2006, Ep. 4: "MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION" (with Will Sloan!)

The wonderful and talented writer WILL SLOAN (Important Cinema Club Podcast, Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA) joins us for an absolute doozy, as we dive deep into the flawed and fascinating three-ring-circus oeuvre of the playwright, filmmaker and mogul TYLER PERRY, and cover his 2006 directorial debut MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION.

We dissect his offbeat, auteurism, his violent tonal shifts between grotesque melodrama and ludicrous slapstick, and his maniacal attempts at balancing every facet of his personality. We also get into the perennially underserved black thespian class, the curdled religious psychopathy and domestic violence gags of his Chitlin Circuit live shows, his gestures to and away from respectability politics, the Three Faces of Perry, unexpected Lynchian staging, Maya Angelou's dissonant appearance, accusations of colorism and misogyny, and so much more.

This is one of the wildest, most jam-packed episodes we've ever done, and it was such a pleasure to have Will there to volley with us, please check this one out, it rules! LET'S TRY TO BE FRIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENDS!

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Important Cinema Club: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-important-cinema-club/id1067435576

Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA: https://www.amazon.com/Ed-Wood-Made-Hollywood-USA/dp/1682196410

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