Rainn Wilson says that the office was “extravagant” offensive sometimes and the NBC has lost the Dwight spin-off series

Rainn Wilson It is opening up on the inheritance of The officeBoth the good and the controversial. During an apparition on the latest podcast of the laugh, the actor reflected on how some episodes pushed the boundaries in ways that would have made the show impossible to recreate today.

He also revealed that the NBC decision to transmit his spin -Off by Dwight Schrute, The farmIt cost the net what he believes could have been an opportunity for billions of dollars.

“Listen to you know, the Christmas episode of Assohana in which Michael and Andy draw with a Sharpie on one of the Asian women who brought back to the Christmas party is a jaw that fell horrible.

“And it’s a complicated conversation, you know? They are in the dark and in their life in the dark are racist and insensitive, and they always say the wrong thing. And this is Michael, Dwight and Andy – and Kevin for that matter.

“So it is a show based on people in the dark, insensitive, racist and sexist who reflect the United States in many ways.”

The actor explained that this advantage was part of what made the series so memorable, but also recognized the limits of what could work now.

“You want to encourage him, because it is fun to death and even a little skewers a particular American sensitivity. But surely it goes far enough if he carries out in depth. It could happen today? I think it should be very, very different if it had been made in this environment.”

While The office He found a new life with the recent Spin -Off of Peacock PaperWilson reminded fans that there was almost another series that expanded the universe years ago. His character Dwight is almost titled The farmA spin -Off planned that even had a backdoor pilot during the last season. The NBC transmitted it, a move that Wilson thinks is a big mistake.

“NBC at that time had a new regime that came and wanted to make large, bright, flashy and splashes that were multi -am and returned as friends.

“And at the time they were not interested in the spin -Off at the office at all. If they had taken the farm, they would probably have had another billion dollars in the bank. Even now, all the people who saw the office 20 times, will look at the farm at least once or twice. It would have been as good as the office? No. There is not even closure.

“Would it have been good? Would it have been solid? It would have been a good solid comedy? Yes, it would have done it, and we would have done really interesting things. And I think they really lost.”

Wilson also noticed how the NBC was unable to fully achieve the value of The office Until a long time after its original race.

“But the history of the office in NBC is, they never had the show. Honestly, they were like five years after the show was over, when suddenly it started to be looked at in billions of minutes on Netflix, that the NBC was like, wait a minute, this is a kind of cash cow. This is really a really good show and has some legs.”

With Paper Now in streaming and fans still claim to infinity The officeWilson’s words hit hard. The NBC may have hit the gold once, but according to him, they left even more treasures buried by Dwight’s spin -off.