Re: News: Info on "The [Americanized] Office"

Chris wrote:

> Thought you might be interested in some news we at FilmJerk.com
> reported tonight, on the American-ized version of "The Office."
>
> As we wrote on the site: "On Friday morning, it was announced that NBC
> had shut down further production of it's critically-lambasted and
> low-rated "Coupling." By that afternoon, sources tell FilmJerk.com,
> production was in full swing for the next intended BBC adaptation for
> U.S. audiences, "The Office." According to our sources, a targeted
> February 2 lensing start for the half-hour pilot is in the cards and
> casting documents are now out to agents for the series' lead
> characters."

Brilliant. They take a really funny series and try making a rigid clone
of it, only chopping out the best lines on grounds of "taste", and
employing a brain-dead casting director--and it fails. So from this they
conclude that by starting with a painfully unfunny series, they can
succeed with exactly the same talent pool and, presumably, strategy. Oh,
well, at least in this case there is no possible way it could be worse
than the original.

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Jerry Kohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal."