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 ...

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 ...

It didn’t help that I watched this in a cinema with no air-conditioning – but aircon was the least of my worries. Tyler Perry continues to make his new-skool Ernest films, with similar titles to ...

Tyler Perry, the thrifty writer/director/producer/star, is a lucrative brand all to himself, known for catering to middle-class black audiences by playing over-the ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...