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DMV (2025)
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DMV (2025)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: A single camera workplace comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the DMV. Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other.
Style: satirical, sitcom
Plot: bureaucracy, friendship, public service, satire, office politics, urban, irony, blue collar, slice of life, empathy, social commentary, absurdism
Time: contemporary

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