We talked a little in class about the similarities between Twenty Twelve and 30 Rock, considering both are programs detailing what goes into producing something. While watching it, I found more parallels to The Office, mostly because of its style. 30 Rock doesn’t have interview segments or any sort of mockumentary feel, so The Office felt like a more natural comparison to me.<\/p>\n
One clear difference though is the narration and that the interviewer’s voice is heard. The narrator will frequently talk over the dialogue of the characters in Twenty Twelve, which sort of gave me the impression that what the characters have to say isn’t always going to be funny or interesting, whereas nearly every line in The Office seems to be going for some sort of comedic value. For example, in this clip–which actually was very funny–the narrator speaks over Ian Fletcher, signaling that sometimes what he says doesn’t matter:<\/p>\n