The Office (UK) Season 2, Episode 2 'Appraisals' David Brent gives Oliver the drum on his favourite actors. Oliver is grateful to have such an open-minded & progressive boss.
As I recall, the original meaning of 'woke' was something along the lines of 'being hyper-alert to social injustice'. Brent's behaviour in this clip doesn't really fit that at all. Similar to 'SJW', 'virtue-signalling' and other culture-war terms, its meaning these days seems to be little more than 'anything a right-winger doesn't like'.
To be fair I think IS a classic example of "virtue signaling"- someone who wants all the credit of looking progressive and "woke" but isn't willing to actually put the effort in so just namedrops famous black people. Brent wants all the credit for not being racist but he's not willing to stop telling racist jokes about black men's cocks.
Brent here is actually the classic Liberal we see today. Pretending to be something he's not to look inclusive and politically correct and like he's an 'ally' to them when in reality he's not. I've met plenty of people who are all "black lives matter" but in reality they usually actually a little bit racist (whether consciously or subconsciously) and actually think minorities are beneath them and hence why they need a helping hand in life so they tend to over compensate and change their behaviour around them, which always comes off as condescending like it does here.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I think proctologists can treat soy related butthurt, you should definitely see one. ps You forgot to mention Donald Trump. Simp.
By "right winger" , you mean anyone who isn't brainwashed and has a basic understanding of reality. This is woke, clearly. He is being overly mawkish to seem " a good person" and is llessebtially disregarding reality to make a " minority" feel good and himself. It does nothing to solve / dissect / identify real problems that there are in the world. Hence, this is ultra woke.
@@petelovatt8357 Find me a clip of Brent crying about the treatment of Native Americans or waffling about workers seizing the means of production and you might just convince me. In the meantime, I suggest you look at the joke he tells in series 2 episode 1, or the fact that he trades adult videos with the warehouse lads in series 1. Pretty un-woke behaviour if you ask me. Peace
@@MosesDeLaRoses 1. He wrote a song called Native American addressing that very topic lol 2. I don’t think I can recall him directly referencing Socialism although he’s keen to let everyone know about his charity work. He’s more Jesus than Marx. 3. Adult videos? Haha. What next? Justin Trudeau does blkface? Genk Uygur wrote a blog when he was 34 about all the women he’d liked to tap? Genk’s communist nephew buys a $3.5m house? David Baddiel mocks the gypsies? Hypocrisy is a hallmark of being woke, my friend.
@@petelovatt8357 1. I stand corrected 2. That's charity. Charity is voluntary, socialism isn't. 3. A man who was truly in the grip of wokeness wouldn't make the cock joke in the first place.
Oliver's face at the very end when he turns back to his computer lol
My favourite actor of all time is Samuel L Jackson. He was brilliant in The Matrix.
You could be up her like a rat up a drainpipe.
No, it was Jamie Foxx in the matrix
Have you seen the interview where someone actually made that mistake?
Thats Morgan Freeman u racist
@@rw2266I don’t know if your being serious 😂
RIP Mr Sidney Poitier
This was going on long before The Office came out. It expanded since then to all the Media.
These days you have to say this, it’s the law.
It’s the “alright?” Attempting to clarify that he isnt racist. Comedy genius
Yep he can't be racist, his favourite actor is a black man. Case closed 😂
Neither is he a sexist, remember his view on Dolly Parton
@@mayaq8324 she’s just a big pair of tits.
😂😂😂
"alright?" is him attempting to clarify that he comes from England
Recalled this scene when news of Mr Portiers death dropped. RIP
Little glance at the end
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Me too
Mister 😂🤣
Soo funny
This is genuinely so cringeworthy I have trouble watching it. Jesus did they perfectly capture how a lot of people actually act.
This isn't my favourite office scene...
Do you not know who Eric Hitchmough is?
I don't agree with that in the weerk plaayce
“If you want the rainbow you’ll have to put up with the rain” - Dolly Parton
I prefer a flan.
@@mayaq8324And people say she’s just a big pair of Bristol’s
“And my hero is Rosa Banks ….”
As I recall, the original meaning of 'woke' was something along the lines of 'being hyper-alert to social injustice'. Brent's behaviour in this clip doesn't really fit that at all.
Similar to 'SJW', 'virtue-signalling' and other culture-war terms, its meaning these days seems to be little more than 'anything a right-winger doesn't like'.
To be fair I think IS a classic example of "virtue signaling"- someone who wants all the credit of looking progressive and "woke" but isn't willing to actually put the effort in so just namedrops famous black people. Brent wants all the credit for not being racist but he's not willing to stop telling racist jokes about black men's cocks.
Brent here is actually the classic Liberal we see today. Pretending to be something he's not to look inclusive and politically correct and like he's an 'ally' to them when in reality he's not. I've met plenty of people who are all "black lives matter" but in reality they usually actually a little bit racist (whether consciously or subconsciously) and actually think minorities are beneath them and hence why they need a helping hand in life so they tend to over compensate and change their behaviour around them, which always comes off as condescending like it does here.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I think proctologists can treat soy related butthurt, you should definitely see one.
ps You forgot to mention Donald Trump. Simp.
By "right winger" , you mean anyone who isn't brainwashed and has a basic understanding of reality. This is woke, clearly. He is being overly mawkish to seem " a good person" and is llessebtially disregarding reality to make a " minority" feel good and himself. It does nothing to solve / dissect / identify real problems that there are in the world. Hence, this is ultra woke.
I think there are plenty of people who call themselves 'woke' who just do it for social approval rather than because they are actually moral.
Not quite sure this qualifies as 'woke'. This is just a guy trying to curry favour in the workplace by any means
He was definitely woke. The archetypal Leftist to Partridge’s archetypal Tory.
@@petelovatt8357 Find me a clip of Brent crying about the treatment of Native Americans or waffling about workers seizing the means of production and you might just convince me. In the meantime, I suggest you look at the joke he tells in series 2 episode 1, or the fact that he trades adult videos with the warehouse lads in series 1. Pretty un-woke behaviour if you ask me. Peace
@@MosesDeLaRoses 1. He wrote a song called Native American addressing that very topic lol
2. I don’t think I can recall him directly referencing Socialism although he’s keen to let everyone know about his charity work. He’s more Jesus than Marx.
3. Adult videos? Haha. What next? Justin Trudeau does blkface? Genk Uygur wrote a blog when he was 34 about all the women he’d liked to tap? Genk’s communist nephew buys a $3.5m house? David Baddiel mocks the gypsies?
Hypocrisy is a hallmark of being woke, my friend.
@@petelovatt8357 1. I stand corrected 2. That's charity. Charity is voluntary, socialism isn't. 3. A man who was truly in the grip of wokeness wouldn't make the cock joke in the first place.
@@petelovatt8357 spot on with the last line. I'd add being completely oblivious to their hypocrisy too.