Tyler Perry dresses up like an old woman named Madea who smokes weed, carries pistols, and talks plenty of shit.

Has anyone seen any of Tyler Perry's stage plays or home videos? These shows are too damned funny. Tyler Perry dresses up like an old woman named Madea who smokes weed, carries pistols, and talks plenty of shit. I never would have known these were gospel plays until I heard the singing. The singing, by the way, is great also.

Stax said:

madea's family reunion was really good...D'Atra Hicks, who had a really good cd in the late 80's and has a voice that can rival the great Ms. LaBelle, is in it...very funny

meltwithu said:

I just watched the family reunion with my mom about a week ago. Madea is so crazy. She will protect the family even if she talks bad about them. I was cracking up when she shot the dog (not that the act itself was funny but her attitude and justification afterwards), and when she came out undressed and she's just sagging around the chest.
"Madea goes to jail" will be playing at the Paramount Theater this Thursday the 13th - Sunday the 16th. Mom wanted to see it, but she didn't want to pay like $45 or however much the cost. We'll just wait for the dvd or bootleg. Plus we need to find class reunion. Is that on dvd?

D'Atra Hicks? Is she the one who wore the heavy makeup and basically had a Patti LaBelle like 'do? My mom talked bad about her makeup, which was quite scary.
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funkyslsistah said

Plus we need to find class reunion. Is that on dvd?

I borrowed my sister's "Madea's Class Reunion" DVD last night and watched it. Cheryl "Pepsi" Riley is in this one. It's good but I like "Madea's Family Reunion" better. At the end of "Class Reunion", Madea reveals to her daughter that she got drunk years ago and that the neighbor, Mr. Brown, is her father.

I also watched the sequel, "Meet The Browns". I didn't care for this one too much. It is all about the next door neighbor, Mr. Brown, and his family. Madea's daughter is in this one meeting her new family. Madea is not in this one at all except for a phone call at the end where she is calling from jail, and that's just a picture of her with her recorded voice.

I want to see "Madea Goes To Jail". Now that should be pretty funny.

musicman said

I like the funeral scenes in Meet the Browns.
You know that was Nicci Gilbert from Brownstone playing the ghetto momma.

aikam said:

Is the character "Madea" in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "I Can Do Bad All By Myself"? I haven't seen those two yet.

ABeautifulOne said:

Is the character "Madea" in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "I Can Do Bad All By Myself"? I haven't seen those two yet.

Whatever you do, go to your local video store and rent the Tyler Perry play

My favorite is when she told her daughter:

"Girl, I don't even know who your daddy is. All I remember was a fifth of Henesey and a Sealy Posturepedic mattress. Girl, that was almost your name...Sealy Posturepedic".

aikam said:

aikam said:

Has anyone seen any of Tyler Perry's stage plays or home videos? These shows are too damned funny. Tyler Perry dresses up like an old woman named Madea who smokes weed, carries pistols, and talks plenty of shit. I never would have known these were gospel plays until I heard the singing. The singing, by the way, is great also.

I saw "Madea's Class Reunion" for sale in a record store. It's a local chain called Be-Bop Records.

A friend of mine bought the bootleg VCR tape of "Family Reunion" off the street and I copied it. My sister, orders DVD's from Tyler Perry's website. I borrowed "Class Reunion" from her last weekend and, wouldn't you know it, the damned thing had copyguard on it.

I haven't been to Blockbuster in years but I would think they probably wouldn't have it.