@cluely
Instagram · Skit
@cluely Ep 28: New girl #officehumor #coworkersbelike #funnyskits #cluely #officeromance
@cluely
Instagram · Skit
@cluely Ep 28: New girl #officehumor #coworkersbelike #funnyskits #cluely #officeromance
Performance
Video #36193 · Skit
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The video presents a comedic skit where a notoriously difficult and aggressive male coworker, Ling Long, is inexplicably kind and helpful only to the new female employee, Emily. The narrative contrasts his rude behavior towards other male colleagues with his gentle and accommodating attitude towards her. Other coworkers try to warn Emily about his true nature with exaggerated stories, but she dismisses their concerns, believing he's just a nice person, all while being oblivious to his obvious crush on her.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 60%
POV: the difficult coworker is only nice to you
Verbal hook · 15%
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Visual hook · 25%
The video opens with immediate action as a man and woman bump into each other in a kitchen, creating movement and a point of interaction in the first second.
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Steal this for your own video
POV: the is only to you
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
A text overlay presents a relatable social premise (e.g., 'POV: X person is only nice to you'), immediately framing the narrative and setting audience expectations.
Payoff
The narrative concludes with separate testimonials. The protagonist reaffirms their naive worldview, while the 'difficult' character gives a bizarre, unsettling, or non-sequitur response that confirms their strangeness without resolving the central question, ending on a final punchline.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Oblivious Favorite
To generate comedic tension through dramatic irony, where the audience is aware of a character's dual-natured (positive/negative) behavior, while a protagonist who only experiences the positive side remains blissfully ignorant despite warnings from others.
The Duality in Action
A rapid sequence demonstrates the central character exhibiting two starkly contrasting behaviors towards two different people, immediately proving the hook's premise.
The Protagonist's Blind Spot
The favored protagonist delivers a testimonial, stating a naive belief that directly contradicts what the audience has just witnessed, establishing the core dramatic irony.
The Corroborating Evidence Montage
A series of quick, contrasting scenes further reinforces the central character's dual nature (kindness to the protagonist, aggression towards others) to escalate the comedic conflict.
The Controlled Experiment
A direct A/B test is shown where two different characters make a similar request to the central character, receiving opposite responses. This provides undeniable proof of the special treatment.
The Chorus of Warning
Secondary characters attempt to intervene by providing the protagonist with specific, often exaggerated, anecdotal evidence of the central character's true negative nature.
The Willful Misinterpretation
The protagonist dismisses the clear warnings, reinterpreting the evidence as a joke, prank, or misunderstanding, thus maximizing their obliviousness for comedic effect.
Ep 28: New girl #officehumor #coworkersbelike #funnyskits #cluely #officeromance
title · beginning
POV: the difficult coworker is only nice to you
contextual · middle
Emily Marketing Cluely
contextual · middle
forcing our engineer to do tiktok trends with me
contextual · end
Ling Long Systems Engineer
Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you okay? Yeah. Yeah. Hang on. Let's go. I'll go. Let's go. Yo. Yo. Let's handle water where you're going, okay? Man, it's always in my way, man. Get the fuck out. Hi tier. My name is Emily. I just started here at Cluelly, and I'm super excited. A few people told me to be scared of Linglong. I don't really get it though. He's like the nicest person ever. Hey, Linglong. Sorry. You have ten minutes to film a video with me really quickly? Better quick. No away. Go away. Linglong, are you free right now? Yes. Yeah. For sure. What do you mean? It's a marketing video. It's actually a TikTok fan. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's do it. Let's do it. No. You don't No. You don't understand. Linglong literally chased me around with a blowtorch because I said you could good microwaved fish in the office. He made me a massage for eight hours straight and when it finally stopped, he put out cigarettes on my arm. Wait. That is crazy. Okay. Stop. I know you guys are messing with me, but I have a back no work now though, guys. Hey, Emily. Do you think Linglong has a crush on you? What? No. No. You guys have the complete wrong idea. Linglong's just a really nice guy. She's like that with everyone. Linglong, do you have rank crush on Emily? You know, that's one thing I love about America is you can just bring this to work. Oh, okay. Okay. Let's cut. Yeah. Let's do that. Let's do that. Let's