I am waiting for the moment when someone in “the city” says something with complete seriousness like, “Yeah, we were going to go to the Yeasayer show, but we ended up seeing the new Tyler Perry.” You know Tyler Perry’s movies are cultural Ebola when white early adopters can’t find a way to post-ironically early adopt them. It’s sort of like when you put a dog’s toy into an umbrella holder slightly too tall for him to consider retrieving it, if the umbrellas were black or something.
Perry’s latest opus, Meet the Browns, opens in March. He’s had worse trailers, I would imagine. The flick stars Angela Bassett as a lady who loses her job and has to go make nice with the titular distant fam. Of course, the distant fam is more Vegas Vacation than National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, not to mention a far quantum leap from Curb Your Enthusiam’s The Blacks. And then there’s former L.A. Laker Rick Fox! In a major lady’s man role! I hope someone chimes in with, “Hey, he was great on Ugly Betty!” There has to be an impossibly tiny mesh of /Film reader + Rick Fox (as actor) fans. Here’s your chance to be loud and proud.
But what really catches your attention is the absence of the cross-dressing, oh-so-lucrative Madea. Will she/he or will she/he not make an appearance herein? Unless you watch the trailer, the (/Film) world may never know…
Check out the movie trailer after the jump.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 am
Tyler Perry is in the running with Jason Freidberg & Aaron Seltzer (the guys who make epic movie, date movie, meet the spartans etc) to become the most mysterious filmakers in history. the mystery is that i cannot comprehend how they continue to get funding and support for their films. Yes i know that Perry’s movies turn a profit, but the fact that they all continuously get greelights on their projects just baffles me. a true sign that money, not quality, is more often than not the focus of a lot of studios.
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:11 am
LOL - Great writing in this post. Loved the “cultural ebola” quip. Peter you’re still my favorite, but I think Hunter runs a close second.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 am
he was great on Ugly Betty?
that work for ya??
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 am
LOL! All Rick Fox had to do was stand there and
look good. He had a few lines, but the man is no
actor. It was funny to see him play Vanessa William’s
character’s lover as the two were once married. Quess
they really did part on good terms.
Rick needs to stay away, far away from the acting world.
And I was a fan of his when he was playing ball…though
more often for the eye candy than his playing. =X
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
Well, call me what you may, I’m looking forward to seeing the movie! So far, each movie was very enjoyable to watch! Clean entertainment with a positive message in all of them.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 am
Perry gets a lot of heat for being not that talented. But i beg to differ. I view him as an extremely gifted film maker. I am a 24 year old white male , not your typical perry fan but I love all types of film making. you must respect a man who can write , direct and total transform himself into numerous characters. The meadea character is pretty funny i think when he is doing imporv with the lines. of course there are some parts i get bored with in his movies , things i cant relate with but i totally relate with madea and that type of family figure because even tho she is a black women she transcends all races. …we all know a grandma like that
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 am
I always love to see Angela Bassett as a leading lady in movies. The fact that its a Tyler Perry film is just icing on the cake. This is going to be a classic! Glad to see Angie back on screen.
http://www.angiebnews.blogspot.com
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Tyler Perry is like black Woody Allen with the way he shoots out movies…not that good, though.
not good.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Wow. I never knew who this Madea was until I just looked it up (I don’t like Tyler Perry). Madea is really disturbing IMO. Tyler Perry makes a very weird and disturbing looking woman.
Oh…And this film looks like poop.
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
hate the cheap tactic of attaching the name to the title to develop recognition
January 30th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
THERE ARE SO MANY SO CALLED MOVIES INTENDED PURPOSELY TO ATTRACT THE CAUSCASIAN AUDIENCE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS STILL GO OUT TO SUPPORT THEM AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE….EXAMPLE: MY FAMILY AND I. SO WHY CAN’T THE CAUCASIAN AUDIENCE STOP HATING TYLER PERRY AND LET HIM DO HIS THING. IF YOU ALL CAN’T RELATE THAT IS FINE BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN’T RELATE TO HIS MOVIE STORY FORM DOES NOT MEAN THAT HIS MOVIES ARE WORTHLESS. HIS MOVIES GIVE REPRESENTATION FOR BLACK FILMS AND FILMMAKERS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. WE AS AFRICAN AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE THIS REPRESENTATION IN THE MOVIE/ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE. THERE ARE WAY MORE OTHER MOVIES THAT SUCK AND PEOPLE NEED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, BUT ARE GIVEN A CHANCE. MADEA REPRESENTS WHAT 90% OF THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN GENERATION GRANDMOTHER OR GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS VALUED FOR. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WHO SO LONG WENT WITHOUT A VOICE FROM SLAVERY UNTIL THE EARLY 1970′S AND WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT THEIR VOICE BACK FROM WORLDLY OPPRESSION (TRADITIONAL FAMILY ORIENTED OR NOT) THEY PUT IT TO GOOD USE. MOST OF THEM GAVE THE BEAUTIFUL, BOLD, PRECIOUS, VIVACIOUS, INTELLIGENT, SENSIBLE, HARDWORKING, INDEPENDENT WOMEN (LIKE ME) THE TOOLS (KNOWLEDGE AND VALUES) WE HAVE KNOW TO EXCELL IN THIS WORLD. STOP HATING PEOPLE, YOU CAN’T STOP PROGRESS…….IT WILL KEEP SPRINGING OUT IN DIFFERENT FORMS.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:07 am
@ vivacious:
so sad that you chose to drop the race card here at /film. I’m sure that Peter, Hunter, the rest of the /film team, and every other blogger here will review all the comments, and see that noone has EVER knocked Tyler Perry because he is trying to support African American cinema. We comment negatively about him because he is just a bad filmmaker - in some people’s opinions. This is a website for fun and insightful debate, over past, current and future current aspects of film, and the entertainment world, not to start racial tensions, because you cannot have an intelligent and validated argument with someone.
Had you argued about Perry’s comic timing, or box office numbers, or even current casting in the new star trek film, I woulod have gladly paid attention to what you were saying. That said, I won’t further dignify your sad commentary, because you chose to intentionally stir up shit in such a lowly, childish, ignorant and sorry manner.
January 31st, 2008 at 9:41 am
don’t dignify, don’t need you to do so because it has already been done by others, just acknowledge………… your comment acknowledged, don’t care much for debating :), so moving on!!!!!
“Had you argued about Perry’s comic timing, or box office numbers, or even current casting in the new star trek film, I woulod have gladly paid attention to what you were saying. ”
this statement solidifies that many more thinks he is a comedic innovation (which is what the movie entertainment needs) than the small population of haters who do not…..
and really he didn’t need too much funding and support from the movie industry because his stage plays were always sold out and a big hit before the snotty nose and wrinkled faced movie industry began to acknowlege him.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
The movie is ok but predictable. Some of the acting was really too much like ‘acting’ like the part where the guy repeats, “I don’t have money”. Maybe the guy was really some guy from a construction site who they hired because the film had a low budget. That guy probably knew that line well because, well, could it be art immitating life? But one thing is for sure, Angela still looks hot.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:34 am
Tyler Perry makes the most killer movies.If somebody has not seen one of his movies yet i advise you to do so coz you will laugh your lungs out.Big ups to Tyler and keep those movies rolling.