


Why do characters on the office look into the camera? on the office, the characters are being filmed as part of a documentary they understand they are being filmed and can acknowledge that fourth wall and those theoretical future viewers.

‘staring into the camera like you’re on the office’ is such an interesting cultural phenomenon because it points to one of my very favorite things in pop culture, which is the use of commonly known fictional situations to indicate an emotion or context that is extremely specific and can’t necessarily be communicated with language alone.
