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...your inspiration for Madea--Flip Wilson's Geraldine, Mrs. Doubtfire or Sanford and Son's Aunt Esther? She's based on all of those people, plus Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence characters. If I hadn't seen a man put on a dress, I wouldn't have had the courage to do it. The inspiration comes from my mother and my aunt. Madea is the PG version of them...
...last year's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Tyler Perry played Madea, a gun-toting grandma. She returns this month in Madea's Family Reunion...
...would win a fight between Madea and Lawrence's Big Momma? The fight would end up in a draw because both of them come from the same school of wisdom. They would end up being really good friends...
What advice would Madea give you for coping with overnight fame? Don't internalize, just kick ass and take names...
Diary’s detractors correctly acknowledge that Madea is a crass and unbelievable caricature. What they miss is that her complete lack of verisimilitude is deliberate and critical to the aesthetic that Perry endeavors to create...