tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post6375971179282652050..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: The Office: #23 -- "A Benihana Christmas"Kevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-31951100995235015162012-09-28T12:49:01.427-07:002012-09-28T12:49:01.427-07:00You are correct, Jason. And, yes, I love this scre...You are correct, Jason. And, yes, I love this screengrab because of everything that is happening within the frame; it's telling of what we just saw unfold in the episode. You know, after just watching the latest episode last night, it's funny how everything that used to make Dwight funny is now annoyingly awful. He already was a caricature of a kiss ass, and that's what made him so great. His world was the office and his job was to protect everyone within that world (especially Michael, and even his enemies like Jim -- thinking of when he maced Roy -- because when he's at work, that's what he's supposed to do). Work is serious stuff to Dwight (it's why he's such a good salesman when those kinds of character traits mattered to this show), and so to have him be severely bummed by the fact that he can't join Jim's fake committee is perfect because he respects Jim's authority in that situation because it's work related. <br /><br />Also, I'm with ya on "The Alliance." Probably one of only two Season One episodes that I really love. One of my other favorite Dwight gags was when he was looking for the flasher, and he looks at the "artist's sketch" in the mirror. His reaction to that is great, although I'm not sure if he gets that the joke was on him or that he thinks he was the flasher. At that point in the series, it was hard to tell with Dwight. I suppose he kind of became like Michael in regards to my Homer Simpson analogy from my introductory piece: depending on the writer, you never know which version of the character you're going to get. <br /><br />Thanks for the comment, Jason! Also, your comment on THE MASTER was much appreciated. I need some more time to figure out how to respond to it. It probably won't be until Sunday since my brother and I are taking my dad up to the Duck game in Seattle this weekend for his 60th birthday. So, I won't have time to respond on the blog for a couple of days, and right now I'm at work and feeling rushed (and I don't want my response to your comments to feel rushed). Sooooo, I'll get to THE MASTER on Sunday. Thanks again. Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-33359650695792448322012-09-27T14:46:47.906-07:002012-09-27T14:46:47.906-07:00Correct me if I'm wrong, but effectively the f...Correct me if I'm wrong, but effectively the final sound we hear from the party is Dwight's rum-pum-pum-pumming for Angela, as captured in that great shot above (Michael on a call in the background, suggesting the party as a long affair of ups and downs, never stopping). I always loved the sound of his isolated rum-pum-pum-pumming -- there's such commitment to his voice, back when Dwight took all the wrong things too seriously but hadn't entirely exploded into a beat-farming crazy.<br /><br />I'm also fond of the prank. Dwight tossing his phone ranks up there with the best moment of Season 1, when Dwight is revealed giving an interview talking about alliances, having been conned into bleaching his hair. Genius.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.com