tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post307550729103469969..comments2024-02-24T07:09:54.664+11:00Comments on The Audient: Madea's big unhappy self-loathingDerek Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-28632388815278704042012-02-25T06:28:41.002+11:002012-02-25T06:28:41.002+11:00Leave it alone Simon, as a White person you will n...Leave it alone Simon, as a White person you will never understand.I'm a black person and it's just too exhausting to explain. Tyler Perry is making films , what are you doing? Got any irons in the cinematic fire that will guarantee work for black actors ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-74911980549004286872011-04-28T01:59:42.375+10:002011-04-28T01:59:42.375+10:00I think the drama issues are what are most importa...I think the drama issues are what are most important in the film. The latest movie is more comedic than any of his other films. I hope people don't go in the movie expecting the social issues to be as rough as they were on Family Reunion and I Can Do Bad All By Myself. As usual the play was more in touch with the audience than the film; however still leaves the viewer with a learning lesson behind all the comedic antics we all fell in love with Madea for in the first place...that is the goal that people forget Tyler Perry makes in the first place...a message through comedy and drama.izakteazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08800481042045409554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-78450279341346300182011-04-25T09:45:10.000+10:002011-04-25T09:45:10.000+10:00DGB,
Yeah, I guess I might have heard Madea say t...DGB,<br /><br />Yeah, I guess I might have heard Madea say that before. But it's strange to have that phrase be the thing that's supposed to draw you in to the movie. "In space, no one can hear you scream" it isn't.<br /><br />Simon,<br /><br />You know, I felt exactly the same thing about Diary -- it was all over the place, but I liked it. I didn't mention it here because it didn't particularly fit my thesis -- there's plenty of Madea in that movie, but it's still good. However, since it was the first, that also means it can easily be the exception to a rule that works for the rest of them.<br /><br />And, agreed on the inside joke aspect. As mentioned above, though, I still think it's pretty weak.<br /><br />Travis,<br /><br />I agree that Perry deserves praise in general -- I meant it when I said in the last sentence that he's better than that. And although many of his films contain mostly non-mainstream black actors, it really is nice to see Angela Bassett pop up in Meet the Browns -- she is just so talented, and I haven't been seeing enough of her recently.<br /><br />I think the weird thing about his movies is that no, the humor is not very good, but that's actually not the reason I see a Tyler Perry movie. Yeah I might like to laugh a bit, but I really think he does a much better job with drama and social issues than he does with humor. Now, just don't cram so much religion down my throat and I'll be even happier.Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-90799116265743506172011-04-23T10:14:29.782+10:002011-04-23T10:14:29.782+10:00Funny; I got caught up in an online discussion abo...Funny; I got caught up in an online discussion about the recent Spike Lee vs. Tyler Perry feud just last night. I think there's plenty of room in the entertainment world for the grittier Spike Lee joints to coexist with the comfort food of Tyler Perry's works.<br /><br />The worst you can say about Perry's films is that they peddle banalities and the humor isn't particularly sharp. Those may be egregious elements for some viewers, but they're neither unique to Perry's filmography nor are they inherently damaging to the African-American community.<br /><br />If anything, Perry should be applauded for not just becoming successful himself, but for doing it while putting numerous, talented African-American actors in front of the camera who might easily have languished in peripheral roles elsewhere.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381792002836474683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-12397484492692628052011-04-23T09:35:42.956+10:002011-04-23T09:35:42.956+10:00I thought that was a typo.
The only Tyler Perry m...I thought that was a typo.<br /><br />The only Tyler Perry movie I've seen completely is Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which was all over the place--I mean, it goes from weepy melodrama to screwball comedy to legal drama, and I don't know what else--but was fairly entertaining. <br /><br />Anyway, I assume that catchphrase (y'know, past all that unnecessary ranting I just did) was meant as an inside joke for people who follow the entire franchise.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085105568601878075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-37608423456379973972011-04-23T08:29:31.751+10:002011-04-23T08:29:31.751+10:00Having never seen a Madea movie (or any Tyler Perr...Having never seen a Madea movie (or any Tyler Perry movie for that matter), I assumed that it's one of Madea's sayings that have popped up in the other movies. That it was an ad designed for those already in the know. <br /><br />That said, if the point of an ad is to get you to pay attention, bravo to Lionsgate, cause it caught both of our eyes.DGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01302995272029761401noreply@blogger.com