‘The Office’ has become one of those shows that everyone has seen or at least heard of, also known as one of those shows that people “can just not believe you haven’t watched the greatest TV show of all time!!!”. Steve Carell, whose character has a bit of a unique sense of humor, has claimed that should ‘The Office’ air in this age, it would most probably face multiple backlashes. So has our [audience’s] sense of humour changed? Has it become more sensitive? What has changed? When does humour stop being funny and just plain offensive? By this point, it has become apparent that humour is subjective and depends from person to person. But if humour is subjective, how can we draw a line, or how can we say something is not a joke but just plain offensive? Where does the line come in? In the play ‘Waiting for Godot’, some people may find humour in Lucky’s situation or, on a smaller level, the speech he gave. However, some people may find it offensive and slightly insulting to people who...
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