Talk:Ryan Howard/@comment-45066070-20200301063235

Ryan is misunderstood in his time. Though I know a lot of people think his character is useless, as I did initially, he actually plays a critical role in the Office. Since so many characters portray certain workplace personas: Jim(cool guy) Stanley(work hard, get out) Pam(eager young dudet) Creed(old guy - will die or be fired) and more. Ryan portrays the millennial. Though this is obvious and the “TV millennial” is overused, in a 2000s-early 2010s workplace it is a big part. Especially in the world when the show was filmed (ik, it wasn’t that long ago) lots of millennials were thrown into the same position as Ryan. Because the office is a mockumentary and had to maintain the style of “the average American workplace” including a millennial is crucial, and he actually supports a lot of the other characters. Long comment ik, but I feel like the effort was put into this character and BJ Novak actually did a pretty great job.