By Travis Yates/Feb. 23, 2022 12:56 pm EST
Over the years, it’s become clear that audiences feel a deep connection to “Office Space” and its material. From the refusal by Joanna (Jennifer Aniston) to wear the required number of pieces of flair at Chachki’s to the cathartic beatdown of the company printer by Peter (Ron Livingston) and friends, audiences bonded with the characters and related to their experiences.
The studio didn’t like much of anything
In an interview with The AV Club, Judge pointed out that the backgrounds of most movie execs and filmmakers are very different from the everyday person. Judge said:
“It kind of hit me at some point during the process that most people in the film business — not just the executives, the people who make them, too — tend to come from pretty upper-class backgrounds. If they go work a job, it’s to have that experience, that sort of thing. After they graduate college, they have time to go visit Europe and take some time off and get their heads together.”
‘OK, this is it, and it’s not going to get any better’
The beauty of “Office Space” is how it captured the mundane, day-to-day life of the modern American office worker. The film was a precursor to NBC’s “The Office,” the immensely popular workplace mockumentary sitcom that ran for nine seasons. Series creator Greg Daniels (a collaborator with Mike Judge on “King of the Hill”) also had to fight to get the sitcom made. If studio execs would finally realize that audiences continue to be fascinated by comedic takes on office life, that’d be greaaaat. If they don’t, maybe they should be the ones meeting with the Bobs.
