Yesterday's Fishwrap

PEACOCK/Aaron Epstein/PEACOCK The new Peacock series The Paper, a loose spinoff of NBC's The Office, uses the same mockumentary framing as its predecessor (and many subsequent sitcoms as well), mainly as a way to justify straight-to-camera commentary and fourth-wall-breaking jokes. But where The Office focused on the rituals, indignities, and fleeting pleasures of cubicle life, what is being documented in The Paper, in a roundabout way, is the reduced expectations people have for their lives in a post-truth world. The soul of the series, from The Office's Greg Daniels and Nathan for You . . .