Tag: Office Space
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This Early 2000s Box Office Bomb Feels Weirdly Prophetic Now
Mike Judge is an astute social critic who has shown his ability to induce audience laughter while still making a larger point about his worldview. While Office Space is one of the funniest films ever made, it’s also a hilarious satire of the dehumanizing nature of corporate management and the issues within the American work…
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This Is the Best R-Rated Comedy of the ’90s
The 1990s were a terrific decade for comedies on both a studio and independent level. While indie comedies like Flirting With Disaster and Living in Oblivion would go on to become cult favorites among certain cinephiles, studios were getting more audacious thanks to the comedic prowess of major stars like Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Cameron…
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Mike Judge on Returning to ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ and ‘The Whole Thing About White-Male Mediocrity’
No American storyteller has scrutinized stupidity like Mike Judge. Ever since “Beavis and Butt-Head” launched on MTV in the Clinton era and lasted seven seasons, Judge’s chuckling, puerile teenagers have remained his most iconic creation, even as he widened his oeuvre to tackle many more targets with the likes of “King of the Hill,” “Office…
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Why We Have Portugal. The Man To Thank For The Return Of Beavis And Butthead
Since his breakthrough in the early 1990s, Mike Judge has been responsible for some of the most beloved projects in pop culture history. The man has given the world a multitude of gifts, including the films “Office Space,” “Idiocracy,” and “Extract,” in addition to the series “Silicon Valley,” and “King of the Hill.” However, it’s…