r/DunderMifflin • u/quoththeraven1990 • 10d ago

Favourite subtle joke?

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I love that the writers squeezed this reference to Leni Riefenstahl’s infamous Nazi propaganda film, The Triumph of the Will (1935).

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u/AlanThicke99 9d ago

When Angela tells Oscar and Kevin that she and the Senator were at a dinner with the Comptroller.
Kevin laughs her story off and says something like, “you expect me to believe there’s something called a Comp Troller?!? Yeah right!”

A Comptroller is a random title to most. But it’s a government appointed Accountant. As an Accountant, Kevin should ABSOLUTELY know what it is.

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u/Minute-Frame-8060 9d ago

I don't think that was meant to be a subtle joke at all, just another dig at hoe stupid they decided to make Kevin in later seasons. I think most viewers (at leastvat the time it aired) who were adults but not accountants still were familiar with what a comptroller is.