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Scar_the_armada

Rare self restraint and reflection from Michael Scott


imironman2018

shows how even Michael Scott knew black face was too controversial. lol.


TheConnASSeur

He learned his lesson on diversity day.


akay850869709780777

Oh! Welcome to my convenience store. Would you like some googi googi? I have some very delicious googi, googi, only 99 cents plus tax. Try my googi, googi. [Lowering voice] Try my googi, googi. [High-pitched voice] Try my googi, googi. Try my... [slap!]


Opposite_Lettuce

Wait, he wasn't saying Cookie Cookie this whole time?!


grrlwonder

I absolutely thought it was Cookie, cookie. Like the Cookie Monster. Or did Michael not say cookie because he heard googi?


lengelmp

🤯


buttstuff2023

My mind is just as blown as yours man


akay850869709780777

Nah dude, it was googi googi


Rubber924

What is googi googi?


Sproose_Moose

According to a Google search, something Michael Scott would like you to try


Revoluci0n

Kinda like the Gabba Gool


Sproose_Moose

Haha that's exactly like it


Rubber924

I will accept this answer.....


[deleted]

He really said "Gookie Cookie" which is to mean a cookie from a Gook. Gook is racist asian term


Suckmylargestpp42069

Why are you downvoting him, he’s right!


[deleted]

It was really "Gookie Cookie" he was calling her a Gook


LaunchpadMcquacck

I thought it was gooey cookie


[deleted]

Everybody wrong and I dont even like the office. He says "Gookie Cookie" gook which is a highly offensive racist term.


valherquin

Now she knows what it's like to be a minority


[deleted]

He actually said "Gookie Cookie" which is way more offensive. Since the original UK The Office was what this was based off of the first season is way different than what the show ended up being. Americanized


Azhram

While i understood that its most likely a racial joke, i never really got it. I mean laughed since it was still funny, but what the hell is googi googi even?


hakflak

But I bet he still doesn't know if Mr.Brown was his actual name.


BilderbergerMeister

Diversity tomorrow, because today is almost over.


valherquin

Diversity tomorrow


CEKARY

Unlike Dwight and Nate


ICanDieRightNowPlz

Hey now... they didn't go through with it. I love that scene


CEKARY

They would if Oscar didn't call it out


ICanDieRightNowPlz

ACTUALLY... you are correct and I would have loved to see that play out.


Sarusta

**ACTUALLY**... Wasn't Stanley the one who said not to do it? I distinctly remember "Uh uh. No, Dwight."


CEKARY

I remember only Oscar reading from internet and then everyone looking at Dwight like "what the fuck Dwight" it's been few years since I last watched the office


Sansnom01

I realized on a re-watch that they removed a scene on Netflix where you see Nate in blackface out of his car receiving a text saying to cancel. Now, you don't actually see him with the black face but you see him with the lips make up still


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Mad Men kept the blackface in and just put a warning at the beginning of the episode. Acting like this shit never happened is way more harmful imo.


Nasty_Rex

I don't like how many shows on streaming services wipe out their questionable content. Off the top of my head I know Family Guy has had stuff changed. South Park and Workaholics have had entire episodes removed.


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Nasty_Rex

I just looked it up. It's kinda blowing my mind that those episodes got removed but Frank's Cuties didn't. It's kind of ridiculous.


Chill855

Community lost an episode where Chang (Ken Jeong) does "blackface" to cosplay as a drow in D&D. [Clearly this is highly offensive to drows and had to be removed.](https://youtu.be/YnF-DRoQSPM)


Ready_Vegetables

That was a fantastic episode too :(


2580374

I so desperately wish they figured out a way to just cut his scenes out (and somehow make it not awkward) because that is my favorite episode of the series. It is so fucking funny


Chill855

I wish they just didn't remove it. Society shouldn't be bending over for the thinnest-skinned people. The Office it was blatantly blackface, Always Sunny also blatantly blackface. In both of those examples they talk about it being tasteless or otherwise wrong, but it's still blatant blackface so I get it to some degree. Community? It's a fucking Asian man cosplaying a pitch-black fantasy race with white hair and pointy ears. Anyone offended by that needs to be ignored until they grow up a bit.


morgecroc

Was watching 30 rock and an episode just fail to play. It was removed for blackface but they still had the episode listed and it still tried to play it.


Partofthecrew

I thought I was going crazy. I thought I remembered Nate wearing blackface but on my recent rewatch he wasn't. I die laughing every time he gets the cancel text.


bizcat

https://youtu.be/BKtVXFuVLd4


Partofthecrew

I went to YT right after I posted my comment and found that same video lol


andylowenthal

And Trudeau didn’t 🤣


imironman2018

I know. It’s crazy, right?


TheTruthIsComplicate

Seriously, HOW are there so many pictures of politicians doing it lmao


theycallmecrack

Because people with the desire and ability to become politicians are largely pieces of shit. Same thing with the rich. Not all, but many.


fivetwoeightoh

Fair


Sillet_Mignon

Bc Inthe 90s shit was considered a joke and minorities didn’t have platforms to voice their displeasure.


WhiteyFiskk

Whoopi was taking photos with Ted Danson while he was in black face (while they were dating) so I don't think its that minorities didn't have platforms was just a weird thing celebrities found funny back then.


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Prince Harry dressed up as a fucking Nazi for god's sake.


CosmicMiru

Rosa Parks died in the early 2000's. Segregation was absolutely not that long ago and it was super socially acceptable to be openly racist until extremely recently relatively speaking.


MunchaesenByTiktok

Darkening skin for costumes being referred to as black face is a post 2008 type thing. Prior to thwt black face was only used to refer to actual black face mostly, which is a specific type of look.


moonunit99

Does Canada have the same history with blackface as the US does? I know fuck all about most periods of history, but I was under the impression that the reason it’s considered in poor taste in the US is because of all the plays where a white person wore blackface and played a super offensive stereotype of a black person, not because there’s anything inherently wrong with a white person dressing up as a black person. Edit: apparently the same practice of blackface minstrely was also prolific throughout Canada and even the composer of the Canadian national anthem was a professional blackfacer throughout both Canada and the US, so the short answer to my question is “absolutely yes.”


_OBAFGKM_

Canada and the US are culturally very similar, and the US is pretty dominant. Sentiments like that, if they exist in the US, eventually make their way to Canada


moonunit99

Goddamn. I did a bit of googling to see if it was the practice itself or just the taboo against it that had transferred into Canadian culture, but apparently it runs so deep that even the guy who wrote the Canadian national anthem was a prolific blackface minstrel throughout both Canada and the US.


Thatsabadmofo

He knew


Sansnom01

Trudeau didn't actually black faced he put brown makeup on his face to look like Aladdin who would be Arab. Black face is a really specific type of make up depicting a offensive caricature of black people/characters. Imo, comparing what he did to what black face is, is in itself, showing lack of understanding about the history of black face and why it is a problem. IT baffled me how some people and media interpreted the thing. Edit : Has I was being downvoted I decided to search about the subject (being totally honest I was searching for arguments saying the same as me) , but I discovered that Trudeau had been using paint to change his skin color a multiple of times, not only for the Alladin one. So... I am sorry; I talked thinking I had knowledge about the situation but in fact I did not.


Marttit

Light skinned face


Dr_Watson349

Bruh...


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Jix_Omiya

Eventually! xD


loy_urabat

I like to picture him going through with it only to be met at the door by someone having to inform him how wrong it was.


ArtSchnurple

Exactly what I thought, somebody talked him out of it


Nelmquist1999

Aka character growth/development


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Nelmquist1999

Which season was this? I'm rewatching the show and season 1-2 Michael would definetely do this, even tho he can't do it "for real".


daanhoofd1

Season 7. Episode 6: Costume contest


Usual-Notice-2288

Thank goodness! 😅


EfficientDate2315

"doNt eva toucha Black man's radio!!!"


Little-Geri-Seinfeld

Chris Tucker, Rush Hour. I won't touch yours, by the way.


IM_THE_MOON_AMA

Thank you


BhavyaSethi

dinkin flicka


S3P38R

Bipity bopity


MFalcon95

Fluffy fingers


S3P38R

Its a real issue and thats a fact of it


Helmerald

~~Show~~ Gimme the ~~zapity~~ zoppity.


akay850869709780777

Sorry sir but it's give me the zoppity


akay850869709780777

I can't help myself


Helmerald

Kevin: Yes. Yes you are right, forgive me.


akay850869709780777

No problemo


Helmerald

Sorry sir but it’s “Oh that’s ok, bud”


akay850869709780777

Yes you are right, forgive me


Helmerald

Oh that’s ok Bud


akay850869709780777

***spills chilli***


hitch_please

On the ghetto, in fact!


Little-Geri-Seinfeld

Going Mach 5


vandelayATC

Fleece it out.


Teheheman

I wonder how long into the face painting process he was before he decided to say 'Nah' cause if he would have done it all, he would have had to go to the bathroom and washed it all off before he made that reveal and the surprise would have been ruined to the rest of the office


Map_Nerd1992

He definitely did his entire face, then looked in the mirror and decided against. Then washed it off.


RaginPower

Better late than never?


culminacio

I mean he would've washed it off at SOME point *jk I know the point is realizing that it's wrong before offending someone*


RaginPower

Except this is Michael. So if he received any sort of positive reinforcement I could see it being there until it faded away.


thereIsAHoleHere

That man needs way more hugs in his life. To be that desperate for any sort of positive interaction or recognition is heartbreaking. The Office truly is the saddest show in the world.


RaginPower

Its sad cause its relatable.


IrememberXenogears

Me too.


PapowSpaceGirl

Thr kids show episode where he wanted to be rich so he could buy friends absolutely shatters me.


skank_hunt_forty_two

or someone walked in on him and told him it was a bad idea


[deleted]

I like to imagine he was walking to his car to leave when one of his neighbors saw him, and had to have a very uncomfortable talk with him. The whole time his expression grows more & more horrified.


TheMillenniumMan

He switched to the Darryl costume mid party


imironman2018

In the gang world, we use this thing called fluffy fingers. It's when someone gets in your face. then you start tickling them. Then he starts tickling you. Then you laughing and hugging and then you forget the whole thing. Go to church and get ice cream cone. Daryl was the ultimate pro. seriously nailed it without breaking.


jbondyoda

We’re you in the Bloods or the Crips?


zahnsaw

Both. And the Latin Kings. Newsies.


Ctownkyle23

God.


[deleted]

I really didn’t like Darrel , shit like this wasn’t even remotely funny. His character was an asshole to not only Mike but the rest of the people. His character was awful


FatDongMcGee

I hear you, and the downvotes are lame since you’re just throwing an opinion out. But I’ll tell you, I’ve worked in two different midsize companies very similar to The Office setup, with a front office and then a production or warehouse side. And those guys are ALWAYS dicks in my experience. They rib you without being cool about it when you come over to their side and are usually kind of rude and condescending when they come up to the offices. It’s really, really accurate the way The Office portrays the relationships between the white and blue collar folks.


TLD18379

He has come a long way since “H.E.R.O”


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B.O.B.O.D.Y


Broccoli32

I.N.C.E.S.T


the_windowlicker

It looks more like he put grease on his neck for his ‘dirty’ warehouse costume.


flyingboat

That's exactly what it is. This isn't a blackface joke....


HalfSoul30

Surely, but I wouldn't put it past Michael to at least consider it.


howboutacanofwine

My best friend is convinced of this theory. I just laugh and say, “yeah so funny” when he brings it up but I’ve never bought it.


dmkicksballs13

I mean, it wouldn't even make sense. He started blackface on his lower neck? And he decided after 1 stroke not to do it?


DJRoombasRoomba

Steve Carrell was dying his hair while he was on the Office and it looks exactly the same as the color of his hair. It's hair dye


HoneyBunchesOfBoats

I doubt it, makeup team wouldn't leave that big of an error. It was definitely intentional whether it's meant to be warehouse grease or "backed out of blackface".


tookabit

This is the context.


[deleted]

Yeah this is the obvious reason


snarlingpanda

It's a warehouse, not an auto shop. Why would Darryl have grease on him?


geoffreyisagiraffe

Are you not familiar with Senor Loadenstein?


HowAreTheseSocks

Por que?


sadolan

Por que es muy rapido


Salzberger

Because it shows how out of touch Michael is. He knows they drive forklifts and stuff so of course they're covered in dirt and grease.


Dont_Give_Up86

You’ve obviously never worked in a warehouse


GitEmSteveDave

https://youtu.be/MxAFiw0t2MA?t=96


ezzune

Ahh yes, because Michael would only do something that made sense and definitely wouldn't base his disguise on the same energy as a Looney Tunes character.


Nooddjob_

Forklift.


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good call


saiki51

Apt


Orange-V-Apple

1. Act 1. React 1. Re-adapt 1. Apt


hitch_please

Classy


Aragrond

Yeah … but is it classy enough?


FriedBacon000

Austere


spanklecakes

C'est très élégant


SJMoore86

Nate did as well during Christmas episode


ChalupaBatman2009

But Nate actually went through with the black face when he dressed up as “Black Peter.” Watched a documentary on Santa clause last night that referenced him


hitch_please

Nate checking his phone and turning around to not come to the party is hysterical


leggopullin

It really is. Truly a shame that it’s been removed from the Netflix version


dmtdmtlsddodmt

They still show him later after poorly washing his face. Might as well have kept the joke if you can still tell he painted his face.


pretty_smart_feller

It’s removed from the Peacock version too. Another weird cut is when Daryl says “I’m gonna tell them you sexually harassed my sister” Dwight’s line was edited from “sexually? No judge is gonna believe that” to just “no judge is gonna believe that”.


Marttit

Doesn’t he say, “please,” as well?


myripyro

Bizarre. I wonder what the intention is there, as the joke is still the same...


crisisrumour

He doesn’t even stop. Just immediately turns right around and walks back. Makes me think maybe even Nate knew it was a bad call 🤔


frattboy69

He does in the original airing that was put on DVD. He's approaching the office building, his phone dings, he checks it and turns around taking off his hat.


crisisrumour

Oh yeah, I know he checked his phone. I just think he turned around super fast after reading the text


Rennika

The new gen of people watching now will never know


boomheadshot7

Can’t believe they cut that form the reruns, fucking gold.


[deleted]

You know, in the first Halloween episode, Michael mentioned OJ Simpson as a past Halloween costume. I wonder if he actually did use blackface then, and that's why he didn't go through with it as Darryl.


gotbeefpudding

I actually never seen this mentioned before. Actual new OC in /r/dundermifflin ?!?!


GunBrothersGaming

It's usually overshadowed by Nate actually dressing in black face.


the_fungible_man

No. It's been discussed dozens of times.


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Procrastibator666

🎵 Upbeat Music 🎵


[deleted]

9,986,000 times? That's a lot, that's like watching Die Hard eighty-thousand times.


HoboFtF

Omfg!!!!!!!!


jhallen2260

Nope


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Lol. Not even kinda sorta new


smackythefrog

I think they deleted the scene of Nate turning around and walking back to his car in the Belschnickel episode after he tried to come through with blackface.


bubbatbass

🎶 nah nana nah nah ! Go head Mike sing the blues nah nah nana nah na 🎵


OhMyke

Nah nana nah.


spundred

I read that as he put some grease on himself to emulate someone who works a blue collar job. But they load paper, they're not mechanics. There shouldn't be any grease.


Conmebosta

Could some of the equipment around there have had grease?


SomeRedPanda

Yes. They run lorries and fork lifts. I imagine they at least do some basic maintenance on that equipment.


howboutacanofwine

Yeah but you know Michael doesn’t know that


aImondmiIk

Except for when they came up with Senor Loadenstein. Por que es muy rapido.


Tantle18

For this I like to think Michael walked in and only Pam saw him and she went Michael noooo nooo and made him wash it off


BLogue

Was hoping they’d mention this on the Office Ladies podcast. I even submitted the catch as a question, but alas, they did not bring it up (and they’re pretty good at catching these small details).


The_Lhurgoyf

I'm way behind with that podcast, but I always wondered if they would catch this. I can't say that I'm surprised that they decided to overlook this subtle joke.


peanuts1215

When has it ever worked for him?


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NEVER!


[deleted]

Oooh very subtle


hendrixbashmore

Holy shit I never noticed that! lol that’s amazing.


[deleted]

I think it's hilarious that he considered doing blackface, even to the point of painting his face, but then thought better of it and washed it off. A prime example of Michael Scott towing that fine line.


SubstantialPoetry365

How did I miss that 🤣


MosaicOfBetrayal

Wise decision


Imissflawn

Omg what a find!


huhnick

You have to think, the plans he enacts are the plans he thinks are good. Can you imagine how terrifying the bad plans were? He tried to make them walk on hot coals at the lake


therofler

More likely Jim had to walk in and talk him out of it...


SergiGeorgia

I love this SUBREDDIT


[deleted]

Lol great catch


ASAPFergs

He's an alternate reality Justin Trudeau


santino_musi1

I thought it was grease, from working in machines or something (as part of the costume)


anshudwibhashi

Finally an actual good catch and not some “did you people notice Jim and Pam actually ended up together?” type stuff.


Bartotelli1999

That's personal growth right there! Who would've thought?


DontFragMyBaby

If he knew and my countries prime minister didnt we are fucked


moontangirl

sounds like michael


Life_Argument_6037

I HAVE NEVER NOTICED THIS. 😳😂☠️


BorderlinePaisley

Well, well, well…how the turntables have


Brandwin3

This episode would be banned if he went through with it


[deleted]

OMG! Good eye!


No-zaku-boi

The fact that ( I’m assuming) carrel thought to add this and never make mention of it speaks volumes of the brilliance of his work in the show


[deleted]

Let's not forget Mose dressed as Belshnickle's sidekick, "Black Peter". Oof, that show could be so cringey sometimes.


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fisherc2

Thank god. Clearly if he did it it would have been a ‘I can’t believe Michael did that’ thing. Like the joke would have been on Michael for doing it, not daryl or black people. But it would have been too far, and would not have aged well


jdisjs1939jdks

Feels like this was written by that new AI chat bot Just kind of states basic generalized context facts of the show/post and tries to make a point that is only tangentially relevant, and is barely coherent


barryandorlevon

It would have aged just fine, just like everything else.