If I had been in charge of The Office, the last season would have seen the release of the "documentary", and it would be a massive hit on Netflix or wherever, enough so that there was demand for a second iteration of it. But the impact of the fame would have completely warped all the characters, and all their interactions with and comfortability with the camera. Jim would be doing his smile at the camera in a self-conscious way, knowing that this was essentially his catch phrase. All the characters would change their appearance, and they would become influencers just because you can't not accept $10K to make a TikTok for Kraft. And the drudgery of working at a paper supply company would become the drudgery of working at a paper supply company while also being a public figure whose income from Cameo dwarfs the office worker money, but where continued employment is more about maintaining a brand identity. There'd be episodes about stalkers, obsessive subreddits, getting stopped by people on the street, and the whole thing would become an ouroboros of self-reference. And it wouldn't be funny at all.
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