Tyler Perry’s “Madea Goes to Jail” topped the box office charts this weekend, raking in $41.1 million. It is the biggest opening ever for Tyler Perry and for the movie’s distribution company, Lionsgate, reports Variety. The per-screen average of $20,236 was the highest for any movie since last November’s “Twilight.” “Madea” attracted a diverse audience with 35 percent of moviegoers being under age 35 and 13 percent being Hispanic.
Ohhhh…..I want to see this movie!
Tyler Perry perpetuates the same ol’ tired stereotypes….whether in his movies or on TBS.
Shameful.
I agree with Shameful. I like his movies more than his plays but I don’t like the show he has on the cable network. Full of stereotypes even when the topic is serious.
I saw the movie this past weekend. It has a good script, funny as usual; but I
do believe the Cosby Kid (“Rudy”), Keyshia ???, stole the show. She’s an
excellent actress. I’ll see the movie again for her peformance mostly, but also
for the good laugh Mr. Brown, Madea, and her character brother delivers.
Don’t be a hater, you said that Tyler helps people laugh at the predicaments “underpriveledged people find themselves trapped in”. First off, it is not just the “underpriviledged” who find themselves in certain predictaments. Secondly, who says this is funny. The next person’s predictament is not necessarily funny to that person living it but you make it sound like it is okay to if “we” can find laughter in it. Tyler Perry’s spin on things is often over exaggerated. Hater never said anything about Black people not loving Jesus. It doesn’t take Madea going to jail to bridge a stronger relationshipship between me and my Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ.
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From a very “old school” fan!