Novak and directed by ken kwapis, it first aired in the united states on march 29, 2005, on nbc. Finally, we have the king of the cringe, diversity day. This american remake of ricky gervaiss hit bbc sitcom stars steve carell as michael scott, the deluded manager of a. I thought the episode was pretty solid and interesting until this point. Of course, the result is a rolling snowball of worse and more racially insulting than ever. John krasinski reveals his favorite the office episode. What episodes of the the office are family friendly. The office and microaggression we live in a televised. Michael tries to spare the staff by keeping news of possible downsizing a secret, which only makes them more anxious when they find out anyway. Uh, at diversity today, we believe it is very easy to be a hero. This 2006 emmy winner for outstanding comedy series made stars out of steve carell, ed helms and more. Read more about diversity day in jennas tv guide blog from the july 1016, 2006 issue of tv guide. Diversity day season 1, episode 2 comedy despite creating the need for a diversity seminar, michael feels hes the best candidate to run one, which he does after the facilitator leaves. The episode titled diversity day can be used to describe a day in the office.
Michael has set up a game between the office staff and the warehouse staff that will take place at lunchtime. An oral history of diversity day, a defining episode of. This week jenna and angela tackle episode two of the office. With steve carell, rainn wilson, john krasinski, jenna fischer. Created as an adaptation by greg daniels of the british series of the same name, it is a mockumentary that follows the daytoday lives of the employees of the scranton, pennsylvania branch of dunder mifflin, a fictional paper supply company. Today is diversity day and someones going to come in and talk to us. Excuse me, im sorry, but thats not all it takes to be a hero. Michaels off color remark puts a sensitivity trainer in the office for a presentation, which prompts michael to create his own. List of the office american tv series episodes wikipedia. The fatal flaw of this episode though it couldve been a proviso in the licensing agreement signed by gervais and merchantinvolves. In one episode in particular titled sexual harassment season 2 episode 2, it becomes incredibly clear that the stereotypes are conveyed through a character named todd packer. As the diversity day training continues, michael feels that he could do a better job at training the office than mr. Brown guest star larry wilmore, arrives to teach a seminar on racial tolerance and diversity in the workplace, michael impli.
I pledge to bring my best spirit of honesty, empathy, respect, and openmindedness. The hilarious episode about sensitivity training was partly inspired by a sexual harassment seminar the cast and production staff was required to go through once nbc hired them for the show. Michaels offensive behavior prompts the company to. Season 1 season 4 season 2 season 9 season 3 season 8 season 6 season 7 season 5. Today is diversity day and someones going to come in and talk to us about diversity. Michael interrupts his session and wont sign a form to indicate he completed the training. Michael explains in his talking head that its diversity day and that a guest speaker is at dunder mifflin scranton to talk about diversity in the workplace. When the boss quotes verbatim and with what he considers to be the perfect accent a raciallycharged comedy routine, a diversity trainer is sent to the office to help deal with any fallout. In one of the most popular tv shows, the office, gender roles and gender stereotypes are visibly displayed throughout the series. This office, i think this is very advanced in terms of racial awareness and its. The episode of the office where they celebrate diversity day is hysterical, mavrelis said, and shows how difficult it is to discuss diversity when people dont know what they dont know. It originally aired on march 29, 2005, and was viewed by 6 million people.
Personally my favorite that is family friendly is the one called safety training michael pretends hes depressed to show derrel and the other warehouse workers that working in an office. The office is one of the best tv redemption stories of the last decade. The series ran on nbc in the united states from march 24, 2005 to may 16, 20. Michaels off color remark puts a sensitivity trainer in the office for a. Diversity day is the second episode of the first season of the office and the 2nd episode overall. Michael is in charge of teaching the employees about workplace diversity. Based on the awardwinning bbc hit, the office is a flyonthewall docureality parody of modern american office life that delves into the lives of the workers at dunder mifflin, a paper. This is the office s1 e2 diversity day by niall louth on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Brown comes into the office to lead the seminar, but michael.
In the episode, due to a racially insensitive reenactment of a chris rock impersonation by the boss, michael, the office must undergo a racial diversity seminar. He comes up with a game that involves placing index cards on one anothers forehead. A consultant arrives to teach the staff about tolerance and diversity but michael insists on imparting his own knowledge. This is a clip from the office, season one episode two entitled diversity day. The office diversity day episode highlight youtube. The office is an american television sitcom broadcast on nbc. I can only picture michaels incest speech and watching dwight spell it out. The show starts out being very funny and none of the episodes disappoint. The episode guest stars office consulting producer larry wilmore as mr. Cast and crew of nbcs the office reflect on the shows second episode, diversity day, on the 10th anniversary of the series debut. Watch the office season 1 episode 2 online tv fanatic. Office ladies episode 2 diversity day official discussion.
They cover michael scotts cringeworthy jokes, their own harassment training as actors, and how offices all over the country use clips from diversity day as examples of bad office behavior. This office, i think this is very advanced in terms of racial awareness and its probably more advanced than youre used to. In the episode, we learn that corporate has sent over a speaker to hold a meeting regarding diversity. Diversity day season 1, episode 2 finally, we have the king of the cringe, diversity day. Mr brown of diversity today comes to lead some diversity training.
Krasinskis conversation with colbert wasnt the first time this week the two joked on stage. Meanwhile, jim struggles to keep hold of a lucrative contract extension. The office stars jenna fischer and angela kinsey chatted about the diversity day episode on their podcast, office ladies. It turns out that michael was the only employee who was required to complete the training after performing a chris rock monologue.
Diversity day was the first office episode fully written by b. Michael takes matters into his own hands after a seminar on racial tolerance and diversity in the workplace. The office diversity day tv episode 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Diversity day is the second episode of the first season of the american comedy television series the office. The office diversity day tv episode 2005 full cast. On the second episode of jenna fischer and angela kinseys office ladies podcast, the two former costars dished on one of the most cringeworthy episodes of the show, diversity day.
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