Tyler Perry is, without a doubt, one of the greatest screenwriters in modern film. His romantic tragedies are so triggering that, in years after their release, they still dig up wounds we’d like to forget.
Tyler Perry’s writing is the talk of social media
Movies like Colour Purple and Acrimony depict, in a highly exaggerated manner, the trials and tribulations of reality in black culture, from marriage in a world riddled with infidelity to the extent black professionals suffer to achieve the impossible.
Who can ever heal from the utterly disturbing tragedy that befell Judith (played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell) on Temptations: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor? Or the scale of abuse Sheila (played by Jill Scott) endured in Why Did I Get Married?
Perry’s fetish with agony is central to all of his plots. In his view, this is the narrative he grew up on, as he sat in the shadows of his mother’s symposiums with women from all parts of Atlanta who shared their heartwrenching experiences in abusive relationships and oppressive workplaces.
Five funniest ‘why did he write this’ scenes
The 51-year-old’s empire, which is summed up in his billionaire Forbes spread, is built on a film library that depicts these wrenching stories.
This dramatized version of fictional narratives is so apparent in his movies, that people often find themselves dismayed by the lengths Perry explores to bring a story to life.
A Twitter user sparked a global trend when she asked:
Yall what the most dramatic/worst Tyler Perry scene you can think of? Mine def gotta be when Charles dragged Helen out the mf house??? Like why tf would he write that
— The Casual Sex Captain (@jiggyjayy2) February 19, 2021
The responses to this tweet were hilarious, to say the least. People from all walks of life shared their opinion on the most dramatic and unforgivable ‘why did he write this’ moment in the writer’s library.
From thousands of entries, we picked out five of the funniest and absolutely gob-smacking scenes from Perry’s movies:
Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011)
So ain’t nobody talking about the scene in Madea’s Big Happy Family when they was at the dinner table and Bow Wow said “Kimberly got a baby? Momma…you helped raise that baby?!” and the baby was him Tyler Perry was messed up for that one pic.twitter.com/cuIT6RXH7s
— ♥️ (@ontherise_KEELA) February 19, 2021
Tyler Perry’s If Loving You Is Wrong (2014)
I still can’t believe Tyler Perry put pen to paper and wrote this shit he wrong for this pic.twitter.com/mQJFNE7NZ5
— нσт gαι єяι (@er_ka_xo) February 19, 2021
Shemar Moore’s cornrow wig in Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Tyler Perry’s greatest crime is putting Shemar Moore in that terrible ass cornrow wig. Why was this necessary?!?! pic.twitter.com/wGgG5dFBUH
— Amanda (@AmandaNer) February 19, 2021
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
by far pic.twitter.com/CdC7mqSsdP
— cee ♛ (@qveenchristinee) February 19, 2021
Tyler Perry’s Ruthless (2020)
— ︎ (@totaIIyprince) February 19, 2021
