Mr Black

I didn't think I'd enjoy this father in law monster show, but I totally have. Sure, it's a familiar set up, but the writing and acting is excellent.

I watched this as it was sold as a young guy trying to impress his girlfriends father while they exist in the same time but from opposite worlds. the description that I just gave is what I think many would expect where the Father is used to things a certain way and normal but the world seems to have shifted at a 90 degree angle suddenly and things that were acceptable in everyday life suddenly are not. The young guy has entered his teens and adulthood in this new way of life and lives it well so there would be a clash and a funny one too. This show does non of that in any form. What it is trying to do is push an agenda that the Father is just mean and an impossible person just like all people who suddenly finding themselves not able to express their opinions like they used to as it will offend somebody. As I mentioned before it is an agenda, whether marxist who knows but there are no laughs in any manner. Give it a miss.

Whether Mr Black tickles your funny bone or not, you can't deny it's very well made television. It's smart and strong enough to stand on its own two feet, but on a general level, we need to encourage comedy on commercial television in Australia. To that end, Channel Ten should be congratulated for getting behind comedies that aren't just sketch or panel.

Old school funny. No PC bs which is strange for Aussie TV.

Also sexist, but it's just a tv show, so enjoy it and leave your political beliefs at the door.

This is comedy gold. Dry comedy with a dark and dramatic edge. Stephen Curry and Nick Russell go head to head in this intergenerational battle. Laughed from start to finish.