is genuinely invested in the artistic and comedic merit, while others just want to be "mean-funny."
The office becomes obsessed with a caption contest for a cartoon in The New Yorker . It’s a perfect look at the Dunder Mifflin power dynamics: [S7E15] The War
Jim having to abandon Michael at a gas station because of a "baby emergency" (Cece being locked in a car) sets the whole chaotic trek in motion. is genuinely invested in the artistic and comedic