If you read technologicfans and love TV series, you have found your new love, which will keep you company for the next few days. We are talking about The IT Crowd, British comedy (deeply British we would dare to say) that focuses on the world of technology. However, let's not talk about the follies of startups and big companies, such as those told in Silicon Valley or those of the gaming on which it focuses Mythic Quest. No, in this case the technology is that of every day, of a normal company and the difficulty of relationships between those who are too experienced and those who have no idea how to turn on a PC.
The IT Crowd, what is it about?
At the heart of this show we find three characters. The first is Jen, a woman desperate for a job, a necessity that leads her to shamelessly lie about her resume, declaring herself a technology expert. Right from the interview, the first scene we witness, we realize that he absolutely does not have these skills. The problem is that not even the boss of the company Denholm Reynholm he has no idea how this world works. For this reason, he is impressed by Jen's vaunted skills and places her at the head of the IT department.
So the woman finds herself directing the section, positioned in a sad and gloomy basement. Here he finds his two colleagues Roy e Moss, two young computer experts, bored by the requests of the various employees of the company. The two carry out their work in a listless manner, so much so that one of the catchphrases of the series is “Hello, IT, have you tried to turn it off and on again?“. A phrase that computer scientists around the world they will know well.
This is the idea that gives rise to countless comic sequences that showcase the best of British comedy. In the episodes he will often make fun of the differences between Jen and her two colleagues (and slowly friends), with one double perspective. On the one hand there is the total incompetence of the former in everything that is computer science. On the other hand, there is the difficulty of the two computer scientists to relate to the outside world, between shyness and immaturity.
On all this other elements are grafted, ranging fromexaggeration (especially when Douglas Reynholm enters the scene) al completo nonsense. Bizarre situations that give The IT Crowd an exceptionally comic boost. Because let's be clear: beyond any reflection that may arise on the relationship between the common man and technology or on the inadequacy of some departments of companies in this regard, current even 10 years after the conclusion of the series, this show does most of all laugh and lots of it.
The ideal English comedy
The IT Crowd è uno show deeply british, with all that that entails. Starting with a perfect length, which exploits the full potential of the project without going too long. The whole show consists of twenty-four episodes (practically a normal season of an American comedy) to which is added a double final episode that somehow pull all the threads of the weft, including references to what has been seen over the course of the four seasons.
It is the classic product that you can consume in a weekend or so, diving fully into the vicissitudes of Reynholm Industries. You will then discover characters who, despite being rather caricatured and simple in their characteristics, remain convincing. In the end it is the formula that always works in the so-called office comedy, from The Office to Camera Cafè. Although placed under a magnifying glass, they offer all the elements to say: "Hey, this is Perozzi of the Administration, the same".
It is also worth remembering how much this series shows them exceptional comic skills of British writing. Dancing on the thread of nonsense and misunderstanding, in each episode the different narrative lines fit together, creating explosive situations. The result is a show that, beyond the rare jokes about the computer world, will offer big laughs to anyone.
You could spend hours listing sequences that have become iconic, also available for those who have not yet immersed themselves in the vision of the show. How can we forget, for example, the anti-piracy advertising that Roy and Moss find themselves watching? Or the announcement of the new UK emergency telephone number? Or the reaction Moss has to a fire in the office? Take these clips as brief samples of what's to come, if you still need some convincing.
The IT Crowd, laughter between IT and social life
In short, this show will know without a doubt conquer all types of enthusiasts. It is one of those pearls that, despite not having had an overwhelming success like other shows, has the right to be considered a pillar of the world of modern seriality. A sequence of episodes, one more accurate than the other, which entertain every vision and which will offer countless possibilities for quotations in everyday life, almost like a language that can only be understood by enthusiasts. You can't miss it.
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