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The episode I chose to review satire on comes from the series: “The Office(U.S.)” and the episode I used is: “The Surplus” (S5E10). These shows are based around a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania named Dunder Mifflin, and the whole show is basically about a social or political statement with a comedic twist. This comedic twist came from the character Michael Scott played by Steve Carell when Michael receives news that his branch has come in $4300 under on their budget. Michael is given two choices at the beginning of the episode one being- buy a new copier for the office- or – getting everyone new chairs at the office. As time goes on Michael becomes exponentially more stressed as to choose the right one because he fears upsetting …show more content…
David then suggests that Michael return the $4300 in surplus to the company and take the fifteen percent bonus instead. After learning of this news Michael goes out in to the office and announces that no one will be getting anything. This bit of information is followed up by Oscar- the accountant that found the surplus- asking “Michael…Do you know?”. While Michael proceeds to play as if doesn’t know anything Oscar the announces to the office: “Does anyone know what 15 percent of 4300 is?” Michael then immediately retorts with “645 dollars”. After this conversation Oscar realizes that Michael is just going to return the money and get the bonus for himself. I believe the writers of this show were trying to make a social statement on should I spend this money on me and get what I want or should I spend this money on what the team needs but I don’t get what I want. After the team learns of this they pressure Michael to making a quick decision but which he is not ready so he decides that the team should decide themselves. Now comes situational irony when Michael expects the team to never get what they want because they can’t come to an agreement and he will receive the bonus at the end of the

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