“…what about the hentai tentacle monster?”
I knew I was going to like ABC Family’s new show ‘The Middle Man‘ when the above line was uttered about two minutes in. Based on a graphic novel by ‘Lost‘ scripter Javier Grillo-Marxuach, ‘The Middle Man‘ is a veritable pop-culture feast. The humor is decidedly self-referential, and even when the jokes don’t work (and they fall flat about as often as they fly) the show’s heart is definitely in the right place. I mean - where else can you hear hentai references in American prime time?
Better yet, you don’t even have to have cable television to enjoy it - ABC Family is thoughtfully making the series available online.
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Thanks for the recommendation! That was most definitely entertaining.