‘Peep Show’ Still Proves That ‘Self-Loathing Is Pretty Universal’

‘Peep Show’ Still Proves That ‘Self-Loathing Is Pretty Universal’

Over two decades ago, two British shows reinvented television comedy with mortifyingly funny alternatives to regular sitcoms. One of them might immediately come to mind: “The Office,” a cringe-comedy landmark that revived the mockumentary format and inspired an American version that became its own institution. The other never achieved such widespread renown, at least not on these shores. But “Peep Show,” which chronicled two spiraling roommates …