Actor Rainn Wilson: Cancel Culture Would Make ‘The Office’ Impossible Today

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Actor Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute on The Office, has claimed that his iconic show would not be possible today due to cancel culture and political divisions.

Wilson told Fox News over the weekend that The Office would likely face an uphill battle in this current political climate, adding that show would need to jettison some of its politically incorrect jokes.

“I do feel like you couldn’t make The Office today,” Wilson said. “I think that would be too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was. And I do, I do kind of miss that.”

While Wilson appreciated how the show poked fun at both his character and Steve Carell’s, he felt that would not be enough to assuage audiences on the more “inappropriate stuff.”

“We milked that for a lot of great, really inappropriate stuff,” Wilson said. “But even with the fact that painting that character as just an idiot, I don’t think you could get away with it today.” (Read more from “Actor Rainn Wilson: Cancel Culture Would Make ‘The Office’ Impossible Today” HERE)

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