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 ...

Tyler Perry has played Madea in over a dozen movies to date. Here's how to watch the films (as well as the plays and TV shows ...

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 ...