The office

The office (UK) is a mockumentary sitcom that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Sloughbranch of the fictitious Wernham Hogg Paper Company. 

The Office is an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005 to May 16, 2013.^[1] It is an adaptation of theBBC series of the same name.

I watch two episodes of each sitcom. Same topic but different perform.

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The significant characteristic for the office copies documentary to produce. 

 1.A director like using following shot in the office.

 2.When to talk about main characters, the director like do the interview with them.

 3. Character always looks like embarrassed.

In American, audiences think that the office (u k )is better than the Office (USA). Because they think the office (USA) try to copy the Office (UK), However, some plots are funny in the UK, but when they happen in the USA, the audience thinks it is not funny.

In China, audiences have a different idea. They think The Office (USA)is better than the Office(UK).because they use a different way to narrate the story. 

The Office (UK)

A character like to use dialogue to make other characters feel embarrassed, For example, they talk about many jokes in the office.  American audiences can understand the information of joke, so they feel funny. However, Chinese audience look this joke; they feel the joke is too boring, and they will think why it is funny.

The Office (USA)

Characters like to talk joke too, but that joke is easy to understand. Because in American, sex and racial discrimination is the popular topic. In the office( USA), characters always talk that topic.

In other aspect,  characters do some actives to make embarrassed.

In fact, in China, audience like watching the american sitcom. Because the story. 

                           audience like watching British sitcom, because the actors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(U.S._TV_series) (Accessed: 18 April 2016).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(UK_TV_series) (Accessed: 18 April 2016).

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