It's wonderful, isn't it? Their relationship is real and hard-won and based on respect and acceptance and understanding and all kinds of things which are SO important in love but so hard to make "romantic" onscreen. And damned if they don't manage it beautifully. Great music in that ep, too.
OMG, yes. I can't imagine how much it would have hurt having to watch it in real time, over a couple of years, rooting for Tim and Dawn the whole time.
And I loved it that even David finds a girl by the end, and starts to learn how to not be such a complete wanker all the time. Because that's the real heartbreaking beauty of David Brent -- he's horrible, but you can see that he's not a horrible person (unlike his "friend" Finchy), that deep down there's a good man there, whose just so full of fear and neuroses that you just never know what's going to come out of the poor man's mouth. But when he relaxes and stops trying so hard all the time? He gets a woman who likes him and wants her to call him again.
The show really, really broke me. I was crying and flailing, and just in bliss over such a wonderful TV show. Am now a serious Ricky Gervais fanboy.
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ETA: Hi Zen! I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. Tons of coping~ma to you and your family.
Zenkitty, lots of hugs and ~ma of all kinds to you and your mom and your sister.
Oh, Zenkitty, that's so hard. Hugs and much ~ma.
Kristin, are you around? I need some teacherly advice. I'm on AIM, if you have a few minutes. (I don't really want to talk about this on the board, since it's about a specific student.)
ETA: Actually, nevermind, Kristin. I'm gonna go do some cleaning and be away from the computer. I may e-mail you later.
The show really, really broke me. I was crying and flailing, and just in bliss over such a wonderful TV show.
I saw the S2 finale before I saw any of the rest of it (on a BA flight coming back from London), and I was baffled as to why this show had a reputation for being such a brilliant comedy. It was just so fucking depressing!
And then I saw the whole run in order and it all made sense. Oh UK Office, how are you so awesome?
I like how Carell was able to follow RG's lead, but without creating an American David Brent.ETA: But I haven't watched all of the UK ones yet.
How goth is an abandoned and decaying theater? None more goth!
Check out this gorgeous, still intact detail of the United Artists theater in downtown Detroit.
Thanks, y'all.
Hec, that theater is freakin' gorgeous. They don't build 'em like that anymore!
Hec, that theater is freakin' gorgeous. They don't build 'em like that anymore!
The whole Theater set on Flickr is pretty cool.
