I've never seen any of these Madea movies, but I have seen the trailer. Why does this Grandma character have to slap kids? I don't see the humor in that. I can see the humor in slapping the adults, but not kids. There's enough of this stereotype in black culture. All these violent men being raised by these violent women?
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If you saw how the kids acted in the movie, particularly the older kid, you could see why she slapped them. They needed a drastic change in their attitudes because the mother would just let them do whatever they wanted and the father didn't help matters either by being afraid of the wife and not putting his foot down. I do agree that slapping the children was pretty ridiculous but it's Madea and that's the way she deals with things.
share@tmurray7391, I think there could have been better and even a funnier way to do it. I know it's a big reality in life, but I don't like to see humor injected in issues that should be serious.
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^I agree. I definitely think it could have been handled in a better way, but the Madea character is meant to be over the top and radical in her methods to help her family so it didn't really bother me too much.
shareI still want to see the movie even though the IMDb rating is LOW, very low for this film
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Well said skyus2000. It's very important in the early formative years to teach them how to act, and if for the more stubborn ones it means a spanking them so be it. Kids who did not have proper rearing grow into adulthood still thinking the world revolves around them.
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In a community that sees violence on a regular basis, slapping/hitting your kids whenever they say or do something you don't like would be normal I guess. Parents who don't know how to articulate, and wouldn't know how to teach there kids how to articulate. Simple-minded parents that take their own fustrations out on their children. Why is it you never see educated and successful people hitting their children? They'll speak to them firmly if they get out of line, but they'll will never be taught that physically hitting someone is a method to resolving an issue. But I guess animals are going to breed regardless.
share"They'll speak to them firmly if they get out of line, but they'll will never be taught that physically hitting someone is a method to resolving an issue." -- jason 75
Good point. I understand where the O.P. is coming from. I grew up getting beatings and I see how it can teach a child how to resolve issues with violence. I know I'm still dealing with it. Martial arts have helped me a lot. But most people I know who were all raised the same way grew up to be violent people in some way. Some even became murderers. I have one good friend who used to get slapped around by his stepfather in public. We used to ridicule him, calling it public humiliation. My good friend was a good fighter and used to get into it with everyone. Now he is serving time for felony murder. I'm not saying it is the outcome for all children raised this way. I never served time or murdered anyone. But I understand where the anger comes from.
I just don't think beating kids work, especially once the child comes of age. You may scare them when they're young, but once they get older they get stronger and more immune to the beatings, a parent will need to replace the beatings with more effective methods. The bigger, stronger child in turn may even rebel, fighting back the parents and anyone else who gets in their way. I know there is a better way and I'm using that way to raise my children, and I have good kids. It starts with consistency.
In this movie, those kids were far too gone. They needed to be broke and, I guess I understand why Madea had to slap them.
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@cliffcarson-1 the IMDb rating is low because a bunch of racist idiots give movies like this low ratings. That seems to always be the case on this site. And as for how Madea handled H.J.'s disrespect, I was glad to see her do that because it worked! He said, "Yes ma'am," whenever she told him to do something after that.
"I'd be very happy to be myself if I could remember who I am. Who am I?"
That's a movie, and just because "it worked" the first time doesn't mean it's going to in the future. Very often kids who are slapped and not allowed to speak their mind at home become bullies to society on the outside. In short, IT DOESN'T WORK long term. It's a quick fix that has the kids in fear of that one abusive adult and little else.
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You know what, Cliff? You sound like one of those frigging bleeding-heart liberal types who say that children should not be spanked or otherwise physically disciplined by adults. A lot of us adults were spanked or given corporal punishment (slaps, whipped with a belt, paddled, etc.) and turned out fine. There is no concrete believable data that suggests that most people who are disciplined as children in this manner are going to turn out as mean, aggressive menaces to society. It's just the bleeding-heart liberal anus's way of saying that children shouldn't be spanked, whipped, paddled or slapped when they do something wrong. The Bible says in Proverbs that "you shall beat him with the rod" so get the heck over it already.
"I'd be very happy to be myself if I could remember who I am. Who am I?"
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You're right...she should've beaten their asses. We don't like kids being hit...you know, until those undisciplined kids end up in jail because they didn't have real authority in their life. I loved it. And personally, when it comes to child rearing, "spare the rod..." is the the only line from the Bible I think that should be taken literally. Spoil the child's ass when he/she toes out of line.
shareYou're right...she should've beaten their asses. We don't like kids being hit...you know, until those undisciplined kids end up in jail because they didn't have real authority in their life. I loved it. And personally, when it comes to child rearing, "spare the rod..." is the the only line from the Bible I think that should be taken literally. Spoil the child's ass when he/she toes out of line.
It’s not a matter of kids doing something or saying something a parent doesn’t like it, it’s about disrespecting the adult. I would have never called my dad a, “punk ass”, because I was afraid of sitting in a corner for 5 mins, it was because I didn’t want to get my behind whip.
I'm 27 now and when I was younger and disrespected an adult, my mom allowed that adult to whoop my behind. Kids these days have no respect, I mean absolutely none. Had they grown up in the time that i did, even though it was the 90's, I understood my place as a child when it came to adults. kids these days get away with too much.
It’s not a matter of kids doing something or saying something a parent doesn’t like it, it’s about disrespecting the adult. I would have never called my dad a, “punk ass”, because I was afraid of sitting in a corner for 5 mins, it was because I didn’t want to get my behind whip.
I would have never called my dad a, “punk ass”, because I was afraid of sitting in a corner for 5 mins, it was because I didn’t want to get my behind whip.
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To be honest, if your child is a juvenile delinquent by the age of 13 you did something wrong and its all your fault. Both my parents are successful and educated and I got a spanking when I did something clearly out of line. Don't get me wrong people abuse the Spanking method which turns it into beatings, and those people are wrong. But be honest, some children do not respond to firm talking. Its a joke to them. Your a joke to them.
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A few swift hits on the bottom and time to reflect, can make a difference. It did with me. And Im not a drug addicted/serial murderer/nutcase.
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I agree. Some kids are out of control but in the case of this movie, it's apparent the mother was a little too lenient.
If she would've enforced rules her children wouldn't have been acting the way they did in the first place. The older boy was calling his dad a punk a##. How do you let your kid call you that? That's intolerable!
This is one stereo type that I like ~ mainly because now a days if u even raise your voice 2 a child you could go to jail. Back in the day ... it was considered teaching a child a lesson/manners to respect you by raising you hand and/or other object (i.e. belt) to keep em in line.
What Tyler is doing is showing ppl who didn't know this how this were when he was growing up and or for the elders who watch his plays/movies ... giving them a boost of memory to what they knew of.
Oddly he did better job relaying this in his plays by having Madea use a belt to a child. Fact that he decided to do the slapping was just off the books but funny to me ... only due to that specific scene where the kid acted out to the point where I perhaps would have wanted to slap him.
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I was raised in a very loving, very fun household but we (my brother and I) KNEW how to respect other people especially our elders. I am 31 years old now and I get so anger when I see how the majority of the youth today acts. They have this sense of the world owing them something and have NO respect for anyone. I think this is caused by several things...one being the lack of grandparents. I mean when your a grandmother at 35 you've not even really lived life to be able to teach values to someone else!
I would of smacked the hell outta that kid too talking like he has lost his mind....
-Kia
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