Tyler Perry's "House of Payne"

[UrbanizdSkillz]

I remembered it came on tonight. It's still being over-acted as if it's on stage. I'm still a little iffy about it in the first fifteen minutes. I think Curtis' character needs to be toned down a bit. He's just plain old mean and becoming irritating.

This anger "facilitator" is pretty funny though.

[DSTKellie]

Originally Posted by UrbanizdSkillz

I remembered it came on tonight. It's still being over-acted as if it's on stage. I'm still a little iffy about it in the first fifteen minutes. I think Curtis' character needs to be toned down a bit. He's just plain old mean and becoming irritating.

This anger "facilitator" is pretty funny though.

My thoughts exactly!!!!

[neosoul]

I wanna slap that little girl sooo bad.... Uncle Curtis is the man!

I am still having a hard time focusing on this show. However, I'm not going to give up just yet.

[ladylike]

Allen Payne should just walk around shirtless (sans taco chest hair, of course). I sincerely believe this will bring greater depth to the show.

Seriouly, I'm not sure if the problem could be solved with better writing. Allen Payne is not a good actor. He was better as "Lance" on the Cosby Show and that was how many years ago? His range hasn't improved since then? I also believe the person playing the college-aged son should be removed. Horrible.

Maybe they should bring in Debbie Allen. She's a competent director and has a track record for saving a sinking sitcom ship (e.g. A Diff'rent World).

[nonchalant]

OMG!! I just watched this show for the very first time. I see what my friends are talking about. The acting is horrible. Tyler should stick to what he knows best, Madea plays.

[kiml122]

Ok, even though I watched it last week when it came on I really didn't pay attention to it, so I watched the ep over on On Demand from last week, the one where CJ, Calvin and Curtis and the Ronald McDonald clown looking guy go looking for Janine, and that was a pretty good ep. This was actually the best ep so far for me.

[CrimsonTide4]

I only watched the first ep last night and that was a mess. Seriously, no rehab refunds even after a person has only been there for less than 24 hours?

Last week's episodes were better.

[DSTKellie]

There seemed to be a lot of sexual innuendos in the two episodes. Overall, I am still not impressed. But I keep somehow watching it.

[DSTKellie]

Originally Posted by ladylike

Maybe they should bring in Debbie Allen. She's a competent director and has a track record for saving a sinking sitcom ship (e.g. A Diff'rent World).

I agree but Debbie Allen also wrote "In the House" and we all know how 'succesful' that was.

[ladylike]

Originally Posted by DSTKellie

I agree but Debbie Allen also wrote "In the House" and we all know how 'succesful' that was.

It was so "successful" that I don't even remember it. Had to google it. LOL
Definitely she should be restricted to directing, not writing.

[AKA2D '91]

I don't know if Debbie wrote those episodes. She's more of a director/producer than writer. The show was pretty good, until she left to work with Steven Spielberg to do the film Amistad. That's when the show "jumped".

ETA: The show is in syndication. I believe TVOne has it on.

[nonchalant]

Originally Posted by DSTKellie

I agree but Debbie Allen also wrote "In the House" and we all know how 'succesful' that was.

I liked In The House.

[DSTdimepiece]

last night's 2nd episode was better. I chuckled once.

[MokaBeautie21]

Yea i've been recording them and i just caught up. Im highly disappomnited in the writinig. I love tyler but this need some serious work. I'm really hoping that the story is going somewhere and the jokes get better b/c i've picked up on a few jokes from the plays