query: who plays madea in madea 's witness protection

pos: Madea's Witness Protection total box office gross of $67 million, "Madea's Witness Protection" is in the top three of Tyler Perry's most successful movies, after "Boo! A Madea Halloween" and "Madea Goes to Jail". George Needleman, a nerdy, high level CFO in New York City, promises his son that he will take him to his Saturday afternoon baseball game after he gets back from the office. He gets to his office and arrives to a harrowing scene; his co-workers are shredding documents and are in a state of chaos. He sees his boss, Walter, who informs him that his company is a Ponzi

pos: Boo! A Madea Halloween Boo! A Madea Halloween Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween is a 2016 American comedy horror film directed, written, starring and co-produced by Tyler Perry. The idea for the film originated from a fictitious Madea Halloween movie that was mentioned in Chris Rock's 2014 film "Top Five". It is the ninth in the "Madea" series and the second "Madea" film (the first is "Madea's Witness Protection") to not be adapted from a stage play. The film was released on October 21, 2016, by Lionsgate, received generally negative reviews, and grossed $74 million, making it the second-highest grossing "Madea" film. A

pos: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween is a 2017 American comedy horror film written, produced, directed by and starring Tyler Perry. It is the tenth film in the "Madea" series, the sequel to "Boo! A Madea Halloween" (2016), and the third "Madea" film (after "Madea's Witness Protection" and "Boo!") not adapted from a stage play. The film was released on October 20, 2017, by Lionsgate, received negative reviews from critics and grossed $48 million. At the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards the film received three nominations: Worst Actress (for Perry), Worst Screen Combo (Tyler Perry

pos: Madea's Witness Protection Madea's Witness Protection Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 American comedy film directed, written and produced by Tyler Perry. It is the fourteenth film by Perry and the seventh in the "Madea" franchise. It is the fourth Perry film not to be adapted from a play, alongside "The Family That Preys", "Daddy's Little Girls" and "Good Deeds", as well as the first "Madea" film not to be adapted from a play. The film was filmed in Atlanta from mid to late January to the beginning of March 2012 and was released through 34th Street Films and Lionsgate. With

pos: Madea's Witness Protection total box office gross of $67 million, "Madea's Witness Protection" is in the top three of Tyler Perry's most successful movies, after "Boo! A Madea Halloween" and "Madea Goes to Jail". George Needleman, a nerdy, high level CFO in New York City, promises his son that he will take him to his Saturday afternoon baseball game after he gets back from the office. He gets to his office and arrives to a harrowing scene; his co-workers are shredding documents and are in a state of chaos. He sees his boss, Walter, who informs him that his company is a Ponzi

pos: Madea's Witness Protection Blu-Ray on October 23, 2012. Madea's Witness Protection Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 American comedy film directed, written and produced by Tyler Perry. It is the fourteenth film by Perry and the seventh in the "Madea" franchise. It is the fourth Perry film not to be adapted from a play, alongside "The Family That Preys", "Daddy's Little Girls" and "Good Deeds", as well as the first "Madea" film not to be adapted from a play. The film was filmed in Atlanta from mid to late January to the beginning of March 2012 and was released through 34th

pos: Madea in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman", which makes William in his 50s. Tyler Perry has confirmed that in "A Madea Family Funeral" (2018) Madea has another brother named Heathrow (also played by Perry), a Vietnam war veteran. Madea has appeared in several plays (some of which have been recorded for repeated viewing), fully produced films, a couple of television programs (guest appearances), one book and one animated film. The character made her first appearance in the 1999 play "I Can Do Bad All by Myself", later appearing in numerous other plays by Perry, then appearing in films based on

pos: A Madea Family Funeral secrets. Filming took place at Tyler Perry Studios and Atlanta for one week in 2017. In this movie Tyler Perry plays a new character named Heathrow, Madea and Joe's brother. He was also a Vietnam war veteran. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 1, 2019 by Lionsgate. It was originally scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018. Lionsgate released a trailer for the movie on October 31, 2018. A Madea Family Funeral Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral is an upcoming American comedy film written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry.

pos: Madea's Witness Protection of 20% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. On Metacritic, the film has a 42/100 rating, indicating "mixed or average reviews". "Madea's Witness Protection" has received five Golden Raspberry Award nominations including Worst Actress (Tyler Perry as Madea), Worst Director, Worst Screen Couple (Perry and his drag getup), Worst Screen Ensemble and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel. The film opened with $25,390,575 in its opening weekend, ranking #4 behind "Ted", "Magic Mike", and "Brave". The film had grossed total of $66,899,242 worldwide, surpassing its $20 million budget. "Madea's Witness Protection" was released on DVD and

pos: I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) Perry appears as Madea. I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself is a 1999 play directed by, written by, and starring Tyler Perry. The play marks for the first official appearance of the well-known fictional character Madea, who is portrayed by Perry. (The story line was very different from 1999-2000). Vianne Griffin, who is settling a divorce with her ex-husband Anthony Griffin – a successful stock broker, has moved in with her grandmother, Mable "Madea" Simmons. Madea didn’t like Anthony at all. Madea just got home from the hospital because

pos: Madea stop whining, and start taking action to improve their lives. Madea is mentally strong and offers nurturing advice to struggling individuals whom she cares for. Madea has a series of pet peeves: disrespectful youth, gum popping, rude people; lazy people; people who don't return shopping carts; adulterous people; and "people who are just plain stupid." She is also a firm critic of men that sag their pants, believing that it looks cheap and sloppy. In the book "Tyler Perry's Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings", Madea gives details on her mother, "Big Mable" Murphy, who was described

pos: Cheryl Pepsii Riley late 1990s by appearing on the songs "I Love It" and "Look Around" on The Beatnuts album "A Musical Massacre". Riley also starred in a number of gospel plays for best-selling playwright Tyler Perry, including "Madea's Class Reunion", "Madea Goes to Jail", "Why Did I Get Married?", "Laugh to Keep from Crying", "Madea's Big Happy Family" and the most recent, "A Madea Christmas". Riley also appeared in the film versions of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "Madea's Big Happy Family". She is also starred in Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job (2012) and Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No

pos: Madea Madea Mabel "Madea" Simmons was a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character was a tough elderly black woman. Vindictive in nature, Madea gets even in a bad way. When asked why she felt the need to get somebody all the time, Madea answered: "Well when you gettin' got and somebody done got you and you go get them, when you get 'em, everybody's gon' get got." Additionally, Madea has a tendency to overreact and is willing to threaten to use deadly weapons, destroy property, use physical violence, take on the law, and use any and all means

pos: I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself is a 1999 play directed by, written by, and starring Tyler Perry. The play marks for the first official appearance of the well-known fictional character Madea, who is portrayed by Perry. (The story line was very different from 1999-2000). Vianne Griffin, who is settling a divorce with her ex-husband Anthony Griffin – a successful stock broker, has moved in with her grandmother, Mable "Madea" Simmons. Madea didn’t like Anthony at all. Madea just got home from the hospital because she is diabetic. Another

pos: Madea Gets a Job daughter. Madea Gets a Job Madea Gets a Job is a 2012 American musical play created, written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry. It stars Tyler Perry as Madea. Hard times (and the judge) caught up with Madea and she is forced to come out of retirement to go to work. Remember, since she is still on probation, Madea is not a star candidate for employment. A job at a nursing home would make Madea's employer never be the same after one day. In another version of this play, Stephanie Ferrett played a worker, and Melonie Daniels played Gloria, Barbara's

pos: Madea Gets a Job Madea Gets a Job Madea Gets a Job is a 2012 American musical play created, written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry. It stars Tyler Perry as Madea. Hard times (and the judge) caught up with Madea and she is forced to come out of retirement to go to work. Remember, since she is still on probation, Madea is not a star candidate for employment. A job at a nursing home would make Madea's employer never be the same after one day. In another version of this play, Stephanie Ferrett played a worker, and Melonie Daniels played Gloria, Barbara's other

pos: I Can Do Bad All by Myself (film) works. On the other side of town, Madea (Tyler Perry) and Joe Simmons (Perry) catch Jennifer (Hope Olaidè Wilson), Manny (Kwesi Boakye), and Byron (Freddy Siglar) breaking into their house. After hearing the children’s troubles, Madea welcomes and feeds them. Manny tells Madea that they’re living with their grandmother Rose, whom they haven't seen in four days and tells Madea that their mother is deceased. They tell Madea that their only other relative is their Aunt April. April shares her home with her shady boyfriend, Randy (Brian White), who’s married with children. The next morning, Madea brings the kids to

pos: Madea Goes to Jail (play) Madea Goes to Jail (play) Madea Goes to Jail is an American musical play, touring from 2005 to 2006, created, written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry. It stars Tyler Perry as Mabel "Madea" Simmons, Cassi Davis as Ella, Cherly Pepsi Riley as Wanda, and Judy Peterson as Katie. The play opens on Vanessa, an aspiring business student whose stress over school (and natural disposition) leads her to be tempestuous towards the people who come and go throughout the scene. Her husband is Sonny Andrews, the child of Madea's deceased sister, Irene. He enters looking for his work shirt, as

pos: A Madea Christmas (musical play) is only connected to the stageplay via name-only. Otherwise, it has a completely different storyline and different characters. A Madea Christmas (musical play) A Madea Christmas is a 2011 American musical play created, written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry. It stars Perry as Madea and Cassi Davis as Aunt Bam. The members of the Mansell family—who can be identified without fear of stereotyping as mean mother Lilian (Chandra Currelley-Young), pompous father John (Maurice Lauchner), restless daughter China (Támar Davis), and virginal son Japan (Zuri Craig)—prepare for the holiday feast with the help of their saintly maid Margaret (Cheryl Pepsii

pos: A Madea Christmas (musical play) A Madea Christmas (musical play) A Madea Christmas is a 2011 American musical play created, written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry. It stars Perry as Madea and Cassi Davis as Aunt Bam. The members of the Mansell family—who can be identified without fear of stereotyping as mean mother Lilian (Chandra Currelley-Young), pompous father John (Maurice Lauchner), restless daughter China (Támar Davis), and virginal son Japan (Zuri Craig)—prepare for the holiday feast with the help of their saintly maid Margaret (Cheryl Pepsii Riley) and their mouthy chef Hattie (Patrice Lovely). Eager to impress China's super-rich beau/presumed fiancé Bobby (Shannon Williams),

pos: Tyler Perry's House of Payne in 2011. 2009, 2010, 2012: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Keshia Knight Pulliam); nominated in 2011. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Lance Gross); nominated in 2011. Tyler Perry's claim to fame is with the popularity of character Madea, who has appeared in numerous Tyler Perry plays and their film adaptations. When the series debuted on TBS in June 2007, Perry made a guest appearance as Madea. Actor David Mann reprised his Mr. Brown role, and Keke Palmer returned as Nikki, a bully who stole $20 worth of Malik's lunch money over a

pos: Madea what you see'—as if black people don't know what they want to see. I am sick of him. He talked about Whoopi, he talked about Oprah, he talked about me, he talked about Clint Eastwood. Spike needs to shut the hell up!" Madea Mabel "Madea" Simmons was a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character was a tough elderly black woman. Vindictive in nature, Madea gets even in a bad way. When asked why she felt the need to get somebody all the time, Madea answered: "Well when you gettin' got and somebody done got you and you

pos: A Madea Christmas (film) A Madea Christmas (film) Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas is a 2013 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed, written, produced by and starring Tyler Perry. This is the first Christmas themed film from the writer-director; and also an adaptation of his play of the same name, though it has a completely different plot. This is the seventeenth film by Perry, and the eighth in the "Madea" franchise. It was released in theaters on December 13, 2013. In Atlanta, Georgia, Mabel "Madea" Simmons (Tyler Perry) has been talked into getting a job at a local store by her great-niece Eileen Murphy (Anna

pos: A Madea Family Funeral A Madea Family Funeral Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral is an upcoming American comedy film written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry. It is the eleventh and (supposedly) final installment of the "Madea" film series, and stars Perry in several roles, including as the titular character, as well as Cassi Davis and Patrice Lovely. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 1, 2019. A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unsavory family

pos: Madea Goes to Jail was released on November 23, 2010. Madea Goes to Jail Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was based on his 2006 play. The play and the film deal with Perry's signature character Madea going to prison for her uncontrollable anger management problems. The film was released on February 20, 2009. After a high-speed freeway police chase (seen in "Meet the Browns") results in Mabel "Madea" Simmons being pulled over and arrested (though she is not convicted due to a legal loophole, as the officers failed to read

pos: Madea Goes to Jail Madea Goes to Jail Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was based on his 2006 play. The play and the film deal with Perry's signature character Madea going to prison for her uncontrollable anger management problems. The film was released on February 20, 2009. After a high-speed freeway police chase (seen in "Meet the Browns") results in Mabel "Madea" Simmons being pulled over and arrested (though she is not convicted due to a legal loophole, as the officers failed to read her her Miranda warning), she admits

pos: Madea Goes to Jail (play) he is on his way to the prison to work one of many long shifts to pay for Vanessa's schooling and support their child, who is never seen but in the bedroom upstairs. Vanessa refuses to help him, insisting on completing her studying. Ella Kincaid, Madea's best friend and next door neighbor, enters the house asking for Madea (Tyler Perry), who is absent. Unbeknownst to the rest, Madea has been arrested in Conyers for refusing to pay for gas for her car, and is currently in custody at the prison where Sonny works. Ella notices Vanessa's ambivalence over her husband's

pos: A Madea Christmas (film) the town that were not in the original agreement, knowing that the company would have no choice but to oblige considering the repercussions if they were to back out). Bailey sings "Mary, Did You Know", with his parents cheering him on. Lacey also reveals to Oliver that she is married to Connor as the jubilee commences. The soundtrack for the film was released in stores by Motown Records November 25. This was the first soundtrack to a Tyler Perry film since 2010's "For Colored Girls" and the first Madea soundtrack since 2006's "Madea's Family Reunion" and 2008's "Meet the Browns".

pos: A Madea Christmas (film) on November 25, 2014. The DVD contains a first look at the opening of the then-upcoming animated feature "Madea's Tough Love". On November 8,2018 it was announced that a sequel is in the works. Tyler Perry after doing "Boo! 2: A Madea Halloween" planned on making a sequel for another film. The sequel is set to be released in 2020. A Madea Christmas (film) Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas is a 2013 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed, written, produced by and starring Tyler Perry. This is the first Christmas themed film from the writer-director; and also an adaptation of his

pos: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween rating of 2.6/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 17 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 73% overall positive score. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween is a 2017 American comedy horror film written, produced, directed by and starring Tyler Perry. It is the tenth film in the "Madea" series, the sequel to "Boo!

pos: Boo! A Madea Halloween critical consensus reads, ""Boo! A Madea Halloween" won't win Tyler Perry's long-running franchise many new converts – but at nine films and counting, it hardly needs to." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 30 out of 100, based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. In May 2017, Lionsgate announced that a sequel, titled "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween", would be released on October 20, 2017. Boo! A Madea Halloween Tyler Perry's Boo!

pos: Madea Goes to Jail (play) until Katie sings her number. Toni gathers her things, says goodbye to Ella, Sonny, and Wanda and leaves with her mother. And with that Sonny and Wanda are married and Toni leaves with her mother. A film adaptation of the same name was released on February 20, 2009. Madea Goes to Jail (play) Madea Goes to Jail is an American musical play, touring from 2005 to 2006, created, written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry. It stars Tyler Perry as Mabel "Madea" Simmons, Cassi Davis as Ella, Cherly Pepsi Riley as Wanda, and Judy Peterson as Katie. The play opens

pos: A Madea Christmas (film) It featured Smokey Robinson, Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight, James Brown, KEM, Boyz II Men, Kelly Rowland, Jeremih, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Pearl Bailey, Ashanti, Mprynt & Kevin Ross. "A Madea Christmas" was panned by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 20% rating, based on 35 reviews, with the consensus: "It boasts a few laughs, but overall, Tyler Perry's "A Madea Christmas" ranks among Perry's least entertaining or substantive works." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 28 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". "A Madea Christmas" was released on Blu-ray and DVD

pos: Diary of a Mad Black Woman Perry). Madea takes Helen in and helps her get back on her feet, to the dismay of Madea's brother, Joe (also Tyler Perry). Joe's son, Brian (also Tyler Perry), acts as Madea and Helen's attorney after Charles and Brenda catch the pair breaking into and vandalizing Charles's mansion. Because Madea is a repeat offender, Judge Mablean Ephriam places her under house arrest and sets a $5,000 property or cash bond for Helen. Brian kicks his addict wife, Debrah (Tamara Taylor), out of their home. This causes him to have a strained relationship with his daughter, Tiffany (Tiffany Evans), who wants

pos: Támar was eventually cancelled as well. "My Name Is Támar" was released on March 24, 2011 and was also primarily produced and mixed by John Elmore III and Terrell Sass. She appears in multiple Tyler Perry plays, such as: "The Marriage Counselor", "Laugh to Keep from Crying", "Madea's Big Happy Family" and also "A Madea Christmas". She also starred in Perry's most recent play "Madea Gets a Job". She also toured with "Motown: The Musical" as an understudy for Diana Ross. Tamar Davis auditioned for season 10 of the American series "The Voice". On an episode broadcast on NBC on March

neg: Madea's Witness Protection has invested in Needleman's company without his father's knowledge or consent, only to lose the entire investment in the Ponzi scheme. The Needlemans' first meeting with Madea and Joe is awkward and bodes poorly for how everyone will get along. However, over time, Madea helps Kate and Cindy relate better to each other and to other family members, while Joe and Kate help George become more confident, more in touch with his surroundings and people around him, and more effective in channeling his emotions. Barbara displays dual sensibilities about "colored people". On one hand, she mistakes Madea for a domestic

neg: Madea's Witness Protection a blessing in disguise. Upon leaving Madea's house, Cindy and Howie ask if they can come back to visit but both Madea and Joe immediately decline (though Madea does so in a sweet demeanor). Before returning to New York, the Needlemans visit Pastor Nelson's church one last time. The Pastor and Jake burn the mortgage papers and the entire congregation celebrates the mortgage's being paid off, and the Needlemans enjoy the Negro spirituals. Madea also enjoys the spiritual music from her front porch, celebrating her new wealth. The film received generally negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score

neg: Madea Mabel "Madea" Simmons was born in Greensburg, Louisiana, on June 26, 1935. (Madea was 68 in the first play, "I Can Do Bad All by Myself", as well as "Madea's Class Reunion". Her ages in the other plays are unknown because they take place between these two plays, and there's no continuity offered. In "Madea Goes to Jail", Madea was around 75). In "I Can Do Bad All by Myself," she reveals she once lived in Cleveland, Ohio, but later returned to Atlanta. Madea was brought up in poverty and grew up living in shacks with her immediate family. Madea

neg: Madea's Witness Protection to redivert funds from the "stashed" accounts back to the charities whose investments were stolen in the Ponzi scheme. The plan requires George (who disguises himself as a Frenchman to avoid detection by the Malone mob "family"), Jake, and Madea (who assumes the identity of an upscale woman named Precious Jackson) to travel to New York City, and for "Precious" to meet with a bank manager to transfer funds from the laundered accounts to the legitimate charities. Madea successfully accomplishes her mission, although she improvises both an expansion of her assumed identity (by pretending to be the oldest Jackson sister)

neg: Madea those plays. In the TBS comedy-drama "House of Payne" pilot episode "Bully and the Beast", Madea was the foster mother of Nikki. She factored into the plot through a school altercation between her adopted daughter and Curtis Payne's (the series' protagonist) great-nephew Malik. Curtis takes a particular disliking to Madea, who is not in the least bit intimidated by Curtis at all. Rather conversely, Curtis became intimidated by Madea and had nightmares about her. In the episode "The Wench Who Saved Christmas", Curtis tries to discourage everyone from having the Christmas spirit. He later fell asleep and dreamt that Madea

neg: Madea's Witness Protection scheme run by the mob. He is being accused of spearheading the scheme and laundering funds and has to enter his family into a witness protection program. The program relocates them to a refuge where no one will think to look for them: Madea and Joe's house in Georgia. Meanwhile, Jakewhose elderly, ailing father is a church pastor who has put him in charge of the church's mortgage fundstages a robbery (which is unsuccessful). Jake, who has a criminal past but whose father trusts that he has turned over a new leaf, is trying to recover church funds that he

neg: Madea Goes to Jail her permanent license suspension and Judge Mablean Ephriam places her in an anger management course. Returning home from court, Madea finds a party taking place in her house hosted by her brother, Joe Simmons, who claims he threw the party to try and cheer up Madea. However, Madea isn't amused by the festivities and uses a machine gun to scare the party goers away. Madea consults with Doctor Phil McGraw for anger management, but does not cooperate with McGraw. Returning home, Madea, needing to buy groceries, calls Cora to drive her to the store, but Cora declines, angering Madea. Joe

neg: Madea Myself"). Quite often, Madea has offered direction and guidance to those who were being abused within their romantic relationships. Though much of this direction and guidance tends to come in the form of extreme warmongering, Madea's heart is always in the right place. Madea also instructs troubled individuals about the mistakes they've made in their life choices and leads them down the path of forgiveness and improvement. While in prison in the film "Madea Goes to Jail", Madea attends an anger management church meeting under duress. During the meeting, Madea ends up lecturing all the women to stop playing victims,

neg: Madea a daughter named Victoria. The film begins with everyone leaving Irene's funeral. Madea was shown as not caring much for her sister; in fact, not only does Madea claim she's happy Irene's died, but she has also said Irene probably died on purpose to get out of repaying Madea a $20 loan. In "Madea Goes to Jail", Madea helps out Sonny by letting him stay at her home rent-free. In "Madea Goes to Jail", it was revealed that Madea supported her children by stripping, pole dancing, and professional wrestling, among other things. Madea has buried nine husbands, among them Jimmy

neg: Madea Goes to Jail predicts that Madea will get into trouble if she drives to the store herself, but Madea ignores him and goes anyway. At Kmart, a woman steals the parking space that Madea was about to take and acts very snobbish to Madea when she confronts the woman over it, so Madea commandeers a forklift truck to remove the woman's car from the space, wrecking the car in the process. Madea is arrested and brought to court again, where Judge Greg Mathis sentences her to prison for five to ten years. Meanwhile, assistant district attorney Joshua Hardaway is on the fast track

neg: Madea Goes to Jail (play) Pete the Pimp. After bail is made for Madea, and a brief encounter with Pete, she decides to take care of Toni until Katie gets out of jail. Once Madea is back at home, she notices a strange perfume on the clothes she washed, believing Vanessa was responsible. Ella stops by asks about Toni and Madea reveals she has been disobedient. Madea gave Toni Cora's old dresses to wear for school, but Toni wears a mini skirt, red boots, a pink top and jacket. Madea becomes annoyed when Toni starts ignoring her and Ella. Toni has an attitude toward Madea

neg: Madea of four sons. Daughter: Cora SimmonsMadea's daughter, Cora Simmons, is her most recognized and only child to appear in most of the plays and movies. Cora is 50 in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman". She was born in 1953 when Madea was 18. Cora is a devout Christian and is often in the company of her father Leroy Brown. Tina and Lisa only appear in "Family Reunion", but are the only granddaughters to be mentioned all the time. Cora thought that Johnny was her father until "Class Reunion", in which Madea reminded Cora that she [Cora] was the product

neg: Madea's Neighbors from Hell on the door again and Aunt Bam asks calmly where is Ruth. He ask rude again and tells them leave him alone. Madea starts to burn Tay with her cigarette while Aunt Bam pushes him. Madea tells him about being respectful and he goes back in slamming the door. Madea and Aunt Bam goes up in the house angry at him. Shannon says they can't be in here. Madea ask where is their mother. They both says they don't know. Madea spots her lunch meat and mail on their table. Madea starts hitting both of them with her mail. Tay

neg: Madea's Tough Love However, Madea distrusts Holiday’s intentions. Madea takes the children to Chastain Park, which has since been repurposed into a shopping mall, and explains this is what Holiday intends to do with their youth center. Madea breaks into Holiday’s headquarters and confronts her. Madea learns Holiday also has a team entering the sporting event, the “Chastain Park Players.” Madea rallies the children together. They ultimately defeat the Chastain Park Players in the sporting event and win the $25,000 prize, which they will use to save the youth center. Madea and the children celebrate, but Holiday swears revenge. Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com

neg: Madea's Neighbors from Hell and goes through the back door to her house. Madea arrives calling Aunt Bam. Aunt Bam says she has been looking out for her house while she was gone. Madea finds that her front door is open. Aunt Bam starts running and Madea starts laughing because of the way she is running. Aunt Bam says she was running for her life. Madea realize that the people next door (Ruth House) robbed her house because they are new to the neighborhood. She rings the doorbell and Tay comes out mocking Madea and goes back in and slams the door. Madea rings

neg: Madea as "unusually large". "Big Mable" is characterized as being very gentle, mild-mannered, kind and peaceful woman, with a long and very dangerous fuse. In "Madea's Family Reunion", Madea revealed that "Big Mabel" was a hooker during Madea's childhood and not at all religious. Madea's brothersAccording to "Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings", Madea has several brothers. Three of them are Frederick (revealed in the book), Joe, and Heathrow (revealed in "Madea's Family Funeral"). Madea's sisterIn "Madea's Family Reunion", it was revealed that Madea has an older sister named Irene Andrews, who has a son named Sonny and

neg: Madea suspended indefinitely (implying that her license was suspended when she was 30 years old) and also gets ordered to anger management counseling, making it the very last opportunity for her to avoid jail. She, however, began driving as soon as Cora neglected her daughterly duties. Madea's brother Joe (also played by Perry) refers to her as a "po-po ho", meaning someone who is a professional at evading law enforcement. In "A Madea Christmas", Madea confides in her niece Eileen that she sold "trees"; when Eileen asks if they were Christmas trees, Madea replies that "when you smoke 'em, they make

neg: Madea's Tough Love children, Netta and Dang Dang, who are also looking for the purse. After learning the children are homeless, Madea takes them home with her. Madea makes the children breakfast in the morning, but after learning Madea is planning to call social services Netta and Dang Dang leave. Madea finds Netta and Dang Dang playing basketball with the other children at Moms Mabley Community Center, a local youth center in Freedom Park. However, the center is condemned by Betsy Holiday, a mayoral candidate for Atlanta. Holiday details her plans to construct new buildings and make the city’s neighborhoods safe for children.

neg: Madea Goes to Jail (play) phone call at Madea's house with information that Madea is in jail, and the scene cuts. Meanwhile, at the jail, we see Sonny getting ready for work where he sees long-time friend, Wanda, who is now the head Defense Attorney at the prison. After a brief conversation, Wanda leaves and Leo explained that all the ladies, except Madea, were all calm. Madea, later, came in the jail after being left in the yard and tells Sonny that Leo was trying to rape her. She tells Sonny about the Conyers incident, and asks Sonny to go home for the bail money.

neg: Madea's Neighbors from Hell about Helen, The woman who died in the house. Madea acts like she heard something which scares them. Wally arrives to say hi to Madea. Madea tells Wally to take the TV in her house and to be careful because it was a gift from (Oprah Winfrey) so that she can watch The Haves and Have Nots. Wally falls and breaks Madea's TV. He puts it in the house and runs away to the post office. Tay complaints to Karen that he is hungry. He says Madea took the lunch meat. Karen gives Shannon and Tay some crackers. Shannon ask

neg: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween dad. Madea's car stops in front of a old broken-down house. Madea, Bam, and Hattie run into the house when they see the little girl who tells Joe that "Derrick" wants to talk him about the rude comments he made earlier. Joe goes to the chainsaw killer, but Joe runs away from him. Madea, Bam, and Hattie discover that Tiffany, Jonathan, Gabriella, Leah, and Dino are hiding in the house from Derrick too and think the adults are pranking them. At the window Madea, Bam, and Hattie think Joe is dead when they see "Derrick" and his brother drag him

neg: Madea's Big Happy Family (film) acquire some professional help, and Byron breaks up with Renee. The film ends with Madea, Mr. Brown, and Cora on "The Maury Povich Show" to find out if Mr. Brown is in fact Cora's father. Madea insists that he is, but it turns out he's not. This shocks Madea, who runs off-stage, sobbing hysterically. Madea does this mocking the running gag on the Maury Povich Show of how many of the woman, when it is revealed that their old romantic interests are not the real fathers of their child(ren), they run off-stage and sob wildly and hysterically. "Madea's Big Happy

neg: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween driving, Madea accidentally hits one of Derrick's daughters with her car when she mysteriously appears on the road; the gang argue over who will get out of the car and check on the little girl. Madea goes, and Bam and Hattie reluctantly follow. The little girl is crying. Madea says that they must go check on her, but Bam and Hattie are afraid to go check, but do so anyway. She pulls her hair and shows her face, which has scars, cuts, to everybody. The ladies run back to the car and Joe decides to drive. The little girl appears

neg: Tyler Perry movie also stars Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Gabrielle Union, Eddie Cibrian, Jamie Kennedy, Phylicia Rashad, and others. , Perry's films had grossed over US$500 million worldwide. Perry's "Madea's Witness Protection", his seventh film within the Madea franchise, was released on June 29, 2012. Perry took over the role of James Patterson's Alex Cross from Morgan Freeman for a new film in the series, titled "Alex Cross". The film opened on October 19, 2012, and received praise from critics and audiences for his role. His performance gained the attention of director David Fincher, who subsequently cast Perry in his 2014 thriller

neg: Madea and Johnny. Madea claims to have shot some of them and poisoned others of them with her sweet potato pie. After each husband died, they were buried quickly and Madea collected their life insurance checks. Each time it's happened, Madea has stated "I'm tryin' to get to the insurance company by five, and the casino by nine!" First husband: Johnny SimmonsMadea killed her first husband Johnny Simmons (deceased), the father of Michelle and William. Madea implies that she was glad when he died and that their marriage wasn't good. Johnny's niece Vickie appears in "Family Reunion"; she is the mother

neg: Madea's Tough Love the police soon join. Madea elicits an apology from the skateboarders, but is subsequently arrested by the police. Madea is placed under house arrest and sentenced to community service at her old school. Madea attends the school’s gym class, and is horrified at the kids’ raucous behavior. Madea locks the children in a cage, but the children protest, claiming they have to practice to win a local sporting event and its cash prize. The police are alerted to Madea’s actions and return her home. That evening, Madea returns to the school to find her purse. She encounters two of the

neg: Madea's Neighbors from Hell if she works there. Her friend says she don't work at the hospital that Ruth works at. Madea ask where do she work at but Ruth changes the subject. Madea says she couldn't rest because she heard loud music so Ruth goes in the house. Madea forgot to tell Ruth about what the kids did. Madea tells Ruth that the kids robbed her house and she has to pay for the stuff they stole and about Desi being in the room with her. Ruth leaves and goes in the house. Madea says something is wrong with Ruth because she saw

neg: Madea Goes to Jail (play) and they both run into the bathroom. The next scene starts with Madea upset that Vanessa let that happen to the baby, Then when Vanessa, Sonny, and Nate come in from the emergency room, Madea smells the same thing on Nate that was on Vanessa clothes. Ella and Madea realize that and when it's revealed to be Kente Oil, Madea soon tells Vanessa that she is sleeping with Nate. Soon Wanda comes in and tells him that Sonny isn't the father of that child, then everybody gets angry then, after a brief confrontation, everyone leaves and Wanda sings her number.

neg: Madea Goes to Jail (play) Madea arrives with Toni to talk to Katie, while Ella, Sonny and Wanda leave. When Katie is properly greeted by her daughter, she is pleased with the change. Madea then persuades Katie to tell Toni the truth about everything, and subsequently exits. Katie prepares to tell her daughter the truth, but Toni does not believe her and runs out of the jail. The scene cuts to Sonny singing his number, before being joined in by Madea, and Toni doing her homework. Sonny is clearly brooding over his breakup with Vanessa, and mentions to Madea, that he tried to change her

neg: Madea's Big Happy Family (film) service, later on back at the house, Madea confronts the family, saying that Shirley was a peaceful woman and that she would not have wanted all the fighting going on between them. First, Madea confronts Sabrina about abusing Byron’s hard-earned money, and that she needs to start respecting him, especially telling her to stop using their child to make his life miserable or she will be dealing with Madea herself or worse. Second, Madea confronts Byron and tells him to get himself a new job in order remain on the right path. Madea also threatens Renee when she attempts to

neg: Madea's Neighbors from Hell tells Karen to come downstairs. Madea goes up to Karen's room and throw Desi out. She spots her TV. Karen says that not her TV but it says "Madea" on back of it. They go downstairs and see that Aunt Bam is talking to Shannon. Madea says she is telling Ruth. Shannon begs her not to but she is still telling her. Shannon tries to tell her what she will do to them but Karen interrupts her. Madea stills says she is telling Ruth but Karen says she won't come back to her house. Before Madea leaves, she tells them

neg: Madea Black Woman". She is, however, mentioned in the "I Can Do Bad All by Myself" play. In the plays, Myrtle is in her 50s. In the film timeline, Myrtle is in her 70s, and is placed in a retirement home. This shows a natural propensity to disregard timelines humorously, because Madea herself is only in her mid-seventies. William and Myrtle have three children: Helen, Jackie, and Gina, all of whom have either appeared or been mentioned in one of the plays (though only Helen is mentioned in the movie). William's oldest daughter, Helen, is in her mid to late 30s

neg: Mablean Ephriam Court" at the end of the 2005–06 season (her seventh behind the bench), reportedly because she and the show's producers were unable to come to an agreement on a contract extension. She was replaced by Judge Lynn Toler, a former judge from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who formerly presided over the short-lived syndicated courtroom TV show "Power of Attorney." Well known as Madea's court judge, Ephraim portrays a strict and stern judge character in "Madea" films, who frequently presides over the many cases Madea lands herself into, always as result of violent and destructive conduct. The judge never sentences Madea to

neg: Madea necessary to show up an offending party. Incorrigible in her overreactive ways, Madea has repeatedly landed herself in court (usually before Judge Mablean), anger management classes, house arrest, and even prison. Despite her questionable methods, she stands for what's right and has a nurturing side. As examples, Madea is often seen officiously involving herself in circumstances in which others have been wronged, offering self-defense tips, instruction, or avenging them on her own; by her very nature, Madea is more than willing to "thug out" on some of the sassiest and brattiest of children and teens, but also shows to care

neg: Madea over which she has shown no shame. For example, the character has four general methods of attack: When using guns, Madea shoots around targets, using intimidation rather than actually killing or injuring anyone. As another form of intimidation, Madea frequently boasts of having killed in the past. As an example, she once claimed to have murdered Jimmy Hoffa over him insulting her. She also claimed to have shot Tupac Shakur while arguing over a parking space; although she claims not to have killed him in the shooting. In spite of her outrageous and shocking behaviors, Madea is consultative, protective, loving,

neg: Madea you feel like it's Christmas", implying that she once was a marijuana dealer. Scurrilous, wise cracking, and saucy in remarks and behavior, Madea is full of comical sass and vulgar and abusive language. She also has many catch phrases, such as "You crazy as hell," and "I oughta punch you in da face!" In addition, she uses Ebonics and other various urban expressions. Madea also intentionally adds a mispronounced "t" sound to many of her words, such as "Africant Americant", "cooking and cleanting" and "living for da Lort [Lord]." Madea is mostly noted for her outrageous overreactions and thuggish toughness

neg: Madea she ruined in "Madea Goes to Jail"). Throughout the series, she is a repeat offender. In "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" alone, Madea and her granddaughter Helen McCarter were both charged with "criminal trespassing, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a handgun, assault with a deadly weapon, [driving on a] suspended license, expired registration, reckless driving, and a broken taillight", which placed Madea on house arrest, while her granddaughter was bailed for $5,000. In "Family Reunion", she violated the terms of house arrest by taking off her house arrest bracelet but was given the opportunity to avoid jail by becoming

neg: Madea was the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future. In this form, she tried to teach him a lesson about his killjoy behavior. In the episode "Wife Swap", Curtis' wife Ella chastises him for taking her for granted. That night, Curtis has an extended nightmare where he is married to Madea instead of Ella. On another TBS series, "Meet the Browns", Madea is said to be the mother of Cora Simmons as a result of a one-night stand with the show's lead character, She is an unseen character throughout the series. On January 21, 2015, Madea made a special guest

neg: Madea a foster mother. In "Meet the Browns", Madea was stopped by police as a normal traffic stop, only to refuse to pull over (fearing that she'll be sent to jail again), which leads her into a high-speed car chase with several law enforcement officials and news helicopters. In "Goes to Jail", Madea was about to get sent to jail, but was reluctantly released by Judge Mablean after learning the arresting officers did not read the Miranda rights warning when she was arrested (as the officers claimed that Madea was fighting with them), so she finally admits that her license was

neg: Madea has stated that although her family didn't have much, they had love. According to "Family Reunion", Madea's mother, "Big Mabel" Murphy, was a hooker during Madea's childhood and wasn't at all religious. As a result, Madea grew up with little knowledge of Christianity (as an elderly woman, Madea has a tendency to misquote the Bible). She attended Booker T. Washington High School, where she served as a cheerleader. When Madea was 16, her parents moved her and the rest of her immediate family to Atlanta, Georgia, in a shotgun house. It was reported in Madea's book, "Don't Make a Black

neg: Madea great outrage and criticism. As result of increasing outcries from fans, Perry informed the public on April 15, 2013, that the news was untrue. Perry was quoted as stating, "That was an April Fool's joke that "HE" did. Not true. And not funny. When I'm done with Madea, she is done." Perry has been accused of minstrelsy and playing into black stereotypes with the Madea character, most notably by fellow black director Spike Lee. Perry's argument with Lee dates back to a 2009 interview in which Lee referred to Perry's films as "coonery buffoonery". Lee equated the Madea movies with

neg: Madea Woman Take Off Her Earrings", that Madea's mother and father wouldn't allow her to go out at all until she turned 17 or 18. In the films, it has been revealed that Madea used to be a stripper, and her stagenames were Magnitude and Delicious. It is heavily implied that she was a prostitute as well. Madea has a lifelong criminal record that began at age 9 with a charge of petty theft. It is also reported that Madea was charged with her first felony at this age, and her crimes began progressing to illegal gambling at age 18, which

neg: Madea and motherly at heart. This is heavily evidenced in "Gets a Job", in which Madea provides life lessons, guidance, and direction to all the residents and staff members of a nursing home. Moreover, on numerous occasions, Madea has accepted family members who were without a place to stay into her home on her own accord. These family members have included her granddaughter Helen ("Diary of a Mad Black Woman" film), granddaughter Vianne ("I Can Do Bad All by Myself"), her great niece Vanessa and her two kids ("Madea's Family Reunion"), and ex-convict Bobby Mitchell ("I Can Do Bad All by

neg: A Madea Christmas (film) while helping Connor with the farm animals, Madea reveals to Connor and Buddy that she knows Connor and Lacey are together (but not that they are married). When Connor informs Madea of this, also stating that Lacey is planning to tell Eileen about their marriage on Christmas day, Madea warns that Eileen will become upset. While at the school that same day, it is discovered by the mayor and several towns people - including Tanner McCoy - that Oliver's representatives require that if they are going to sponsor the jubilee, it must be a holiday jubilee. This means that there

neg: Madea Goes to Jail (play) Toni her interpretations of the Bible, when Toni reveals that she doesn't know how to pray. After leaving the room, she asks Jeremy to teach her about prayer. (Jeremy sing his number at this point) The next day, Toni is confronted by her father, but Madea and Ella arrive just in time to save her and chase out. Wanda, Sonny, and the released Katie enter the house. After the revelation is made that Katie is ready to take Toni back, Toni wants to stay with Madea, but she insists. Madea leaves, and Toni is still unsure of what to feel,

neg: I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) for Keisha. "(Grace)" Madea gets a call from an Eric Jones offering Bobby a job and when Bobby and Vivanne come back from a date, Madea relays the message. When Maylee and Keisha get back from the clinic, Madea has already heard about the abortion from Cora and gets mad at both Keisha for getting pregnant, and Maylee for suggesting an abortion. Vivanne tries to get Maylee to understand that Anthony doesn’t love her. He’s only marrying her to get back at Vivanne. Maylee doesn’t believe Vivanne; however Madea does. Bobby tells everyone that he got offered a job in

neg: I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) would have gotten engaged that fast. Vivanne agrees. While everyone is getting ready to eat over at Madea’s house, Bobby is taking a shower and has to run downstairs to get the soap. First Bobby and Vivanne flirt with each other and then Madea tries to flirt with him but he won’t buy it. Madea can tell Vivanne likes Bobby. Mr. Brown comes back over to eat at Madea’s house and brings a dish to share. Everyone has a little fun before supper. "(Old Time Mix)" Madea puts in her two cents. "(The Bible According to Madea)" And once more.

neg: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween grab Horse and drag him away from Leah. Leah says she'll get help but Horse is presumably "killed." Leah runs out of the forest and sees Madea and the gang waiting for the Cadillac to stop smoking so she waits with them until Bam sees a "grim reaper" standing in the middle of the road. Everyone except Madea is afraid; Madea thinks the frat boys are pranking them so she confronts him. She touches his scythe and gets a cut on her hand. She tries to touch his face, but when she just feels air she goes back to the

neg: Boo! A Madea Halloween to prevent Tiffany from attending the party, but Tiffany and Aday invent a ghost story that leads the superstitious adults to hide in the bedrooms. Madea realizes the girls are at the party, so she crashes it but is ejected. Bam shuts the party down by calling the police and reporting the presence of the underage Tiffany. Aday overhears the brothers planning revenge against Madea and her friends. The boys pose as the ghost from Tiffany's story; Madea, Bam, and Hattie flee the house, pursued by brothers and partygoers dressed as zombies. Joe stays at the house and knocks out

neg: A Madea Christmas (film) people. When Madea turns around to write her name on the chalkboard, one of the students steals her purse. Madea tells the students a modern day version of the story of the first Christmas, in order to keep the class busy. When Madea realizes that her purse is missing, she tries to then tell the children the story of Easter, but then loses her temper half way through the story and demands that somebody find her purse. Meanwhile, with the contract glazed over and signed, the town and school now have the money they need. Lacey then prepares to return

neg: Madea Goes to Jail (play) Ella exiting as well. It seems that Sonny and Wanda are becoming a couple as they share a kiss right before Madea goes upstairs to Toni's room. Toni is on the phone with a 16-year-old boy named "Lil Wilson" and hangs when Madea enters. Madea picks up the receiver and after learning about how young all of his family gets pregnant, she advises her not to talk to him anymore. She spends the rest of her time with Toni giving her advice about being what she wants to be, not caring about others' opinions of her, as well as giving

neg: I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) Anthony tells Bobby that he either moves away to California because if he stays here; then Anthony will call his probation officer and get him sent back to prison. Anthony also tells Bobby that he went to school with Bobby's probation officer. Police sirens are heard and Madea runs inside the house. Apparently Madea and Maylee were getting their nails done at a nail salon, when one of the employees begins talking about Madea. The employee calls Madea Godzilla, so she shoots up the nail salon and runs like hell back home. Maylee comes back from back from nail salon

neg: Boo! A Madea Halloween a frat boy dressed as a deranged clown. Madea runs into a church where Aday's parents are ministers; Madea comes to believe the supernatural threats are punishment for her sins, and hopes salvation will protect her. Aday reveals the nature of Jonathan's scheme; Aday, Madea, Hattie, and Bam plan a comeuppance for the fraternity. Brian confronts Tiffany over her disobedience and disrespect, which is the legacy of lax parenting that Joe passed on to Brian. The older women force the issue; Brian and Tiffany have a frank conversation and Tiffany agrees to follow Brian's rules. Police arrive and arrest Tiffany

neg: Boo! A Madea Halloween sequel, titled "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween", was released on October 20, 2017. Jonathan and his fraternity brothers invite Tiffany and her friends Aday, Rain, and Leah to a Halloween party. Tiffany's father Brian ("Uncle Joe" Simmons's son) forbids her from attending, and later is aghast at her sexually forward video chat with Jonathan. That night, Madea (Brian's paternal aunt) and "Aunt Bam" distribute candy to trick-or-treaters, though Bam steals candy back from the children. Joe dresses as a clown to frighten the women, with their friend Hattie as his accomplice. Brian arranges for Madea to stay at his house

neg: Madea's Big Happy Family to argue. Frustrated, Madea tells Karen to stop worrying about Byron and Rose, stop using her baby to make Byron's life miserable, and keep moving forward. Rose tells Byron it's time to go, but Madea snatches Byron's shirt, re-seating him. When Rose tells Madea she should let her "man" grow up and be a man, Madea uses Uncle Monroe's "Yah, trick!"-choke-move on her. She follows up by lecturing them that the elderly should be treated with respect and dignity, after all, they marched for their freedom. She finally lets them leave and moves on to Harold and Tammy: Tammy shouldn't

neg: I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play) person Madea is helping out is Bobby Mitchell, a total stranger who just got out of doing 12 years in prison for possession of drug paraphernalia – even though, according to him, it was his two older brothers and since he was the youngest they told him to say it was his and he did. Bobby is Madea’s handyman and usually cuts her grass and both Madea and Vianne really think he is attractive. Vianne wants to admit it. Vianne sister, Maylee and her fourteen-year-old daughter, Keisha, are also staying with Madea. When Maylee was very young about Keisha’s age,

neg: A Madea Christmas (film) Maria Horsford). Madea gets fed up with the customers and starts speaking rudely, causing herself to get fired on her first day. She then asks for her paycheck, but her boss tells her they will mail it. Infuriated, Madea steals a dress and some money from the cash register, then leaves. Meanwhile, Eileen's daughter, Lacey Williams (Tika Sumpter), who is working as a teacher at a small school in Alabama and married to a white man named Connor (Eric Lively), has many problems on her hands: the school does not have enough money to fund its annual Christmas Jubilee. This

neg: Madea's Neighbors from Hell a brief conversation. Aunt Bam explains about how life was back in the day when she was young. Clay and Patti arrives; they talk about getting Desi a job since he is not treated fairly in his family. All of them started singing gospel songs until Madea interrupts them. The Child Protection Services ask if they want to see Ruth. They go in her house and Ruth goes upstairs and gets them. Clay ask if they are ok but Madea thinks they are lying. Tay says that he is Hungry and that they didn't eat in 2 days. Ruth says

neg: Madea's Witness Protection named Sadie, treats "Sadie" imperiously, and threatens to get her fired. On the other hand, she recognizes Joe as a man she slept with years ago (and George's biological father), and relates to him seductively; she also enjoys Negro spirituals and repeatedly asks to be taken to the African American church down the street from Madea's house. Pastor Nelson's sermon inspires George to recognize a pattern in his company's records that explains where 10% of the stolen funds have been stashed. After church, watching Whoopi Goldberg's Oda Mae Brown character in "Ghost" inspires George to involve Madea in a plan

neg: Ghost (1990 film) "Glee "("Girls (and Boys) On Film"), "Bob's Burgers" ("Synchronized Swimming"), "30 Rock" ("Governor Dunston"), and "Fuller House" ("Save the Dates"). The scene where Oda Mae closes the bank account under the name Rita Miller is both featured and parodied in the comedy film Madea's Witness Protection. The characters are seen watching the scene on TV when they get inspired by it. In similar fashion to the original film, Madea is asked to pretend to be a women named Precious in order to close an account filled with money laundered from a Ponzi scheme, and then subsequently transferring the illegal money

neg: Alexander Gruszynski Alexander Gruszynski Alexander Gruszynski (born June 19, 1950) is a Polish-American cinematographer, actor and film director. He attended the National Film School of Denmark, Copenhagen. In 1985 Gruszynski moved to America and is now a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. The films that he has served as the cinematographer for include "Cast a Deadly Spell", "Tremors", "Angus", "The Craft", "The Pagemaster", "54", "Dick", "Two Can Play That Game", "Deliver Us from Eva", "Five Fingers", "Nancy Drew", "This Christmas", "Hamlet 2", "Madea Goes to Jail", "Good Deeds", "Madea's Witness Protection", and "Ideal Home". Gruszynski was nominated for the ASC

neg: Madea Goes to Jail (play) and Ella and after receiving a spanking with one of Madea's belts, she is forced to go back upstairs and change. Leo and Sonny arrive, and Leo leaves with Ella, while Sonny receives his food and leaves with Madea and Toni. Sonny forgets his keys and has to return home to pick them up but the frantic Vanessa tries to get him to leave quickly, due to Nate being upstairs in the bedroom. Sonny then leaves and Nate and Vanessa start to kiss but the baby is in the tub, Vanessa tells Nate he`s fine but Nate hears water running

neg: Tyler Perry 20, 2015. In 2016, Perry played scientist Baxter Stockman in "". In mid January 2016, Perry started filming his seventeenth film, and ninth within the Madea franchise, "Boo! A Madea Halloween". The film was released on October 21, 2016. A sequel, "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween", was released in October 2017. Perry, alongside Oprah Winfrey, lent his voice in his first computer-animated film, called "The Star", which is based on the Nativity of Jesus. Developed by Sony Pictures Animation, the film was released on November 17, 2017. Perry's films are co-produced and distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment; he retains full

neg: Madea about their well-being in the end. The character combines an unusual pronunciation style with her locutions, such as "Heller, how ya dern?" or "Halleluyer praise da lort!" Madea is based on Perry's mother and his aunt, as well Eddie Murphy's performance in "". In Perry's own words Madea is ". . .exactly the PG version of my mother and my aunt, and I loved having an opportunity to pay homage to them. She would beat the hell out of you but make sure the ambulance got there in time to make sure they could set your arm back. . ."

neg: Madea pulled an April Fools' Day prank, informing the public via his "Huffington Post" account that he would be replacing Perry as Madea. Jones led the public to believe that the decision had come amid Perry's prior obligations, assisting Oprah Winfrey with her struggling OWN network. As part of the prank, Jones released a photo of himself to the public in which he was impersonating Madea. In addition, he incorporated several pretend quotes seemingly issued by Perry, both acknowledging the news and giving Jones his blessing to continue on with the character. Unaware of the prank, however, many fans responded with

neg: Boo! A Madea Halloween in connection with Aday's disappearance, the older Rain and Leah are arrested for bringing Tiffany and Aday to the party, and the fraternity brothers are arrested when Aday's seemingly murdered corpse is found in their house. Everyone fights on a prison bus until Aday appears, unharmed; the arrests were a prank to punish everyone's misbehavior. Jonathan apologizes. Brian, a federal prosecutor, reveals that the police officers are real, not actors; the police find marijuana in the fraternity house and an officer recognizes Madea; she and the brothers flee as the film ends. Production on "Boo! A Madea Halloween" began in