"The soul of the series, from The Office's Greg Daniels and Nathan for You co-creator Michael Koman, is its portrait of how day-to-day life in the United States in 2025 can make people feel directionless, depressed, and lonely, and its conviction that things will improve if we pay more attention to what's happening on our block, in city hall, and in parts of the city we rarely visit - and retrain ourselves to care about people we don't personally know."
"It was never easy to hold a corporation, institution, or government agency accountable for decisions that harm a community, but it has become nearly impossible now that the media, the only independent watchdog with any real power, has been rendered nearly irrelevant. In The Paper, the gutting of local journalism over the last 20-plus years is depicted as a mundane sort of tragedy, typically undertaken by indifferent parent corporations or, worse, hedge funds that strip newspapers for parts."
The Paper uses mockumentary framing and straight-to-camera commentary to examine life in the United States in 2025. The series centers on diminished expectations, portraying how day-to-day existence can foster directionlessness, depression, and loneliness. The show links those feelings to the gutting of local journalism over the past two decades, often driven by indifferent parent corporations and hedge funds that strip newspapers for parts. The result is communities that no longer see their lived experiences reflected in local news. The series urges renewed attention to neighborhood affairs, city hall, and people beyond immediate social circles to rebuild civic care.
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