abstract:Madea (known in full as Mabel "Madea" Simmons) is a fictional character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a towering, massive, and thuggishly tough elderly woman.
Sheglanced at the writing-table heaped withbooks, openedavolume of the "Contes Drolatiques," madea wry face over the archaicFrench, and sighed: "Whatlearnedthingsyouread!"
The actor-director-writer-producer quadruple hyphenate, best known for flicks like Madea's Family Reunion, has created a vast library of hits, which he owns, geared to a loyal black audience.
The low-budget comedy stars Craig Robinson from "The Office" and Kerry Washington from "Scandal" and was produced but not directed by Mr. Perry, who is best known for the hit "Madea" series.