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Farewell, Governor Garrahy; film follies; Soopah hype; culinary arts in the Bucket

Wotta guy
The flags are at half-mast at Casa Diablo on the passing of the wonderful former Vo Dilun governor, J. Joseph Garrahy.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE  |  February 01, 2012
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Review: Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family


It's that time of year again, when the daffodils spring up and Tyler Perry puts on a dress and becomes Madea.
By TOM MEEK  |  April 27, 2011
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Review: For Colored Girls

Tyler Perry turns Ntozake Shange’s “choreopoem” into . . . a Tyler Perry movie.
Can a mid-'70s play consisting of 20 monologues delivered by seven women survive the transition to movie screens in 2010? The short answer: not if it's adapted by Tyler Perry.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  November 03, 2010
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Review: Children Of God

Fear and loathing in the Bahamas
Nobody in the Bahamas of Kareem Mortimer’s uneven debut feature seems comfortable with his or her sexuality.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  May 04, 2010
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Review: Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?

Why did we get "Married Too"?
Just when you thought filmmakers were out of ideas  ...
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  April 07, 2010
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Interview: Gabourey Sidibe

A hidden gem discovered in Harlem
"While reading the book, I realized that I knew this girl in so many different people. Not just girls but boys, and not just black people but white and Asian and Indian."
By BRETT MICHEL  |  November 18, 2009
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Review: Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Tyler Perry's latest is not so bad at all, really
Tyler Perry's latest crackles with electricity, thanks to heaps of boffo acting talent, high-octane musical interludes, and the most easy-to-root-for electrocution scene since Ernest Goes to Jail.
By SHAULA CLARK  |  September 16, 2009
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Review: Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Tyler Perry's latest is not so bad at all, really
Tyler Perry's latest crackles with electricity, thanks to heaps of boffo acting talent, high-octane musical interludes, and the most easy-to-root-for electrocution scene since Ernest Goes to Jail.
By SHAULA CLARK  |  September 16, 2009
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Review: Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Tyler Perry's latest is not so bad at all, really
Tyler Perry's latest crackles with electricity, thanks to heaps of boffo acting talent, high-octane musical interludes, and the most easy-to-root-for electrocution scene since Ernest Goes to Jail.
By SHAULA CLARK  |  September 16, 2009

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MAD'S WORLD
Sir, please step away from the fat suit. If the world wanted an endless barrage of grossly stereotypical black characters passing gas on one another, it would have given Eddie Murphy an Oscar.
By Boston Phoenix Staff  |  March 25, 2009
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Review: Madea Goes to Jail

Laughs in a tent dress
After a few Madea-less sojourns, Tyler Perry brings back his colossal cross-dressed caricature.
By TOM MEEK  |  February 25, 2009
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Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys

The filmic equivalent of Velveeta
The prolific Tyler Perry is at it again, offering subpar entertainment to audiences so starved for sustenance they’ll eat his cheese.
By BROOKE HOLGERSON  |  September 17, 2008
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Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Repackaged stereotypes
Brenda is a newly jobless mother of three, and she’s getting no child support from her baby daddies.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  March 25, 2008
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Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?

Another African-American life lesson
Janet Jackson as the staid academic “Perfect Patty” delivers a smoldering nugget that lingers on screen long after the moment has passed.
By TOM MEEK  |  October 18, 2007
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Daddy’s Little Girls

Not for real life
Tyler Perry secured two likable leads for his new film, and they make Daddy’s Little Girls more enjoyable than it has any right to be.
By BROOKE HOLGERSON  |  February 21, 2007
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Madea's Family Reunion

Tenderness illuminates the pontificating
Tyler Perry wrote and starred in the shoddy surprise hit Diary of a Mad Black Woman .
By TOM MEEK  |  March 01, 2006

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