The office

The TV show The Office is one of the funniest shows on primetime. It targets a wide audience ranging from mid twenties to middle aged people who work in an office or who have an insane boss. Its purpose is to make light of working in an office. It contains all three rhetorical appeals. It mostly uses pathos, but ethos is very present and logos is sprinkled occasionally throughout a season. For example, in the second episode of the fourth season Micheal, the insane boss, talks about ageism and the Act of 1967 which stated that a person who is 40 or older can't be discriminated against or fired because of their age. The show is very heavy on pathos and ethos. The show is a comedy and it is trying to make the people who work in offices laugh, so it forms a bond with them. There is a lot of ethos because of all of the sarcastic jokes. The jokes are phrased intelligently and flow nicely.
The Office says a lot about our society. We rebel against authority and authority figures. This is apparent in almost every episode, although in a few select episodes it's more evident. Jim and the rest of the works of Dunder Mifflin rebel against Micheal basically daily by not doing their work. In one episode during the second season Jim holds an office Olympics while Micheal is out at a meeting. The Office also proves that our society values sarcasm. Sarcasm is used on a daily basis in television and even with everyday people. Our society is very sarcastic and it comes across in the show.