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This type of censorship isn’t unique to China. Numerous scenes and whole episodes of The Office were silently removed from streaming services. The episodes were

This type of censorship isn’t unique to China. Numerous scenes and whole episodes of The Office were silently removed from streaming services. The episodes were renumbered so you wouldn’t notice: https://www.newsweek.com/comedy-central-caves-cancel-culture-removes-episode-office-line-1623873 https://www.newsweek.com/comedy-central-caves-cancel-culture... This article goes so far as to praise the censorship: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-office-edited-censored-blackface-christmas-episode-netflix-peacock/ https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-office-edited-censor... As usual, piracy (or the legal purchase and ripping of old DVDs) is now the only way to access this material, which was deemed suitable for public consumption as recently as a few years ago.

jjcon 4y ago
> Numerous scenes and whole episodes of The Office were silently removed from streaming services Some private companies vs entire undemocratically elected governments conversation aside… What entire episode has been removed? I’m an office trivia buff and I’m not aware of this
- deepdriver 4y ago
  "Diversity Day" has been removed in its entirety per first link. The distinction between private and government censorship is increasingly irrelevant to consumers, as in heavily consolidated markets the end effect is the same.
  - jjcon 4y ago
    Hmm still definitely in plenty of places though - chiefly NBCs streaming service https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-office/4902514835143843112/seasons/1/episodes/diversity-day-episode-2/eec204c0-fb33-330d-bc0b-c52fa474cbce https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-office/4902514...
  - awinder 4y ago
    It was removed during some Comedy Central marathon lmao, it’s still a part of the series, no episode was renumbered, and it’s on Peacock which might as well be the canonical streaming source
    - deepdriver 4y ago
      I saw it mentioned elsewhere as removed from Netflix, glad it’s up on the NBC streaming service.
      - jogjayr 4y ago
        The Office isn't on Netflix US anymore. But I can still see that episode here in Canada.

jjcon 4y ago

> Numerous scenes and whole episodes of The Office were silently removed from streaming services Some private companies vs entire undemocratically elected governments conversation aside… What entire episode has been removed? I’m an office trivia buff and I’m not aware of this

deepdriver 4y ago
"Diversity Day" has been removed in its entirety per first link. The distinction between private and government censorship is increasingly irrelevant to consumers, as in heavily consolidated markets the end effect is the same.
- jjcon 4y ago
  Hmm still definitely in plenty of places though - chiefly NBCs streaming service https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-office/4902514835143843112/seasons/1/episodes/diversity-day-episode-2/eec204c0-fb33-330d-bc0b-c52fa474cbce https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-office/4902514...
- awinder 4y ago
  It was removed during some Comedy Central marathon lmao, it’s still a part of the series, no episode was renumbered, and it’s on Peacock which might as well be the canonical streaming source
  - deepdriver 4y ago
    I saw it mentioned elsewhere as removed from Netflix, glad it’s up on the NBC streaming service.
    - jogjayr 4y ago
      The Office isn't on Netflix US anymore. But I can still see that episode here in Canada.