![]() And eventually, she forgives him and watches as God humbles and changes him in ways she never thought possible. Helen does what seems humanly impossible: She sets aside her new love to care for her cruel husband through a time of tragedy. In spite of jarring thematic companions and personalities, God is given credit as several characters make hard, positive moral choices. (The juxtaposition of bold Christian messages and harsh language, recreational drug use played for humor and family violence only accentuates the film’s over-the-top feel.) Though the audience I saw it with clearly resonated with the theme of man’s inhumanity to women, the characters are so one-dimensionally extreme that the story is almost pure melodrama. The result is an uneven mix of drama and comedy, romance and revenge. Perry went on to create and star in a handful of his own-wildly successful-plays set in large black families, many featuring the larger-than-life Granny Madea. Jakes saw Tyler Perry’s first stage play about healing from child abuse, he asked Perry to adapt his book Woman Thou Art Loosed as a play. ![]() ![]() And the themes are as diverse as marriage, betrayal, forgiveness and the power of God to change lives.Īfter Pastor T.D. The comedy is as broad as a wisecracking guy playing an old lady who carries a gun in her handbag. The drama in Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman is as intense as … well, a woman scorned. When Myrtle speaks of the peace of Christ, Madea grabs her gun and makes a quip about it being her “piece.” Referring to the Bible, she says that looking at all the red words makes her think Jesus talked too much Joe says the Bible puts him to sleep. Madea and her elderly brother, Joe, are not churchgoers, however. She and her family attend a black gospel church together where the pastor preaches that you need “not Buddha, not Mohammed, but Jesus in your heart.” During a final scene, most of the family comes together in a service to celebrate repentance and restoration of relationships. Later still, when listing Orlando’s good qualities, Helen mentions that he’s a Christian man. Later, he tells Helen that he prays for her more than he prays for himself. While dancing with Orlando, Helen prays that he would not be as good as he seems so she can resist falling for him. ![]() Charles reminds Helen of a fact she used to often recite: “God has the power to show us who’s God.” Helen says that she always thought if she did all she could God would bless her marriage, and she tells her mother that Charles was her “everything.” Her mother reminds her, “God is your everything no man should come before Him.” She explains that God gives women strength Helen hasn’t yet tapped into: “You need to wake up every morning and thank God for your life and ask the Savior to help you.” Towards the end of the story, Myrtle explains that God can deliver justice better than we can deliver revenge and that those we refuse to forgive hold power over us. … Diary contains some of the strongest Christian messages I’ve seen on the big screen recently. ![]()
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