As soon as I saw that the family featured in the Humans hails from Scranton, the Office immediately came to mind. As I continued to read the play, I realized that the two works, The Humans the play and the Office the tv show, have more in common than at first glance. As Brenda mentioned in her post, the Humans focuses on the middle-class struggles troubling the family. The Office features the many branches of a paper company in Scranton, PA, none of which are exactly living luxuriously. Yet both works manage to achieve the similar aim of portraying life at this socioeconomic level, despite coming at it from the disparate sides of comedy and drama.
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I also noticed an underlying focus on socioeconomic status and wealth. A moment that especially stood out to me was when Brigid made a snide remark to her father that the apartment was the best she could do, as he wasn’t giving her any money to help out. This made me wonder if she felt that her parents had the means to help her financially, but were choosing not to, which is why she is frustrated by this. What do you all think about the difference in socioeconomic status within the family? Do you think this will play a larger role as the story continues to develop?