Rainn Wilson, who is best known for leading one of the most beloved sitcoms, The Office’, recently weighed in on the themes of the show. During one of his latest appearances, the actor admitted that he believes the show never would have worked if it were released in today’s day and age.Read ahead to know more about what he had to share.
Rainn Wilson talks about ‘The Office’ and its reception
While in conversation with Fox News Digital, Wilson opened up about his biggest project to date, ‘The Office.’ While talking about the spinoff series ‘The Paper’ which is currently in its production stages for the second season, the actor shared that if his series was made in today’s and age, people would not react to it in a positive way.He added during the interview that “I do feel like you couldn’t make The Office today. I think that would be too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was. I think there has been a bias in the media, towards more, what we call, liberal policies.”He further shared that he misses that era of his life sometimes. He added, “We milked that for a lot of great, really inappropriate stuff, but even with the fact that painting that character as just an idiot, I don’t think you could get away with it today.”
More about ‘The Office’
‘The Office’ was a popular sitcom that aired from March 24, 2005, and concluded its run on May 16, 2013. The show follows the lives and problems of all of the employees at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company at their Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch.Michael Scott, the regional manager of the space, plays as one of the central characters as all of the employees bond over random things. The theme of the show is set around a documentary crew filming all of the characters at the office and learning more about their lives.‘The Office’ remains as one of the most watched and most loved television shows of all time, and to date, is a popular choice on OTT platforms. Years after the show’s 9 season run came to an end, production houses greenlit a spin-off series titled ‘The Paper.’ The new series centers around the lives of employees at a Midwestern newspaper called the Toledo Truth Teller. The documentary crew shifts its focus to the new office, as the staff members at the newspaper try their level best to revive the dying company before its too late for all of them.
