Elenco de 'The Workplace' relembra cena digna de Emmy que os fez quebrar

Algumas das cenas mais icônicas de O escritório aconteceu na sala de conferências, e se você precisar de alguma prova, não procure mais do que o feroz debate quem / quem quer que seja no episódio da 4ª temporada, "Cash".

No último episódio do Senhoras de escritório podcast Jenna Fischer e Angela Kinsey conversaram sobre a segunda metade de "Cash", e o feroz debate gramatical da sala de conferências que as fez quebrar. "Cash" - que também dá aos fãs uma olhada na cama e café da manhã de Dwight - foi o primeiro episódio que Paul Lieberstein dirigiu. O episódio foi indicado ao Emmy ao lado do ultimate da quarta temporada, "Good-bye, Toby", dirigido por Paul Feig.

Ambos os episódios perderam, mas em retrospectiva esta cena da sala de conferência por si só foi claramente digno de um Emmy. Se você precisar de uma atualização, o drama de quem / quem quer que seja começa por volta de 2:33 no clipe abaixo, mas o beijo anterior entre Kelly e Darryl também é importante assistir.

"European quero que vocês saibam aquele beijo que eles têm... vocês, ecu tirei uma foto dele, John Krasinski está se quebrando. Ele está fazendo aquela coisa estranha de bochecha inchada quando você quebra e você está tentando se afastar Ele está olhando para você e está enlouquecendo", disse Kinsey a Fischer.

"Bem, Angela. Se você olhar, é você, então John, então ecu. Isso nunca deveria ser permitido em [a conference room scene," Fischer replied. "You should never seat the three of us in a line... Because I have a sense memory of leaning forward and talking to you over John."

"I'm turning the other way because I can't look at you guys," Kinsey explained. "Like I positioned my body away. John is laughing, and you look like you're on the verge."

"Yeah. No, I remember we were a mess during this whole scene," Fischer confirmed.

The whomever/whoever debate kicks off because Ryan is begging Michael to learn PowerPoint so that he can "communicate it to the people here, to your clients, to whomever..." Michael scoffs and argues that Ryan should have used "whoever" instead of "whomever," and that's when things go off the rails.

The scene is so brilliant that upon rewatching it both Kinsey and Fischer texted Paul Lieberstein to commend his writing and directing skills. And you know what? Turns out the scene almost got cut from the episode.

"He fought for it. He loved it. And I love every beat of this conference room scene," Kinsey said. 

"He told me that there was like a vote in the writers room to cut it. There was a lot of pressure on him to cut that runner. And he really felt like it should stay in," Fisher explained. "And he's really glad he did, because that's the clip they ended up playing at the SAG Awards when we were nominated that year. It was the whoever/whomever scene."

Much like the 27 seconds of silence in the Season 2 "Booze Cruise" episode Kinsey marveled over the fact that this was not only allowed to air on television, but embraced so heavily by fans.

"I just feel like these kind of scenes were never allowed to breathe on other shows. They would succumb to network pressure or whatever. And this huge long scene where we talk about whomever and whoever, it just wouldn't have happened on another show. I believe that," Kinsey said.

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