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The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 5 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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deepdriver ◴[29 Aug 22 18:47 UTC] No.32641935[source]▶
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...

This article goes so far as to praise the censorship:

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.

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jjcon ◴[29 Aug 22 19:06 UTC] No.32642180[source]▶
> 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

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1. deepdriver ◴[29 Aug 22 19:29 UTC] No.32642439[source]▶
"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.

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2. jjcon ◴[29 Aug 22 22:02 UTC] No.32644134[source]▶
Hmm still definitely in plenty of places though - chiefly NBCs streaming service

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-office/4902514...

3. awinder ◴[29 Aug 22 22:21 UTC] No.32644322[source]▶
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
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4. deepdriver ◴[29 Aug 22 23:01 UTC] No.32644648[source]▶
I saw it mentioned elsewhere as removed from Netflix, glad it’s up on the NBC streaming service.
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5. jogjayr ◴[30 Aug 22 01:12 UTC] No.32645570{3}[source]▶
The Office isn't on Netflix US anymore. But I can still see that episode here in Canada.