IT Crowd

Stereotypes are very much part of the sitcom genre. Although Moss is constructed as highly intelligent he is very much socially inept. For example when Roy is trying to make Jen think that they are not IT nerds and that they often get visitors,  moss ignores all obvious signals to stop telling the truth. Jen is represented as someone who seems to know nothing about the job she is applying for. When asked about what she knows about technology and computers, her answer is very basic from the knowledge she would actually need to know; 'The web. Using a mouse, mices, using mice. Clicking, double clicking. The computer screen, of course. The keyboard. The... bit that goes on the floor down there.'  However, unlus like Moss, she is very good within a social manner. Roy is presented as short tempered and irritable as he shown he has a short temper with the people he has to help with IT problems, an example of this is when he shouts at the woman down the phone.

Is the audience positioned on equal terms /omniscient?

The audience are positioned on equal terms and omniscient becausse we understaand the jargon that's going on and we understand all the jokes that they are making about the other staff when they are all the way down in IT.

Are we positioned as superior?

Yes, we as the audience are positioned as superior because no matter how hard they try both Roy and Moss are social failures and don't quite understand what it means to be social. We are also positioned as superior towards Jen because she is IT illiterate and although the man that hires her doesn't see it, we do.

In what way are Roy and Moss standard nerds?

Roy and Moss are very much standard nerds as they fit the role as a stereotypical nerd who seems to know everything in within their field of knowledge. However, they are both socailly inept, especially as Roy always tries to get the girl but never succeeds.



What is comic about Jen's appointment as manager of IT? 

It is comical that Jen has been appointed as the IT manager because she seems to not know as much as she should to be able to fill the role. She also lied when asked questions just so she would get the job. It is also commical that when she tries to cover up her little understanding towards Roy and Moss, being the stereotypical nerds they are, they see right through it.