When seeing the title of my blog post you might be thinking to yourself, what could Medea and Madea possibly have in common? Although Tyler Perry's character Madea did not kill her own children, she had her other ways of getting back at the people who harmed her.
Madea also loves revenge, according to Wikipedia, "Vindictive in nature, Madea gets even in a bad way. When asked why she felt the need to get somebody all the time, Madea answered: 'Well when you gettin' got and somebody done got you and you go get them, when you get 'em, everybody's gon' get got.'"
Similar to Medea, Madea has a very extensive criminal record. Madea started at the age of 9 with petty theft, later progressing to identity theft, check fraud, assault, attempted fraud, possession of a handgun, assault with a deadly weapon, and many more. "Madea has a tendency to overreact and is willing to threaten to use deadly weapons, destroy property, use physical violence, take on the law, and use any and all means necessary to show up an offending party. Incorrigible in her overreactive ways, Madea has repeatedly landed herself in court anger management classes, house arrest, and even prison."
Also, Tyler Perry recently announced he is killing off Madea in his newest movie "A Madea Family Funeral."
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madea
1 comment:
I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect anyone to mention Madea while reading Medea, but this post actually works? Although Tyler Perry's creative decision to name her Madea probably wasn't meant to be a reference to ancient greek literature, I can definitely see the similarities between the two women's fiery personalities and desire for revenge.
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