Mindy Kaling has said that The Office would be canceled today due to its "inappropriate" jokes, as she reflected on the legacy left by the hit TV show.

The Office ran from 2005 until 2013 and was an adaptation of a British show of the same name, produced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

The series featured much-loved characters such as Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute, and Pam Beesly as the mockumentary followed the day in the life of the Scranton branch of paper company Dunder Mifflin.

Mindy Kaling, 43, played Kelly Kapoor in 157 episodes of the sitcom but has recently opened up about how she believes The Office wouldn't thrive in today's world.

Speaking to Good Morning America, the actress was asked whether she would let her children - who are two and four years old - watch the show.

"I kind of think maybe never," Kaling said. "That show was so inappropriate. We always talk about – the writers I’m still in touch with – we talk about how so much of that show we probably couldn’t make now.

"Tastes have changed and honestly what offends people has changed so much now," she added.

The Office actress went on to say that the taboo nature of the show is why she believes it to still be so popular to this day, adding: "There’s something kind of fearless about it."

She later said that she may be more open to letting her kids see her past work once they are teenagers and could understand it more.

Kaling pondered what the characters would be up to nowadays in real life, predicting for her own character Kelly Kapoor: "I think she probably would have quit Dunder Mifflin to be an influencer and then probably would have been canceled almost immediately."

She spoke about the other characters, saying that most of them probably would have been canceled in the modern world too. Well - have you met Michael Scott?!

The Office was "by far" the most streamed show on major streaming platforms in 2020, with viewers accumulating nearly 57 billion minutes throughout the year, per Variety.

Whilst some jokes do push boundaries, it's clear there is still a very large audience for the comedy, even if some of the characters would not last long in today's world.

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Mindy Kaling has been facing backlash after admitting that she non-consensually kissed a costar and threatened to fire her employees if they told anyone.

Following the success of The Office - which ran from 2005 to 2013 - the 43-year-old comedian landed her 2012 self-titled comedy series: The Mindy Project.

In the show which ended in 2017, Kaling plays Mindy Lahiri - an obstetrician and gynecologist - who is trying to find a romantic partner in New York.

This means that she has worked alongside attractive guest stars and one of them was actor Lee Pace - who starred as Alexander "Xander" Eakin in Season 3.

One of Lee's scenes is a flashback to the pair in bed together after having sex, but, there was zero intimacy between the two as they were talking about tech-obsessed Xander's recently created website

However, it has been disclosed that not every take was filmed that way as in a resurfaced interview on the late-night show Conan in 2016, Kaling admitted that she included an unscripted kiss during filming.

In the clip, the Never Have I Ever creator was asked by the host: "Do you ever feel like having that much power on your show has led to you being unprofessional? Because power can corrupt."

She then replied: "We had this one actor on the show named Lee Pace…A real gentleman. He came on the show and we had to do this flashback sequence where we were in bed together in college and we’re just supposed to be having a conversation."

"But he’s so tall and he’s so handsome that in the middle of that, he was just supposed to be like, 'What do you think, Mindy?' and I was like-" she said, imitating kissing him.

"I improvised just kissing him in the scene, which was not in the script," Kaling said with a laugh. "He was looming above me and he asked me a question and I was not listening to him at all, because who cares what he was saying? I was like mhm, mhm, mwah."

The actress described The Fall actor as looking stunned before she went backstage, to which her two writers told her "You could be sued for that!" therefore she declared: "'Tell anyone and you’re fired.'"

While Kaling and the 59-year-old host laughed about the strange moment, many people criticized Kaling for admitting to sexually assaulting a costar at work.

One user said: "Wow. Mindy Kaling openly bragging about sexually harassing co-workers and using her position to threaten people with their jobs. That's messed up. Just because it was improvised doesn't make it okay."

Another user commented: "Never in my days would I have thought I would see people having a conversation and laughing about assaulting someone on live television."

A third person shared: "Admitting to sexual harassment and blackmail live on television. Holy c**p."

A fourth added: "Intimacy scenes are one thing you don't improvise ever (unless you and your co-actor establish it's okay which is only really possible when you know each other very well). This is why we have intimacy coordinators. This kind of behavior is unacceptable and the way it's talked about in this context is sick."

The criticism comes after the Velma creator came under fire when she said The Office would be canceled today due to its "inappropriate" jokes.

Kaling played Kelly Kapoor in 157 episodes of the US sitcom and opened up to Good Morning America about how she believes the show wouldn't survive in today's world.

"I kind of think maybe never," Kaling said. "That show was so inappropriate. We always talk about - the writers I’m still in touch with - we talk about how so much of that show we probably couldn’t make now."

"Tastes have changed and honestly what offends people has changed so much now," she added, before saying the taboo nature of the series is why she believes it is so popular to this day.

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The American version of The Office ended in 2013, but there's been a phenomenon of people rewatching it over and over and over. Everyone can identify with the office politics and personal relationships. Also, it has the perfect blend of absurdist comedy and emotional drama. (Personally, I was shipping Pam-Creed but I'm guess I'm cool with her ending up with Jim.)

Now Los Angeles artist Marisa Livingston has given us a whole new way to see the characters. She works in the animation industry, and whenever she's bored, she sketches a Michael to break her writer's block. But like most Office fans, she's a bit obsessed. One thing to led to another, and she ended up sketching cartoon versions of 24 cast members. These include core cast members like Jim and Pan, new favorites like Gabe and Erin, and some real deep cuts like Charles Miner and Jo Bennett.

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Here are all 24 of Marisa's amazing sketches, alongside their real-life counter-parts.

1. Michael

2. Jim

3. Pam

4. Dwight

5. Ryan

6. Kelly

7. Andy

8. Toby

9. Angela

10. Creed

11. Darryl

12. Erin

13. Gabe

14. Kevin

15. Phyllis

16. Oscar

17. Meredith

17. Stanley

18. Roy

19. Holly

20. Jan

22. David Wallace

23. Charles Miner

24. Jo Bennett

It's a pretty amazing collection, but where's Karen Filippelli, Todd Packer and Nellie Bertram? And what about Robert California, Clark Green and Deangelo Vickers? What about sketching all of the British Office characters? Get to work, Marisa. You work for us now.

Recently NBC announced they were working on an Office revival. Obviously, most of the main cast is busy on other projects, so it would some of the minor cast members, as well as new characters. But if it's not possible to get everyone together for a live-action show, maybe they could do an animated version. It wouldn't be the same, but after seeing these sketches, I'm open to it.

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The U.S. Office aired for nine seasons, but fans think it just wasn't long enough. (That's what she said.) At first, critics didn't think the American version could live up to the British original, and speculated that after one season, it would DECLARE BANKRUPTCY! However, the series quickly became a classic, as essential to our lives as bears, beets and Battle Galactica.

After Will & Grace, Roseanne and Murphy Brown got 'revivals', fans have been hoping that The Office will get one too. Steve Carrell addressed the rumors recently when he hosted Saturday Night Live. During the monologue, Ed Helms (Andy), Jenna Fischer (Pam), and Ellie Kemper (Erin) implored him to sign on for a reboot. "People would really love to see an Office reboot," said Kemper. "Especially me. Because I need that money. Let’s get that money, Steve.”

Carrell replied, "I don't think so. It was a great experience. I love all those people, but I just don’t think it’s the best idea. I think maybe we should just leave it alone... Why don’t we just have a party instead? We could all catch up, get together, no cameras, just friends." We already do that," said Helms. "We just don’t invite you."

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That hilarious mini-reunion thrilled Office fans, who've been waiting five years to see the Dunder Mifflin gang back together again. Well, turn on your WUPHF notifications and stick your foot in a George Foreman grill, because an even bigger Office reunion took place. Rainn Wilson, Creed Bratton, Angela Kinsey, Paul Liebertsein, Jenna Fischer, Brian Baumgartner, Leslie David Baker, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez and Ed Helms gathered together for brunch at showrunner Greg Daniels' house.

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Tinder clickbait Angela Kinsey shared a photo of the group, writing, “Some of the old gang got together today… it was so great to see everyone! I turned to Ed and said, ‘I feel like we are at a family reunion.’ He smiled and said, ‘We are.’" (And the Dundee Award for most heartwarming Instagram caption goes to Angela! What a surprise.)

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On Twitter, Jenna Fischer revealed they were attempting to recreate the classic Dunder Mifflin Christmas photo. Also, she shouted out some of the other main cast members who couldn't make it: Ellie Kemper, John Krasinski, BJ Novak, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson, Kate Flannery and of course, Steve Carrell. One fan replied, "This proves the SNL opening a few weeks back - you do meet but don’t invite Steve!" To which Fischer responded, "HAHA! He was invited but he's in London!"

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Steve Carrell retweeted the reunion photo, writing "Miss you guys." To which Fischer replied, "We miss you too Steve! Sorry you had to miss this one. More to come!"

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The photo has fueled speculation about a reboot, or a one-off reunion special, so viewers can see what all their favorite characters are up to now. I mean, they must have discussed it at some point during the brunch, right? Right? Right?! "OH MY GOD, IT'S HAPPENING!"

Just because a beloved sitcom was cancelled doesn't mean it's over. This year NBC brought back Will & Grace, and ABC brought back Roseanne. Both shows featured the original cast members, while adding a few new ones, and picked up decades later, pretending like their series finales never happened. And both 'revivals' have been massive hits. It's only a matter of time before bring back every old show - I can't wait for 'Modern Urkel.'

In fact, NBC is considering bringing back The Office' for the 2018-2019 television season. The workplace comedy has been off the air for five years, but people sorely miss it. Since all the episodes are streaming, there's been a phenomenon of people rewatching it, over and over. Clearly, the demand is there. The only problem is, some of the cast members are committed to other projects. So, NBC is considering a reboot with new and old characters. (Which, sadly, would not include Steve Carell's Michael Scott.)

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However, John Krasinski, who played Jim, took a break from staring blankly into a camera to tell IndieWire his idea for 'Office' revival. And it's actually pretty brilliant:

"I think the U.K. thing that I always have pitched and wanted to do is that Christmas special thing, where we do a Christmas special this year and then two years from now, or three years from now, we do another one. I love that idea coming back finding out where everybody is. I would totally be down for that. It’s one of those things where I’m sure people don’t believe me when I say I would totally do it, because the truth is I would totally do it."

In case you haven't seen the original, British version of The Office - WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! Sorry. Both the British version and the American version are great, just in different ways. Where was I? Oh yeah. If you haven't seen the original British version of The Office, they ended the series after two seasons, and then they brought it back for a two-hour Christmas special that doubled as the perfect series finale. (Since then, Ricky Gervais brought the David Brent character for a 10 minute film and a Netflix movie, but no other 'Office cast members' appeared.)

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The upside of doing a one-off, seasonal special is that would be easier to get the original cast members back together. You'd get to see all (or most) of the characters you know and love, and find out what they're about to today. Meanwhile, the upside of doing a reboot with half-new characters, would be that you'd get much more content every season. John prefers doing occasional specials, for creative reasons.

"I don’t think anybody in our show sees that we didn’t end it the way we wanted to end it. We’re one of the very lucky shows that got to end when we wanted to, how we wanted to. So I don’t know how it exciting it would be to do a run of the show, ’cause you don’t want to retread old things and have people not be as excited about it as they are now."

Also, he misses the other cast members, who became a family on the set:

"I remember talking to other people on TV shows and they were like, ‘Fifth season, right? That’s when you all started hating each other?’ and I was like, ‘No, was that when you started hating each other?’ and they were like, ‘Hell yeah, fifth season and I was like nope. Right until the end, we were a family, we were emotionally connected, we all cried our eyes out on the last day."

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And just to seal the deal, Pam Fischer, who played Jim's wife, Pam, is totally down. "I think the idea of an Office revival is a great idea," she told The Hollywood Reporter. "I would be honored to come back in any way that I am able to. I loved playing that character."

You heard them, NBC. Do the specials, not a season! And try really hard to get Steve Carell.

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It's hard to believe that it's been almost 15 years since the US version of The Office hit our screens. When it was first announced that they were planning an American remake of the classic British sitcom, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, many people were worried that it would be overshadowed by the original.

Yet thanks to an exceptional cast, and a more offbeat tone which contrasted with the cringe-comedy realism of the Britcom, the remake was a hit with critics and viewers and went on to have nine seasons. It's still beloved and rewatched by its fans four years after its finale.

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So if you still love the show then we have good news for you: actresses Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, who played Pam and Angela respectively just so happen to be close friends in real life, and have announced that they're about to launch their own podcast where they'll discuss their time on the sitcom and re-examine those old episodes.

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Taking to Instagram, Fischer posted an image of herself and Kinsey with some popcorn, and captioned the post: "My bff @angelakinsey and I are excited to be teaming up with @earwolf to bring you our new podcast Office Ladies! Each week we will watch an episode of The Office and tell you all the behind-the-scenes scoop and trivia...the kind of stuff that only two people who were there can know. [sic]"

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She added: "There might be some tangents about our lives, our friendship, our cats and our Target runs. We will also answer your questions!! It starts Wednesday, October 16th so get ready to watch The Office with us!! We can’t wait! #theoffice #officeladies #bffs ('Office Ladies' will be available on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you can download podcasts.) [sic]"

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In a later statement about the upcoming podcast, Fischer told Entertainment Weekly: "So many memories are flooding in as we go back and watch the episodes – many of which I haven’t seen since they aired. As we close in on the 15th anniversary of the show, it seemed like a great time to share our stories and behind-the-scenes trivia with fans."

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I can't wait to give this podcast a listen. Am I going to rewatch it all from the beginning? You bet!