Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 <p>The exploitation of historically exaggerated black caricatures is a fundamental feature of Tyler Perry’s work. The <i>Madea</i> films thrive on an ugly mix ...

"Madea's coming to Netflix,” Tyler Perry said in a video on social media Tuesday Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Tyler Perry's Madea is back! The producer, 51, announced the return of the beloved Madea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighteen years ago, Tyler Perry brought his DIY play to the big screen. Released in 2005, "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" chronicles ...

Tyler Perry may be hanging up his gray Madea wig, but the actor, writer and producer is careful to never say never. The 50-year-old tells PEOPLE in this week's issue that while Madea — the ...

The "Madea" movies have only intermittently done right by the character of Madea. Tyler Perry's creation Mabel "Madea" Simmons is an outrageously anarchic agent of chaos that, until now, has never fit ...

Madea's Destination Wedding sees Tyler Perry's Madea traveling to the Bahamas for a wild wedding weekend. Cassi Davis-Patton, Tamela Mann, and Diamond White are among the returning cast members. The ...

*Tyler Perry danced his way through “The Jennifer Hudson Show” Spirit Tunnel, and social media wasted approximately zero time turning the filmmaker’s moves — and that cropped white jacket — into ...

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming, out now on Netflix, marks the official un-retirement of the Perry’s quasi-alter-ego fat-suit/crossdress Madea character, officially marking the 12th movie in her own ...

Madea, the street-smart and sometimes unhinged matriarch of the Simmons family, is back in action and fans are weighing in on the return of the beloved character. On July 11, Tyler Perry released his ...

You can’t keep a salty-tongued, gun-slinging, larger than larger-than-life woman down. Madea, Tyler Perry’s rambunctious creation, is coming out of retirement for a new Netflix Inc NFLX film. An ...

Madea fans rejoice! Tyler Perry's buxom alter ego returns for a second appearance tonight on House of Payne (tonight at 10 pm/ET, TBS), giving "her" nemesis, Curtis "Pops" Payne, a less-than-silent ...

How old is Tyler Perry’s spitfire matron Madea? Her age isn’t specified (I’d say she’s in her mid-70s), but whatever it is she’s that many years young. She has a sneaky-dog irascibility that won’t ...