in my experience. Our British comedies are often downbeat and negative, with characters that can be seen as "losers", but who are trying to make the best of life despite the difficulties. Key to it is to be able to laugh, no matter how bleak things are. I'm sure that for us over here, that ability to laugh when things have been at their worst partly comes from WWII, when many of us were attacked on a nightly basis. If we hadn't have laughed, we might have given up. As for Dawn and Tim, the relationship is something that many office workers will recognise (I've been there myself, many decades ago now). I think Tim does genuinely want to move on and do something to better himself (psychology is considered a science, although not one of what are known as the hard sciences ... physics, chemistry, biology) and Dawn likes that, because she is also ambitious. Her face at the end of this episode shows that she is disappointed that Tim isn't going to follow his dream and escape the mundane life he is leading. You'll notice that Tim, at the end, is talking like David Brent. I won't spoil the episodes to come by saying more. Keep up the great videos.
@KevPage-Witkicker4 ай бұрын
Dawn was sad when Tim told her he wasn't leaving because she wanted him to break free of the rut like he said he wanted to, and imagined maybe joining him in breaking away from their current lives... instead he's taken the easier route of staying in the rut but on a higher salary.
@emucat16 ай бұрын
Ray Von
@Smokey2Mc
6 ай бұрын
I get it bro 😂
@rosa326 ай бұрын
You may already know this but the Christmas special after the second season.
@ericj166
6 ай бұрын
Shhh Rosa ... no spoilers !
@adammclennan26273 ай бұрын
Karl meets Warwick Davis please
@paul1mcgarry6 ай бұрын
14:02 What happened to that guy in the background? 🤔
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Dawn was sad because she admired Tim for chasing his dreams and deciding to get out of Wernham Hogg. When Tim said he was staying for an extra £500 a year and then started talking just like Brent (“vis a vie”) she was disappointed in him for giving up so easily.
Fun fact - the cleaner who steps out and stares at the camera is Stephen Merchant's dad.
The Office is a comedy masquerading as a fly on the wall documentary series, hence why they’re always glancing at the camera and sometimes talking to an unseen person as if being interviewed. In the late 90s early 00s these types of documentaries following ‘real’ people in workplaces was very popular in the U.K.
This is quintessential British comedy. The only American comedy show that I could compare it to is Curb Your Enthusiasm, in that it makes me laugh and cringe at the same time.
Tim didn’t want to leave Wernham Hogg because of Dawn, he was fed up of wasting his life in a job he didn’t like. He embarrassed himself asking her out after he’d already said he was going to quit. Also, I didn’t see it as them almost going to kiss at the party; for one thing, Lee, her fiancé was there. I take their closeness to mean that they are so comfortable around each other and, as others have pointed out, Dawn was disappointed in Tim’s change of attitude. All that said, I’m enjoying these reactions and am looking forward to Series 2 🙂
The office uk is a masterpiece. Multi layered with depth of character. The art is in the subtlety.
Fun fact..the bloke getting fired is Neil fitzmaurice from Peter kays phoenix nights
It's been alluded to but it's very subtle I suppose, Dawn is sad because Tim has become just like Brent and the upper management they all joke about
I studied psychology. There is a diverse range of jobs in this field. I was aiming for working in the NHS with victims of assult and PTSD - but another area that interested me was geographical. Psychologists can advise on city planning - believe it or not areas with certain lay outs have a lower crime rate than others. Its interesting stuff.
I do enjoy watching your reactions to The Office and how you make sense of it. Your take on it shows up very well the differences between what I'd call typically British humour and typically American humour. As you picked up on, the first thing to understand about the office is that it is a spoof of a type of reality show. Over here, back in the 1990s and early 2000s, there were a lot of reality programmes showing people in the work place. Ricky saw these and realised the potential for comedy. The David Brent character sees the fact that a documentary is being made about his office as a means to becoming famous. That's why he plays up to the cameras so much and tries to make himself look good, but he just comes over as a bit sad and pathetic. Pathos is often an element of British humour; it goes back at least as far as Shakespeare and his Tragicomedies. It's not something you see too much in US comedies in my experience. Our British comedies are often downbeat and negative, with characters that can be seen as "losers", but who are trying to make the best of life despite the difficulties. Key to it is to be able to laugh, no matter how bleak things are. I'm sure that for us over here, that ability to laugh when things have been at their worst partly comes from WWII, when many of us were attacked on a nightly basis. If we hadn't have laughed, we might have given up. As for Dawn and Tim, the relationship is something that many office workers will recognise (I've been there myself, many decades ago now). I think Tim does genuinely want to move on and do something to better himself (psychology is considered a science, although not one of what are known as the hard sciences ... physics, chemistry, biology) and Dawn likes that, because she is also ambitious. Her face at the end of this episode shows that she is disappointed that Tim isn't going to follow his dream and escape the mundane life he is leading. You'll notice that Tim, at the end, is talking like David Brent. I won't spoil the episodes to come by saying more. Keep up the great videos.
Dawn was sad when Tim told her he wasn't leaving because she wanted him to break free of the rut like he said he wanted to, and imagined maybe joining him in breaking away from their current lives... instead he's taken the easier route of staying in the rut but on a higher salary.
Ray Von
@Smokey2Mc
6 ай бұрын
I get it bro 😂
You may already know this but the Christmas special after the second season.
@ericj166
6 ай бұрын
Shhh Rosa ... no spoilers !
Karl meets Warwick Davis please
14:02 What happened to that guy in the background? 🤔