Blog of a Mad White Man

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After reading the most recent post of Drpych2b about the trailers of upcoming films, I was reminded how I was fooled by the sly and deceitful advertisement of the movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman. You may have not seen the film but I'm sure you remember the previews. A large black woman is shown using funny and witty comments to tell it straight to those around her because she don't take no sh*t. There is even a scene of her waving a gun around and almost shooting someone by accident. Even the poster has a large black woman in the forefront with other seemingly lesser characters towards the back.

Before seeing the movie I didn't know what it was about but I knew it was a comedy and the main character was a large funny black women. I couldn't have been more wrong. The large black women featured on the previews and plastered on the forefront of the poster is only a supporting character, the movie is not about her at all. And the movie could barely be classified a comedy. While there are funny lines it resembles a Lifetime movie for women much more than it resembles Big Mommas house. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The movie was decent in it's own way. And if you saw the Oprah special, like my wife did, with Tyler Perry, who wrote, produced, and plays the large black woman of whom I have referred, and heard his rags to riches story, it makes you appreciate the movie even more. But the fact is, the movie was advertised as a comedy featuring a large black women. When in fact it was mostly drama(a major chic flick really) and featured an attractive skinny women.

Now I know there are different adds to attract different audiences but, they should at least stay close to the essence of the story. It should be noted that the advertisements that are used now, on the internet and on DVD, are different than what was used of the big screen and more closely represent the actual story. I'm afaid I'm going to have to say it again...shenanigans.