The US sitcom about retail workers refusing to let their company crush their souls – or get them deported – is surprisingly revelatory
Spoiler alert: this article contains spoilers for all six seasons of Superstore.
The workplace sitcom is more popular than ever. During the coronavirus lockdowns of 2020, US audiences streamed 57 billion minutes of the American version of The Office. Having only watched its UK counterpart, I used my newfound downtime to stream those nine seasons, too, along with the seven seasons of Parks and Recreation, set in the local government offices of a fictional Indiana town, and the most recent seasons of cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
