Welcome to the world of Madea, a 6’ 3” black woman who has long white hair, wears an over sized house dress, and totes a variety of assorted pistols in her large purse. Oh yea!, she also has no problem in pulling one out and letting a few bullets fly at anyone who ticks her off. Madea’s creator, playwright, producer, and director, Tyler Perry, also happens to play Madea and went from no money to having all the honey status after introducing his large lovable senior citizen. The first time I saw Madea was in a play named, “Madea’s Family Reunion” on DVD. Within the first twenty minutes I was totally hooked. She was just simply hilarious. I had never seen nor heard a character like her before. To me she resembled an NFL defensive end in a mu mu. Well when you combine a character as Madea with a further compilation of brilliant acting and singing that touches your soul, you have the ingredients for a hit. Madea's Family Reunion was also made into a movie in 2006. After watching my first Madea adventure, I was compelled to go out and rent some more of Tyler Perry’s Madea adventures, like, Madea’s Class Reunion, Meet the Browns, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and Madea Goes To Jail. These can all be rented at your local video store. I highly recommend them.
