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ARTICLE · 28 FEBRUARY 2013

Blogumentary

A discussion on the employment labor implications in mockumentaries.

United StatesEmployment and HR

NBC just seems to know when it's my scheduled turn to blog reactions to The Office. Rather than face my intense scrutiny and the inevitable backlash from all of my loyal followers (i.e., my mom), the network punted, airing a full hour of Parks & Recreation instead. I was a few episodes behind anyway, so at least this gave me the opportunity to catch up.

While I will never have that time back, I was excited to see the Internet pop-up advertisement for the airing of The Office, a 10-year documentary in the making. There are so many mockumentaries out there right now (e.g., Modern Family, Parks & Rec, Sportscenter commercials, etc.) but there are no documentaries shown within those mockumentaries. (What's to stop the next mockumentary from creating a mockumentary of a mockumentary of a documentary? The thoughts I can provoke are just mind blowing, I know). Anyway, I'm thinking there are going to be at least one or two embarrassed Dunder Mifflin employees from the

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