Northern Attacking the writers strike  Office fans weigh in, Part 5
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- January
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Catherine Zeta-Jones, in Office parlance, is not the gorgeous actress and wife of Michael Douglas, but rather the love interest of the dangerous Agent Michael Scarn, he of Threat Level: Midnight.
At the NorthernAttack.com Watercooler, she is 22-year-old Los Angeleno Megan, whose long tenure and moderator status make her the closest thing to an authority figure, standing tall between anarchy in the fandom and orderly obsession with the finer details of Dunder-Mifflin.
(Part 5 of many. I – II – III – IV)
10 words or less: Which side do you support in the writers strike and why?
The writers don’t seem like evil bastards.
Presumably you’re watching less TV than usual lately. What are you doing instead?
It’s been really great actually. I’m taking some time for me, spending time with my family…actually that’s a lie. My family is thousands of miles away. I’ve actually been watching the first season of Six Feet Under and I’m finally tackling a David Foster Wallace tome.
Office fans waited two and a half years to see Jim and Pam get together. Two months later, the writers strike threatens to wash the season away. What do you think about that?
Of course, I think it’s incredibly unfair. But I also think that my obsession with Jim and Pam had begun to wane even before the strike, so it’s not quite as devastating as it would have been had the strike occurred in the middle of season two (which was the best season).
Maybe you don’t care about Jim and Pam anymore. If that’s true, what are you missing the most with the show on unscheduled hiatus?
I miss looking forward to Thursday nights and discussing it with my friends the next day. Also, I need new material! My current Dwightisms are wearing thin, I think.
How’d you like the way things were going overall on the show when the strike hit?
I think things were off to a decent beginning, and they had the opportunity to really build some momentum with the middle of the season. I really enjoyed the handling of the blossoming relationship between Jim and Pam- that is, there was no overt drama, and things appeared to be going really well.
Would you rather see the strike end now and have the writers get back to work and put The Office back on for however many episodes they can squeeze in, or would you rather they scrap the season and turn their attention to returning strong in the fall, using the extra time to restore their creative juices?
I know a fellow forum member suggested that the writers use the strike as an opportunity to do a fast forward through time, and start up again with a new direction. The more I think about it, the more I like that idea. It’s something that’s not often done and I think it would be really refreshing.
Bonus round: Fill in the blanks
- This strike sucks. Jeff Zucker should be sentenced to a year of According to Jim/My Two Dads/Blossom reruns for making this happen.
- Andy and Angela make such a great couple. They’re like the Brangelina of the northeast Pennsylvania paper distribution industry.
- I still can’t believe Michael followed his GPS into a lake. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve seen on TV since Marissa starting dating Johnny on The OC.
- Jan looked so much better this season, especially with her new chesticles and seeing her with Michael’s check card.
- The strike has been particularly rough on my Office obsession. In fact, the strangest thing I’ve done since the hiatus began was contemplate watching The Baby Borrowers.
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