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Office Space
The world of Office Space so excellently captured the pitfalls of the cubicle dweller, it has become ingrained in the public consciousness. Ron Livingston (Band of Brothers) plays Peter Gibbons, whose everyday life of droning bosses, unrewarding work and perpetually annoying cubemates became his own personal hell. That is, until Peter cooks up a scheme with a couple of work friends to con the company out of thousands of dollars. When that plan goes awry, it seems that just about anything is possible. To this day Office Space remains a cult favorite with its power to rally audiences together with pure hatred for the “Bob’s” and Bill Lumbergh’s of the world.
The Devil Wears Prada
It wasn’t until the 2006 film, The Devil Wears Prada, that anyone could conceive of the sheer bone-chilling power of the rather unassuming phrase, “That’s all.” This film is an inside look at the cutthroat world of the fashion magazine business as seen through the eyes of idealist, wannabe-reporter, Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway). Where Office Space called to the world of the cubicles, The Devil Wears Prada speaks to the world of the gophers — the coffee-getting, errand-running, coat-hanging assistant. Full of catty witticisms and hilariously undoable tasks, the film is an enjoyable romp through fashion with a fantastic cast.
Visioneers
What happens when your job isn’t just a source of frustration, monotony or stress, but something far more life-threatening — explosion? That’s what’s happening at the Jeffers Corporation in the 2007 movie, Visioneers. Zach Galifianakis stars as George Washington Winsterhammerman, a mid-level employee at the largest company in the world. However, in an epidemic, workers at the Jeffers Corporation are exploding from stress and when George begins to suffer from the first symptom, he worries he’ll be next. This surreal comedy takes the concept of the workplace comedy and flips it on its head creating a world not our own. While many aspects of Visioneers and the imaginary Jeffers company are far out there, it’s still easy to relate to the sense of work as place lacking in creativity and abundant with repetition and bureaucracy.
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