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Who, What, Where & how-Around the Parks

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Behind the Scenes of NBC's hit sitcom " Parks and Recreation "

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arks and Recrea-
tion, " NBC's halfhou r mock ume nta r y- s t yle
sitcom, looks at the world of local government through the
eyes of Leslie K nope (A my
Poehler), the deputy director
of the parks and recreation
department in the fictional
town of Pawnee, Indiana. The
series was recently renewed
for its third season, and continues to gain in popularity.
Parks and Recreation managing editor Jennifer Barnett
recently interviewed Michael Schur, a co-creator
and producer of the show.
Prior to creating and proMichael Schur
ducing " Parks and Recreation " with Greg Daniels,
Schur spent four years as
a writer-producer on another
NBC hit, " The Office. " In addition to folks in the real park and rechis writing and producing responsi- reation field, and what's in store for the
bilities, " The Office " fans also know cast next season.
Schur as the ghoulish, bearded beet
farmer Mose Schrute, cousin to Dwight How did the show come about?
Schrute (Rainn Wilson). Here, Schur I was working with Greg Daniels on
gives a behind the scenes look at how " The Office " and NBC approached
" Parks and Recreation " came about, him about doing a new show and he
what the reaction has been from the asked me if I wanted to create it with

him, and I'm not an idiot, so
we started kicking around
ideas. We chose to make another mockumentary show
not just because we were so
familiar with it having worked
on it for four years on " The Office, " but also, it seems like it's
our favorite way to tell stories
on TV. There's a lot of advantages to it. I like the acting style
that it suggests-sort of naturalistic and realistic. People can
be themselves. They can act
naturally and straight forwardly and that's an acting style that
I personally like and have an affinity for. It's not the only good
acting style, but I like it.
How did you decide to use the
field of parks and recreation
for a show?
" The Office " is about the private
sector, and a natural counterpart
to that we thought would be the public sector. I was a big " West Wing " fan
and I thought it would be fun to do a
comedy version. The drama version
is they are in the Roosevelt room and
deciding matters of massive national
importance. The comedy version of
that is a small department in a small

SMart Talking point

People who live near green space, such as in the country
or near a park, tend to live longer.
-From a study by Frances Kuo, professor of natural resources and environmental science and psychology,
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