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Sympathy is fine by Yuk Yuk analyst firm 10/05/2011, 2:56pm PDT The problem is that it's Jim and Pam who are set up to be the sympathetic characters you identify with. What is there to be sympathetic about? Both harbor the (conscious and unconscious) notion that they're better than everyone around them and haven't succeeded because of every possible reason other than their attitude and ability. That shouldn't invoke sympathy, that's called being a dick. The most sympathetic character is Michael. He's a child in a position of responsibility and while he's an idiot he honestly believes he's being everyone's friend and just wants to be liked. He's tragically oblivious with warped good intentions which is a lot more than you can say of Jim and Pam. Hence going back to the cause of what went wrong with the show: Michael should be the focus but shlubby viewers sided with the uninteresting soap opera of Jim and Pam being perfect. In that regard it resembles the For Better or For Worse comic strip where you're supposed to accept the characters as perfect but are actually horrible people written by and for broken people.

A visual guide to the decline of The Office by fabio 09/20/2011, 10:00pm PDT     I've never thought The Office was any good at all; I thought it was crap NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 09/21/2011, 12:41pm PDT     The wedding episode should have been the series finale. by Fullofkittens 09/21/2011, 1:03pm PDT         It turned unwatchable long before that by fabio 09/22/2011, 9:13am PDT             Andy is almost as interesting as Michael by Vested Id 09/22/2011, 1:42pm PDT                 Re: Andy is almost as interesting as Michael by fabio 09/22/2011, 2:16pm PDT     QUESTION: despite hating nu-office, do you dutifully watch each episode? by august and everything after 10/01/2011, 11:35am PDT         Hatred by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/01/2011, 2:13pm PDT             i didn't know simmons used to be a good writer by august and everything after 10/01/2011, 3:55pm PDT             naturally you read the parodies of him at ksk by jeep 10/01/2011, 10:22pm PDT         No by fabio 02/17/2012, 5:21pm PST     This is absurd. by talby 10/03/2011, 7:31pm PDT         How much did you cry during the wedding? Tears + tears of laughter. NT by *Jim looks into camera, slight smir 10/04/2011, 12:02am PDT             *gasps in shock* *clasps chest* NT by every fat chick when Jim proposed 10/04/2011, 11:40am PDT         In the end you dislike his disliking, pretty fucking immature. NT by DISLIKE OPTION ON FACEBOOK PLZ 10/04/2011, 2:51am PDT     Seasons 3 and on broke a vital rule to comedy by Yuk Yuk analyst firm 10/04/2011, 12:51pm PDT         That seemed like a sitcom writer joke at times by Fullofkittens 10/04/2011, 1:45pm PDT             There's a reason why romantic comedies are 90 minutes long NT by Instead of 8 fucking seasons 10/04/2011, 2:57pm PDT                 There's also a reason why romantic comedies aren't funny by Always Sunny in Philadelphia 10/06/2011, 2:13pm PDT             Re: That seemed like a sitcom writer joke at times by Yuk Yuk analyst firm 10/04/2011, 7:18pm PDT                 I can only enjoy tv shows if I can look down on every single character by Fullofkittens 10/05/2011, 5:55am PDT                     Sympathy is fine by Yuk Yuk analyst firm 10/05/2011, 2:56pm PDT                         The Office agrees with you more than your idea of The Office does, I think. by Fullofkittens 10/05/2011, 8:12pm PDT                             i think since sometime in season 4 there has only been one "joke" by august and everything after 10/06/2011, 11:34am PDT                             You'd think I'd be funnier if Charlie married the waitress, wouldnt you? NT by Always Sunny in Philadelphia 10/06/2011, 1:58pm PDT                                 I don't have an opinion about that, or about whether the Office would be funnier by Fullofkittens 10/06/2011, 3:50pm PDT         /looks directly at you NT by Jim Halpert 10/04/2011, 1:50pm PDT     pam from the office throws down sick dj set (nsfw) by Fullofkittens 02/17/2012, 1:35pm PST