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Rainn Wilson Calls Parts of The Office 'Offensive,' Says NBC Missed on Dwight Spinoff

His remarks arrive alongside Peacock’s new franchise entry The Paper.

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Oscar Nunez as Oscar Martinez, Brian Baumgartner as Kevin Malone, Leslie David Baker as Stanley Hudson, Ed Helms as Andy Bernard, Steve Carell as Michael Scott, Mindy Kaling as Kelly Kapoor, Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Lapin, Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton, and Angela Kinsey as Angela Martin

Overview

  • On The Last Laugh podcast, Wilson said moments like the Season 3 episode A Benihana Christmas are "jaw-droppingly" offensive by today’s standards.
  • He characterized the series as centered on "clueless, insensitive, racist, sexist people" and said a modern version would need to be very different.
  • Wilson revisited The Farm, a Dwight Schrute spinoff seeded with a Season 9 backdoor pilot, noting NBC declined to take it to series.
  • Citing a leadership shift at NBC, he argued the network "never really got" the show at the time and claimed The Farm could have meant "another billion dollars" for NBC.
  • The Office universe has reactivated on streaming with The Paper, which premiered Sept. 4 on Peacock and follows a new workplace via the same documentary crew.