The actor, who portrayed Dwight Schrute in the American version of the comedy series, believes that “The Office” could not be made today because it is politically incorrect.
In a recent interview, Rainn Wilson stated that the sitcom would never be accepted by a television network today because the humor in “The Office” would be considered too inappropriate and prejudiced for the current cultural climate.
“I don’t think it would be possible to make The Office today. I think it would be very difficult to be as politically incorrect as the show was,” the actor told Fox News Digital. “I think there has been a media bias toward more, let’s say, liberal policies.”
For the 60-year-old actor, the show’s humor was indeed inappropriate, especially when it came to his character and the protagonist Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell.
“Even considering that we portrayed those characters as complete idiots, I think it wouldn’t be possible to do that today.”
Even so, more than a decade after its conclusion, the series remains one of the most beloved by audiences. To fill the void left by “The Office”, NBC approved the production of “The Paper”, a sitcom that ranked among the ten most-watched shows during its premiere week last October.
In “The Office”, an adaptation of the British series of the same name, Wilson played Dwight Schrute throughout the show’s nine seasons, which originally aired from 2005 to 2013.
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