5 minute read Released just one month prior to The Matrix, Office Space makes the case that a dystopia doesn’t need a dark color palette and alien overlords—gray fabric cubicles, fluorescent lights, and TPS report cover sheets are entirely sufficient. The film’s protagonist, Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), spends his days tediously rewriting software code to prepare for the Y2K transition. He is surrounded by coworkers that simultaneously display forced joviality and a pretense of seriousness, leading Peter into a kind of misanthropic nihilism. As he puts it at one point,
Lumbergh is Your Boss Too
Lumbergh is Your Boss Too
Lumbergh is Your Boss Too
5 minute read Released just one month prior to The Matrix, Office Space makes the case that a dystopia doesn’t need a dark color palette and alien overlords—gray fabric cubicles, fluorescent lights, and TPS report cover sheets are entirely sufficient. The film’s protagonist, Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), spends his days tediously rewriting software code to prepare for the Y2K transition. He is surrounded by coworkers that simultaneously display forced joviality and a pretense of seriousness, leading Peter into a kind of misanthropic nihilism. As he puts it at one point,