My impression is that the author was saying those portrayals are typical in movies. In fact, I recall the backlash in the black community that the **Cosby Show ** was too unrealistic because the parents were successful, educated professionals.
What epbrown said. AA’s aren’t typically ghetto/poor/gangsta’s/working class, but their portrayals in movies tend to be, and that last is what I got from Sarabellum’s post.
I respect Tyler Perry. He has his niche, it’s family-friendly, and he understands his audience and his limitations/strengths.
I have a tape of shows from cable with advertisements for Diary Of A Mad Black Woman when it first came out. The early advertisements for it show it as a drama/romance. The later ones show Madea whooping it up. You wouldn’t think they were advertising the same movie.
Count me in as another person who doesn’t hate Madea movies for false advertising - because I’ve never seen advertising for them, let alone the movies themselves.
Don’t all films employ a level of false advertising? For example most comedy films show you all thir funniest lines in the trailer and it is always a disappointment when you finally see the movie. Or some action flicks are made to seem more exciting than they actually end up being. The Tyler Perry franchise is what it is and if you have seen any of them you already know what to expect so the advertisements don’t really mean much in regards to informing you about the content of the movie.
Also Diary of a Mad Black Woman is one of my favorite movies
Complaining about not having enough Madea in a Tyler Perry movie would be like ordering a plate of rotten meat with turds on top and then bitching that you didn’t get enough turds.
You are either a fan of TP/Madea or not. If it says Madea on the cover, she will appear. It might be a Marlon Brando appearance, but she will appear.
Comedy is subjective. I think Jay and Silent Bob rock. My wife does not. My son likes Jeff Dunham. I think he is played out. We all like Madea. She reminds us of people we know.
I suspect that you are not African American, and if you are, you grew up in an affluent family. That might explain why you don’t find Madea funny.
I was at the theater going to a different movie on the opening day of one of these movies. A bus pulled up and it was full. A church had a trip to go see the movie. The target audience knows exactly what they are going to see.
The Huxtable family was pretty unrealistic no matter what demographic you are talking about.
Have you ever seen the DVD cover of the Special Edition?
Wouldn’t look out of place as the cover of an Oscar bait movie, would it?
I think the point is that it tells people that this is a “Madea movie” - ie a family friendly comedy about a black family - rather than a movie that features Tyler Perry playing Madea as the lead role.
Think of Madea as being like Billy the puppet. If Billy’s featured in the ads you know what kind of movie it will be, even if Billy only appears in a few minutes of the film.
Tyler Perry movies basically function as a sort of travelling circus - they go from city to city, playing in certain theaters, often to sold-out crowds. Unless you’re a part of the group that goes to these shows, then yeah, you’re not going to understand it.
Then we should meet. I have all of the plays and movies (NO BOOTLEGS), and have seen three plays live. bwahahahahahahaha.
That’s a very broad definition of false advertising. A comedy that shows their funniest lines in the trailer isn’t an example of false advertising. After all, they’re letting you know the movie is a comedy. A movie like Bicentennial Man, for example, is advertised as a comedy. The trailer focuses on the wacky antics of a robot who wants to be human. Although the movie had some funny moments it was not a comedy. The advertising campaign for that movie was a blatant bait and switch.
I’ve never seen a Tyler Perry movie. I don’t tend to judge what other people enjoy for entertainment because I think a lot of what I like is pretty damned stupid. For whatever reason, Perry’s movies attract some people to it. Good for him.