Tyler perry madea christmas12/7/2023 ![]() I don’t know, maybe it worked as theater. But by the end, a little boy sings about Jesus and all is well in the world. Nothing is really worked through dramatically - most of these subplots are mentioned and then dropped. ![]() It’s got a small town trying to put on a Christmas jubilee it’s got mixed-race couples, in-law shenanigans, a school that’s running out of money, an evil corporation, a dispute over corn, a dam that’s putting people out of work, racism, reverse-racism … even the Klan shows up, briefly. ![]() Does that sound harsh? Maybe, but would he even disagree? A Madea Christmas was based on Perry’s play of the same name: I haven’t seen it, so I have no idea how faithful he is to himself, but watching the film I could imagine how it might have worked as some sort of Christmas stage pageant full o’ stuff. Sometimes he just throws a bunch of crap together and calls it a movie.
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