Owing to the collection of essays titled “Conference Room, Conference Room” by Shea Serrano, The Office is seen as a special show. Serrano takes an in-depth analysis of The Office’s episodes while creating theoretical aspects and ethical dilemmas for the readers. The essays’ title itself is referenced to the five minutes staff meetings that were called upon using the phrase; “five minutes, conference room.”
Serrano’s Five Minutes Conference Room is written for an audience with the knowledge of “The Office.” If you are among those who don’t know who Roy is and why you should dislike the character, then The Office is not for you. Consequently, Serrano’s essays are meant for people who spend their nights fixed to show on Netflix and are aware of what is going on and have internal lists and even theories like those Serrano establishes in her collection of essays.
Besides being a Spurs fan and a twitter figure, Shea Serrano is a writer with the ability to summon people about their work through writing. His major published works have been drawing attention because of the focus on movies, although he writes about other things. Like his rap and basketball books, his Conference Room writing is similar and has illustrations and footnotes with fancy constructed sentences.
If you have watched the entire show, you will notice that the most memorable moments of the show are the five minute-meetings in the conference room. Serrano brings your attention to the deeper nuances of the jaw-dropping drama and delves into the situations surrounding the office through her essays to show you that the events in the show are not-so every day.
The title and the collection of the essays help you, as the reader, realize that it is silly and everything else is silly. The review is also silly, as does the show, and that’s what defines greatness.
Serrano does a great job highlighting certain episodes and unique characters throughout the seasons. Take Serrano’s essays as an enthusiastic person explaining the jokes found in the episodes and why they think the jokes are funny. More than often, such explanations are boring and may not captivate you. However, Serrano’s technique and methods like juxtaposition hold your attention and make the explanations captivating.
When watching the film, you wouldn’t be comparing your experience with other significant box office movies like “Ocean’s 8” which involves a women-led diamond heist. But for Serrano, it is easy to establish a connection between other films and The Office show. For instance, he frames the first two seasons’ cast to the heist characters in the “Ocean’s 8.” The expertise shows Serrano’s abilities in showing comparisons in movies.
The collection of essays works best if it helps you as the reader note the nuances surrounding various moments in the show. Serrano does just that! For instance, he focuses specifically on Pam as an individual in his essay, “Pam has an art show,” where the essay delves into touching moments. Although we can take note of the emotional scenes in the show, Serrano’s essays serve as an emphasis on those most touching lines and scenes, which contributes positively to viewership of “The Office” show.
Serrano lives in a world of excessive enthusiasm that sees him doing cross-cultural comparisons of the show and his other work. His devotion to getting into the details of the show makes him a deserving writer whose art should receive the biggest compliment. Through his essays, Serrano shows that the shared obsession motivates people to stay knit together and appreciate new art continuously. Inspiring art doesn’t have to be creating art directly. Giving a perspective and emphasizing the creators’ work is. I believe Serrano’s description and emphasis will help many viewers relate to the scenes and juxtapose some scenes from other major movies to establish a deep understanding of art.
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