11/21/2023 0 Comments Madea witness protection programMadea is going to have to pretend to be a fictitious woman named Precious Jackson. A check-signing scene in a bank leads Levy to propose a similar scam in order to get the money his company stole returned to the charities who invested. Things go off the rails from here on out. Up to this point the Enneagram, while not inspired, has been satisfactory. This is high level suspension of disbelief, but Tyler Perry as Madea wears a fem-suit with foam breasts, so let’s not demand too much reality. Grandma needs to go to the neighborhood church, which leads to Levy finally realizing how he can prove his innocence. We’re all forming bonds, so we’re in 5 territory now for sure. As an Enneagram choice, though, it’s out of left field and disorienting. With this as the Switch not only does the family begin to cohere but the black family and the white family form a literal connection. They had an enchanted moment enough years ago that Levy can be Joe’s son. I’m tempted to call it as the moment when Grandma convinces Madea’s husband Joe that she really does know him. I’m looking for the point when the family starts to work together as one unit. I would love to see someone riff on that topic some day. A large man dressed up as an old woman is more of a feminist icon than any real female out there. Mostly, though, the humor in a Madea movie is that she speaks her mind without tact or censoring, and she says the things we’re all too polite to say. The grandmother is borderline senile, which leads to a few funny bits. The daughter is a brat, which sends Madea into beast mode. And that’s how Madea fits into this whole crazy story. Perry is tasked with finding the family a very secret home. The family goes into the witness protection program, and we are solidly in the 4. As I watch through again we’ll see where we end up. Will it mirror in the 6 at all? That I don’t remember. Not one of the most inspired 3s, but workman enough. The mafia, who has been laundering money via the Ponzi scheme, sends Levy a box with a dead rat inside. Also, he will come to be a minor character in the rest of the film, so this isn’t as gratuitous as it feels. Some punk in the back seat is trying to rob her. The saying, in relation to Jurassic Park, is that, “It took too long to get to the dinosaurs.” Well, Madea is our exciting dinosaur and it takes too long to get to her.īut now she’s here! We don’t need a 1 introduction to Madea we jump right to the 2. Partly this is all laying the pipe, and partly this is all boring stuff that should have been compacted. We have to follow Levy home so that he can explain the disaster to his family. He’s investigating the case that now involves Levy, so a meeting is in the future. More trouble for him: the company’s Ponzi scheme has taken money from 12 worthy charities, so Levy feels even more horrible.īring in Perry playing his lawyer character from the other Madea movies. Does anyone surf through life with no survival skills at all? Levy’s character starts out right away as slightly unlikable. His cluelessness, or his extreme innocence, are unbelievable. The company has been behaving illegally and Levy is on the hook for the crime. The office is full of workers shredding documents, much to Levy’s surprise. Eugene Levy, playing the dad, decides to go in to work on the weekend. Anyway, the house is mini-mansion and the wife rides horses. Maybe this is what middle-class Connecticut looks like nowadays, I don’t know. A rich, dysfunctional family living in the Hamptons, I suppose. It is with a bit of sadness that I post this criticism of her world. Eventually you’ll remember that Madea is played by Perry, but for the most part she will live as an independent person in your mind. Mabel has her own wikipedia page, so you can peruse her life for yourself. As I recall, my favorite so far is Madea’s Family Reunion. Madea’s Witness Protection is not the best of the series. And I bow to Tyler Perry as I would to any sensei.īut. All I have to do is type her name and I’m laughing.
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