This weekend
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns hits theaters nationwide. The director has been on quite a hot streak at theaters over the last few years successfully converting his stage shows to the big screen. Although some critics have been baffled by their success, Perry's movies have an undeniably loyal fan following that seem to identify with the world Perry (and his elderly alter ego in drag, Madea) have created.
Although Madea only makes a brief appearance in
Meet the Browns, the wisdom she has taught us over the course of Tyler Perry's filmography applies not just to his movies, but to life in general. In an exclusive from Hawa Macalou,
Tyler Perry's Madea offers up five lessons to live by.