Tyler Perry once again addresses Spike Lee's 'coonery buffoonery' criticism over his Madea character, despite the fact they've buried the hatchet.
as part of his new program on HBO Max --"Who's Talking to Chris Wallace" -- which was scrapped from CNN+ ... and repurposed on their main streaming app.
Chris asks Tyler about a criticism that Lee once lobbed against him in describing his Madea movies -- in which he called the character and/or those movies"coonery buffoonery" in '09. From Spike's POV ... Madea is a caricature of Black people, women in particular, and he thinks it's a cheap, over-the-top impersonation that Tyler has monetized with a lot of success. There are at least 10 movies of his in which the character appears.
While TP was once quoted as saying Spike can"go to hell," he's a bit more nuanced in explaining why he loves the character and the thinking behind her makeup. He says Madea represents women he grew up around, whose stories he wanted to convey in a humorous way ... with truth sprinkled in. In other words, he seems to see it as an homage.and the Harlem Renaissance to reinforce his point ... noting this convo has been happening way before Spike's salvo.Now, it should be noted ...
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