I just this week discovered the Superfan version of The Office — the version where they include all of the improvised scenes that were originally edited out.
It is even more cringe-worthy. And yet it is so much better.
When all of the scenes of those characters at their most utterly embarrassing and unforgivable are included, the characters gain a level of unexpected humanity. It seems ironic, yet so it is.
I suspect there is some deep lesson here.