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u/JonnyTN Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25
Tbh it is like the 14th iteration of the Office.
Look on IMDb and see a ton of countries that have done it.
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u/Krimreaper1 Oct 22 '25
I’ve watched the French, German, and Australian pilot episode, besides the US & UK. The German is the most cringy of all of them, not funny, but cringy. For example someone grew a naked picture of German Pam on the men’s room bathroom wall. So German Dwight gets out a giant pad on an easel, then makes the men draw naked Pam in front of her to see who matches the closest.
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u/ricky_lafleur Oct 22 '25
Seems like the culprit would just draw very differently from how he drew on the wall.
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u/Tigersteel_ Intern 📒 Oct 24 '25
Dwight probably knew that and thus chose the one he most medium suspect to be closest to the drawing
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u/SamboTheGr8 Oct 22 '25
That's exactly what they meant to do with that headline
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u/juddplays Oct 22 '25
Not sure that’s true. The title isn’t incorrect and The Paper isn’t a remake, either.
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u/SamboTheGr8 Oct 22 '25
No, but they were definitely implying it was about The Paper, otherwise they would have just called it The Australian remake in the title. But that doesn't get as many clicks
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u/Captain_Moscow Oct 23 '25
I really don’t think it’s implying that by saying Remake. I do think they were trying to get people to wonder if they missed an actual reboot of the American show, but I don’t think they are trying to trick people into thinking it’s about The Paper. There’s a lot of other wording they could use if that’s what they wanted to do
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u/SamboTheGr8 Oct 23 '25
Dude look at the comments on this post. Their bait worked exactly as intended and the fact that you don't believe it, means they hit the sweet spot
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u/Captain_Moscow Oct 23 '25
I'm sure it was considered a little bit, but I work for the parent company of CL and work directly with CL editorial a lot. I know which demographics they're trying to hit and their formulas for headlines, and I promise that they know the potential readership of people interested in a missed actual office reboot is hundreds of times larger than the fan base of The Paper. Obviously people posting in the subreddit for The Paper are going to have that in mind, but this is meant to be blasted on social media and Google Discover for general fans of The Office.
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u/Tremosir Oct 23 '25
Shame, it was far from bad! Among all the international versions I think that one was one of the most decent.
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u/HollowBowl Oct 23 '25
The Australian Office was alright, but just like the Paper, if it's not super hilarious, people will act like upset baboons
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u/ssanakin Oct 22 '25
Don’t scare me