影视｜情景喜剧佳作之《IT狂人》
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“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”. Back in 2006, cult comedy writer Graham Linehan (Father Ted) set about a new sitcom. So he tapped into the confusion and lack of respect that goes into the office IT department. The series proved to be a hit and ran for 4 seasons and one special that rounded off the characters. Set in the offices of the fictional Reynholm Industries in London, the series revolves around the three staff members of its IT (Information Technology) department: computer programmer Maurice Moss (Richard Ayoade), work-shy Roy Trenneman (Chris O'Dowd), and Jen Barber (Katherine Parkinson), the department head/relationship manager who knows nothing about IT. The show also focuses on the bosses of Reynholm Industries: Denholm Reynholm (Chris Morris) and later, his son Douglas (Matt Berry).
“重启了没？”2006年，备受推崇的喜剧编剧格雷厄姆·莱恩汉（《神父特德》的编剧）创作了一部新的情景喜剧。这次，他带观众走进了一个杂乱无章、不受重视的IT部门办公室。《IT狂人》播出了四季，还有一部为所有角色划上圆满句号的特别篇，剧集自播出以来可谓大受欢迎。故事发生在伦敦一家虚构的瑞农公司的办公室里，围绕该公司IT部门的三名员工展开，这三名员工分别是：电脑程序员莫里斯·莫斯（理查德·艾欧阿德饰）、摸鱼达人罗伊·特勒内曼（克里斯·奥多德饰），以及对电脑一窍不通的部门主管或说公关经理珍·巴伯（凯瑟琳·帕金森饰）。剧中主要人物还包括瑞农公司的老板们：现任老板德诺姆·瑞农（克里斯·莫利斯饰）和下任老板——他的儿子道格拉斯（马特·贝里饰）。