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eduakator 06-13-2007 10:10 PM

It was a little better than last week.

neosoul 06-13-2007 10:14 PM

I was feeling very blah after watching tonight's episodes

cricket 06-13-2007 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4 (Post 1466343)
So what do you all think of this week's eps? Better? Worse? The Same?

Better, but that's not saying much...I still didn't laugh. This is just not a very good show, but for some reason I can't stop watching! :confused:

UrbanizdSkillz 06-13-2007 10:30 PM

I forgot it came on :(

DSTMystique 06-13-2007 10:41 PM

This show is straight garbage!

lostnfound117 06-13-2007 11:02 PM

uhhh...is this a drama or comedy? i'm really trying to give it a chance, but i feel like i'm watching a scene/scenes from "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" with the crackhead storyline...also, Tyler P. sure is obsessed with "The A"....but the references they make are wayyyyyyyy off....like, if she was going to be a crackhead, I'd imagine she'd be hangin' out on Stewart Ave, not Ponce de Leon....

teena 06-14-2007 06:41 AM

Needs work. I watched my first episode last night. The uncle was very funny to me. His jokes were fresh in that I hadnt seen them in a sitcom before. The concept is good. That family could be one that I would know. But the crackhead wifes over acting, and the aunt's overacting and timing needs work. There is something weird about the space the aunt keeps between herself and others. It makes sense in plays but on television it looks weird. Overall, I'd watch it again.

CrimsonTide4 06-14-2007 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by UrbanizdSkillz (Post 1466368)
I forgot it came on :(

:p
Quote:

Originally Posted by lostnfound117 (Post 1466385)
uhhh...is this a drama or comedy? i'm really trying to give it a chance, but i feel like i'm watching a scene/scenes from "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" with the crackhead storyline...also, Tyler P. sure is obsessed with "The A"....but the references they make are wayyyyyyyy off....like, if she was going to be a crackhead, I'd imagine she'd be hangin' out on Stewart Ave, not Ponce de Leon....

I feel like all of his plays and movies are colliding into House of Payne all at once. When are we going to leave crackheads alone? Is that the only problem we can focus on? Why does the son have to be such a mama's boy? Why can't his aspirations as well as his execution be higher in life? (I know, I know that I am overanalyzing his role/character, etc.)


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Originally Posted by teena (Post 1466487)
Needs work. I watched my first episode last night. The uncle was very funny to me. His jokes were fresh in that I hadnt seen them in a sitcom before. The concept is good. That family could be one that I would know. But the crackhead wifes over acting, and the aunt's overacting and timing needs work. There is something weird about the space the aunt keeps between herself and others. It makes sense in plays but on television it looks weird. Overall, I'd watch it again.

I noticed that as well last night.

So the aunt and uncle are from Madea Goes to Jail. The mom is from Meet the Browns and the little girl is from Daddy's Little Girls. Wonder who will emerge next?

kissy324 06-14-2007 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4 (Post 1466343)
So what do you all think of this week's eps? Better? Worse? The Same?


I still didn't laugh :( The acting is awful, and it appears as if he is using the same material as he has used in his plays. I am trying to give the show a chance, but the story lines are already turning me off. The crackhead story was very typical and predictable. Tyler may need to stick with his stage plays and leave the TV sitcoms alone.

12dn94dst 06-14-2007 09:29 AM

I laughed this week, the uncle is funny. The show still needs work though. I agree that another vice besides drug abuse needs to be explored and I felt the reveal of that happened way too quickly. I mean, chick didn't put up a fight or try to lie or anything. I think if the pacing was more like his plays (where things are spread out more) it would be better.

jojapeach 06-14-2007 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lostnfound117 (Post 1466385)
uhhh...is this a drama or comedy? i'm really trying to give it a chance, but i feel like i'm watching a scene/scenes from "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" with the crackhead storyline...also, Tyler P. sure is obsessed with "The A"....but the references they make are wayyyyyyyy off....like, if she was going to be a crackhead, I'd imagine she'd be hangin' out on Stewart Ave, not Ponce de Leon....

Why the crackheads gotta hang on the Southside? Crackheads can be anywhere, and if you've driven on a side street near Ponce or been to the Masquerade on a Friday, you know there are some crackheads around the area. Besides, you know "they" (I don't know who "they" is) renamed Stewart Ave, and it's now Metropolitan.

I agree with finding another vice (food addiction, shopping/gambling when there's no spare money, internet addiction [they could research that on GC...]). Drugs are definitely still a terrible addiction, but it's played.

PS I can't bring myself to watch it. I may try it again, but I initially gave it a show by watching two eps when it was first shown. Never impressed me.

lostnfound117 06-14-2007 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jojapeach (Post 1466575)
Why the crackheads gotta hang on the Southside? Crackheads can be anywhere, and if you've driven on a side street near Ponce or been to the Masquerade on a Friday, you know there are some crackheads around the area. Besides, you know "they" (I don't know who "they" is) renamed Stewart Ave, and it's now Metropolitan.


gurl, you know i'm born and bred in the "A"...it will always be Stewart Avenue to me....and so will Bankhead :)

jojapeach 06-14-2007 04:01 PM

^^^ Although I recognize that Bankhead was renamed Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy for a prominent civil rights attorney who actually played a great role in the Civil Rights Movement, I still know that it's Bankhead. ;)

Let Tyler Perry go all the way back with Atlanta references by mentioning "The Omni". LOL

Still BLUTANG 06-14-2007 04:26 PM

havent seen any episodes yet but i will catch up online this weekend. A friend of a friend of a church member is supposed to be on the show. So we'll see. :)

kommitted1973 06-14-2007 04:26 PM

I just can't watch it
 
I tried last week, but the storyline is whack and so is the acting :(

Imma need Tyler to do better.


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