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Character Analysis Of Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes To Jail'

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In Madea Goes to Jail, featuring Tyler Perry, Keisha Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke, and Sofia Vergara touches on various messages like prostitution, drugs, and relationships. One of the characters is a prostitute and former drug addict being taken under Madea’s wing. Madea (played by Tyler Perry) has a strong and old school personality, but for the most part has a good idea of how to deal with situations in her own unique manner. Director Tyler Perry displays the life of a prostitute through violent scenes involving her pimp, life on the streets, and struggle to find herself. He creates films that display the lives of everyday people and families, specifically African Americans, no matter how realistic and heinous it may be. In films and plays, there is a lack of African American and Latinx people and families represented in a positive light. I see a pattern of minorities being casted; culture represented; and social, psychological, etc. issues brought up in his

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