Scripted cringe comedy shows such as “The Office” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” have been widely successful. These shows often feature characters encountering uncomfortable social situations and handling ...

Greg Daniels’ The Office successfully imprinted David Brent’s “please like me” personality onto Steve Carell’s Michael Scott, and cringe-comedy history ensued. The mockumentary arguably ...

From "The Farm" to "Stairmageddon," some episodes of The Office are so tonally jarring that they don't even feel like episodes of The Office.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Cringe is the feeling you get when your boss cracks a joke in a meeting and no one ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carly Drake, North Central College and Anuja Anil Pradhan, University of Southern ...