Tyler Perry is ready to kill Madea


Everything must come to an end one day, and that includes the life of filmmaker Tyler Perry's long-running character, Madea.
Perry is more than ready to say goodbye to Madea, who has been a prominent character in more than a dozen of Perry's films and plays. In a recent interview with SiriusXM, the entertainment mogul revealed that he's been preparing for this moment for years. E! Online reports that he actually shot her farewell film, A Madea Family Funeral, two years ago. It's set for release in 2019.
"It's time for me to kill that old b--ch, I'm tired, man," Perry told Bevelations' host Bevy Smith. "I just don't want to be her age, playing her."
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Mabel Earlene Simmons, aka Madea, was first introduced to audiences in Perry's 1999 play, I Can Do Bad All by Myself. Taking inspiration from his own mother and Eddie Murphy's character in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Perry was able to turn Madea into a franchise that produced titles such as Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea Goes to Jail, and Boo! A Madea Halloween.
While Madea has been a controversial character — some call her rather problematic — her demise will mark the end of an era in the slapstick style that helped Perry become one of the highest-paid entertainers in the industry. So, get the tissues out and prepare to say "Hallelujer" one last time.
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Amari Pollard is the social media editor at The Week and has written for Reader's Digest, Parents, and Inside Lacrosse. She studied journalism at Le Moyne College and can usually be found exploring Brooklyn, thrift shopping, or spending way too much money on brunch.
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