With his creation Mabel “Madea” Simmons, here starring in her seventh film, Tyler Perry has built a franchise around barking disciplinarian, commonsense solutions to societal ills—and being that Madea ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler ...

At the Tyler Perry brand has grown financially and in popularity, one would hope that the multi-talented showman would attempt to finesse his craft and push his creativity to higher levels. Instead, ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Tyler Perry as Madea in 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection'.jpg Tyler Perry as Madea in 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection' (KC Bailey / Lionsgate) Tyler Perry's cantankerous, criminally ...

With his creation Mabel “Madea” Simmons, here starring in her seventh film, Tyler Perry has built a franchise around barking disciplinarian, commonsense solutions to societal ills — and being that ...

When ESSENCE.com caught up with Tyler Perry this week, he was in the middle of promoting his latest movie, Madea’s Witness Protection, wrapping up his next movie The Marriage Counselor (while fending ...

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For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry’s Madea is little more than a mammy—an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to ...

It didn’t help that I watched this in a cinema with no air-conditioning – but aircon was the least of my worries. Tyler Perry continues to make his new-skool Ernest films, with similar titles to ...