From bad to work: Workplace-themed TV portrays modern work in dystopian light

Instead of wacky themes about Jim Halpert Christmas-wrapping Dwight Schrute's entire desk on "The Office," today's TV programming casts the modern workplace in a much darker light with shows like, "Severance," "Sorry to Bother You," or "WeCrashed." What has fueled our attraction to dystopian tales of work?

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