6:50AM Defamer Hollywood | We admit not devoting much thought to the sensation that is Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise (
Diary of a Mad Black Woman,
Madea’s Family Reunion, and this week’s
Meet the Browns among others) beyond the actor-writer-director’s garish drag stylings and Lionsgate’s savvy in attracting one of moviegoing’s most underserved audiences back to theatres every couple years. Thank God for
Salon’s James Hannaham, who
today breaks down the Perry phenomenon for the controversial throwbacks to minstrelsy, misogyny and all-around insensitivity old Madea may actually represent:
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