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[Film] Mixed message [Diary of a Mad Black Woman] Although the film espouses the value of forgiveness, it doesn’t exactly repudiate revenge, and features crowd-pleasing scenes of the spurned wife physically and psychologically abusing her estranged husband. [Madea's Family Reunion] Beating unruly children = good. Beating your wife or fiancee = bad. Beating the abusive boyfriend or spouse = good. [Madea Goes to Jail] 
Madea instructs her temporary foster daughter about how to show respect, assert herself and do well in school, but proves an imperfect role model by showing the girl how to hide shell casings from police after a bout of gunplay.
A Tyler Perry primer | Feature | Creative Loafing Atlanta
Madea Goes to Jail