<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Will the Real Andy Bernard Please Stand&nbsp;Up?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>In our thoughts on <em>The Office</em> <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/11/06/if-you-slap-michael-scott-does-he-not-bruise-brief-thoughts-on-the-office/" target="_blank">last week</a> we posited that the Andy Bernard we currently know and love, the &#8220;&#8216;nard dog,&#8221; is drastically different from the Andy we first met when Jim transferred to Stamford.  Then he was more of a pompous douche, and now he leans more towards well-meaning dork.  Once he returned from his anger management training at the end of season 3 he was a understandably a changed man, but it&#8217;s sometimes hard to believe that the dandy, over-polite Andy Bernard we know now is the same person who put his fist through a wall in a fit of rage.  However, in a deleted scene from last week&#8217;s &#8220;Double Date&#8221; Andy does acknowledge his past temper problems, which helps soothe our unease over the character&#8217;s evolution.</p>
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<p>We also spoke last week about the equally drastic shift in the character of Ryan, and indeed this is demonstrated by his new threads, as discussed in <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/11/13/threat-level-midnight-2-savannah-nights-thoughts-on-murder/#more-788" target="_blank">today&#8217;s <em>Office </em>recap</a>.</p>
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