Madea Goes to Jail

[Sarge 2.0]

Madea=the new Ernest.

I guess that makes Tyler Perry the new Jim Varney?

Coming in 2010: "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Mars"!

 

[RockSP]

Oh, I'm sure there are, but we're not talking about the 'small' minority here. We're talking about majority, which rules all, and makes the so called 'stereotype' a fact. I have no doubt that there are people who break their 'forms'. Nobody care's about the minority when it comes to this type of stuff, because the minority doesn't speak for the majority.

Yeah you pretty much don't have a point. People go see what movies they want to see. Your crack about blacks going in droves to see Milk or Doubt is silly because no one went in droves to see those movies, regardless of their race.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Yeah you pretty much don't have a point. People go see what movies they want to see. Your crack about blacks going in droves to see Milk or Doubt is silly because no one went in droves to see those movies, regardless of their race.

They were never number 1 at the box office but both movies were widely seen.

 

[RockSP]

The box office says otherwise.

 

[CelticPredator]

Madea Goes To Hell

 

[RockSP]

Don't give him any ideas...

 

[CelticPredator]

Thats a great idea. I'd pay to see it. Madea getting sucked down into hell by little demon worms.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

The box office says otherwise.

Yeah, no one went to go see two movies that were the among the biggest of the year.

Besides, both movies opened with limited releases.

No matter. Box office doesn't mean **** in terms of quality and both of those movies are infinitely better than anything Tyler Perry could even attempt to create in his entire career. He's a man whose talents can be described as mediocre when he's at his best, and that's being very generous. He doesn't know how to make a coherent movie. And no amount of box office success can change that.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

I know a handful of you are fans of Tyler Perry movies or the plays, and Feb 20 comes his latest flick, where eponymous Madea hits the slammer. This is his first movie of 2009, so I would say he's got about 4 more to release this year.

He/She was my fourth customer when I was selling cars.

 

[RockSP]

Yeah, no one went to go see two movies that were the among the biggest of the year.

Besides, both movies opened with limited releases.

"Big" on oscar buzz, maybe but they were not huge moneymakers.

No matter. Box office doesn't mean **** in terms of quality and both of those movies are infinitely better than anything Tyler Perry could even attempt to create in his entire career. He's a man whose talents can be described as mediocre when he's at his best, and that's being very generous. He doesn't know how to make a coherent movie. And no amount of box office success can change that.

Uh...okay. It's not like I'm a Tyler Perry fan. I don't care about box office, either. You might need to reread the some of the previous posts to get the point of what I was saying.

 

[mclay18]

Thats a great idea. I'd pay to see it. Madea getting sucked down into hell by little demon worms.

Someone on the CS! forums suggested "Madea and Perry Make a Porno."

Me, I'd pay to see that.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Someone on the CS! forums suggested "Madea and Perry Make a Porno."

Me, I'd pay to see that.

I would pay any amount of money to prevent that from happening.

The mere thought of it gives me nightmares.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Tyler Perry's Slam Dunk Madea
Tyler Perry's Madea Has A Baby
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Washington
Tyler Perry's Madea Meets the Muppets
Tyler Perry's Madea: Back to Afria (yeah, that one sounds soo wrong on many levels)

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Tyler Perry's Slam Dunk Madea
Tyler Perry's Madea Has A Baby
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Washington
Tyler Perry's Madea Meets the Muppets
Tyler Perry's Madea: Back to Afria (yeah, that one sounds soo wrong on many levels)

Tyler Perry's Madea gets kidnaped by the martians.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Tyler Perry's Madea gets kidnaped by the martians.

Tyler Perry's Madea Escapes from Witch Mountain

 

[Captain Planet!]

Tyler Parry's Madea: The Legend of Chun Li

Starring Tyler Perry and Michael Clarke Duncan.

 

[javphonic]

This movie was very funny, I lol'd a few times in the theatre (haven't done that it a while), but cringed at the big reveal of the secret, I felt it was a bit over the top and well, woosey, but overall money well spent

 

[Mr. Para-Normal]

Wow this tread made me realize how ingnorant and blanantly racist some people on the superherohype boards are though I already knew that as I have encounter some racist topics before on this site. First I am black and I enjoy movies in general (action, comedy, drama, horror etc) I love superhero movies like the dark knight and ironman etc. I see a movie because it seems interesting to me I don't worry about the race of the actors or audiences.

Second I am a fan of some of tyler perrys work (not all of it though) and I thought madea goes to jail was okay. It had some funny spots and sure it was cliched but it was no better or worst than paul blart that white people when flocking to.

Heres my take and for the record I am not trying to be racist or anything.

Tyler perrys fanbase is majority black and that the reason his movies make tons of money because theaters are sold out when his movies come out. What white people don't understand is that his films maybe campy, corny or whatever but they have a message. They are christan messages as well. And whoever said his films depict white people in as bad people is a freaking ingnorant idiot who has never seen any of his work. You think all black films depict white people as bad people really? Wow just wow please don't have kids. Most of his movies have a entirely black cast. If your referring to the family that preys movie it has Kathey Bates as a good person. Her son is a bad guy because he cheats on his wife not because hes white.

Its sad that black people support some white movies but white people never seen ANYTHING related to black people at all. The only black actor who can get white people to come to support their movies is Will Smith and Maybe MAYBE Denzel Washington as well.

End Rant!

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Tyler Perry's Last Madea On The Left
Tyler Perry's Nightmare on Madea's Street
Tyler Perry's Iron Madea
Tyler Perry's Madea Begins
Tyler Perry's Knowing...Madea
Tyler Perry's Public Madea
Tyler Perry's The Land Before Madea
Tyler Perry's High School Madea
Tyler Perry's Halloween 3: Madea Walks Among Us
Tyler Perry's The Brady's Meet The Browns
Tyler Perry's I Love You, Madea
Tyler Perry's Madea Salvation
Tyler Perry's WatchMadea
Tyler Perry's Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry's Drag Me To Madea
Tyler Perry's Beverly Hills Madea


Okay..I've ran out of titles.

 

[Figs]

Mr. Para-Normal

It's funny how you say your not trying to be racist yet you make sure to point out that only white people went flocking to Paul Blart.

That last statement is total bull ****. Maybe Tyler Perry and his Madea films just aren't funny and they've gotten old.

Personally, I don't find it all that funny when a guy dresses up in drag as the same character but not just for one film but for most of them. Give the annoying stereotypical old black woman thing a rest.

I don't get this either. To me, you would think the way Perry is playing Madea let alone some of the other characters would be a slap in the face to the black community by using god awful old sterotype kind of personalities.

I'm white and I don't mind what race of people are in the movies I see. I surprisingly liked Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. The only reason I thought I wasn't going to enjoy it was because Martin Lawrence hasn't been doing that great of films lately. It had me laughing quite a bit.

What it comes down to is I think people are just burnt out on the Madea crap. Tyler Perry should write something new and fresh.

 

[Jolly Rolly]

This was the first Madea movie I've seen or a Tyler Perry film for that matter and I felt like I was watching two different movies, is that the norm for Madea's movies or what the hell?

That one lawyer chick who was about to get married was fine though.

 

[RockSP]

What it comes down to is I think people are just burnt out on the Madea crap. Tyler Perry should write something new and fresh.

I don't think people are burnt out on it...it made lots of money, after all.

As for him writing something new and fresh, not likely. Maybe he can exec produce someone with some new and fresh ideas, though.

 

[kaypain]

The thing I admire most about Tyler Perry is his dedication towards his work. The fact he turned his back on Hollywood, started his own company as a black director, found his niche, found his audience, and has stuck with it to the bone. I admire the fact that he won't change his style because it's not in Hollywood's standards. The thing about Madea is, because people want to see that character. Tyler has expressed many times in interviews how he wanted to kill Madea, but he said as long as his fans want her, he will continue to bring her in. And in my humble opinion. I don't find anything stereotypical about Madea's character. If the character reflects real people in Tyler's life then I don't see anything stereotypical about it.

I really did sick and tired of hearing about stereotypes regarding Tyler Perry. When there's movie like Harold and Kumar's sequel, that people call comedy. Tyler's movie are yes, Christian oriented, and Christian is a very vague fan base when it comes to movies. He's not going to stop at something he does successful in.

I remember in a interview he was asked what advice would he give to up and coming film students. He said true to your voice, stay true to your lane, everybody is going to have something to say about what you do and how you do it. If you got something, and you know it's solid and positive and has an audience for it, stay true to it, go for it, don't let anyone change it, and it will serve you well.

 

[what_19]

i'd like to see "Tyler Perry's MAdea just GOES AWAY"

 

[DarKush]

I've watched most of Perry's plays and all of his movies, except for the new one which I will probably watch this afternoon. Just reading over some of the comments, I wanted to throw in my two cents.

I think that Perry does use some stereotypes. When white people, way back in the day, created or popularized these stereotypes of the mammy (Madea) and the coon (Brown) for example, they weren't just restricted to white people for their enjoyment. Black people were also exposed to these images and in many instances those, and other stereotypes, unfortunately shaped their own world view and self-images IMO.

What I think Perry has done is to take something familiar, and slide a message of personal responsibility, faith, and empowerment underneath it. His movies can be moralistic and preachy at times, but he's saying something that a lot of mass media isn't or in a way that doesn't bludgeon his primary audience. For me, you laugh with Madea, not at her, which is a difference than creating a mammy character that is a joke, and not part of the joke, or a familiar vehicle to get to his social message.

I also think that Perry shows more diversity in the African-American community than he has been given credit by some in the forum. Many of his movies show a range of black people at various levels of society. Most movies only show one class of black people-generally the underclass or the upper middle class, if they show black people at all. He uses broad comedy as a method to get people into the theater. I think many of his movies cover the same territory, but as one of my friends said, maybe people need to hear the message more than once.

It makes little financial sense for Perry to change his formula right now if his formula is working. Despite that, I think he is tinkering with that formula though with Daddy's Little Girls, The Family That Preys and Why Did I Get Married? Daddy's and Preys weren't based on previous plays. Preys also was more of an interracial drama/woman buddy picture and he's going to do a sequel to Married, the sequel not being based on his plays and also continues his forays into drama.