Rainn Wilson, forever tied to our collective memory as Dwight Schrute from The Office, took to The Last Laugh podcast to reflect on the legacy of the show—and boy, did he have thoughts.
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Like so many other liberal Hollywood actors trying to appease the ultra-woke crowds of the present day, Wilson declared the show was “racist and insensitive.”
Wilson singled out as a prime offender “A Benihana Christmas,” the infamous scene where Michael and Andy mark one of two Asian waitresses brought back to the office with a Sharpie just to tell them apart.
According to Wilson, that bit was “shockingly horrific” and emblematic of how far the show was willing to go. He described characters like Michael, Dwight, Andy, and even Kevin as
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