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 ...

Tyler Perry is more than just Madea. Along with the iconic, no-nonsense matriarch, the mastermind behind the 13-film franchise has taken on a handful of other roles throughout the Madea-verse over the ...

Tyler Perry is more than just Madea. Along with the iconic, no-nonsense matriarch, the mastermind behind the 13-film franchise has taken on a handful of other roles throughout the Madea-verse over the ...

Tyler Perry is one of the most stacked filmmakers of his generation — and one of the most distinct, with his melding of comedy and melodrama. Across a few dozen films, most of which he directed, Perry ...

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 ...

“Boo! A Madea Halloween” is a 2016 American comedy horror film that originated from a fictitious Madea Halloween movie that was mentioned in Chris Rock’s 2014 film “Top Five.” It’s the ninth in the ...

A lot of ink (most of it negative) has been spilled discussing the cinematic oeuvre of Tyler Perry, whose gospel-infused morality tales leave critics cold but do so well with audiences that they’ve ...

Hot off his latest ratings winner “Straw,” Tyler Perry is balancing the drama with a new comedy centering some of our favorite characters. Madea and company are back, this time they’re in the ...

The partnership between Tyler Perry and Netflix continues to bear fruit as Perry's latest film, Madea's Destination Wedding, continues to be a chart-topper days after its premiere. Thanks to its ...

Tyler Perry attended a screening for his latest film Madea's Destination Wedding in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, June 10 The actor was sued less than a month ago by Derek Dixon for $260 million over ...