Tyler Perry's Latest Gets a Trailer, Poster
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Lionsgate Films, Trailers and Clips, Posters
So very often, we here at Cinematical field comments that are directed specifically to whoever a post was about -- as if Star X or Director Y were reporting about themselves, or as if we hoard e-mail information for any given celebrity and pass word on with great frequency. Having written just one review, though, of a Tyler Perry movie, none of my other posts have yet to have so many remarks addressed directly to the writer-director-producer-star-caterer than that one.Still, so long as Tyler Perry and his filmed plays are around, we'll have posters and trailers that demonstrate just how ungainly his blend of broad slapstick and gospel-laced melodrama is over the course of a mere two minutes, let alone two hours. Case in point: next February's Madea Goes to Jail. On the one hand, we have the poster (click below to enlarge), with the risible imagery of a dove made out of smoke framing the face of Madea (Perry in drag), a character known primarily for being racuous, shrill, anything but saintly. On the other, we have this trailer by way of Yahoo! Movies, which runs the gamut from Madea bickering with Dr. Phil and sticking it to noxious honkies to straight-up preaching to prostitutes in prison.
For some people, it's everything that they hope for out of a Tyler Perry offering. For others, it's everything that they dread. Madea Goes to Jail on Feburary 20th, and I just wanted you to know, Mr. Perry, that I'll try to find my own "Get Out of Jail Free" card by then.
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12-16-2008 @ 9:04AM
Christian M. Howell said...
I could never understand the cross-dressing thing. Aren't there any funny old women out there?
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2-08-2009 @ 12:53PM
connieclj said...
DEAR MR.PERRY: MY NAME IS CONNIE JONES AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE A SONG TO YOU FROM THE GRAY SISTERS GOSPEL GROUP FROM DECATUR ALABAMA FROM THEIR CD.PLEASE VISIT:www.thegraysisterssingers.com."HOW MUCH DO I OWE HIM" MY FRIEND SHIRLEY GRAY LEADS THIS SONG,AND HER 3 SISTERS HELP HER TELL HER STORY. I LISTEN TO YOUR STORY OF YOUR LIFE,IN RETURN,OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THRU,IN MY HEART THIS SONG,I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG,I KNOW IT WILL STAND IN THE GAP FOR YOU.IF ANY ONE READS THIS MESSAGE AND IS ABLE TO FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ON TO MR.PERRY, PLEASE FORWARD IT TO HIM.I REALIZE THAT I HAVE NO WAY OF CONTACTING HIM MYSELF,BUT I KNOW GOD WILL MAKE A WAY FOR THIS MESSAGE TO MAKE IT TO HIM.PLEASE SHARE THIS CD WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND PASS IT ON. YOURS IN THE RITE,CONNIE JONES,NY,PHA,OES
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