Maybe for Ash Wednesday.

::rimshot::

Act of Valor was number one this weekend! Guess there will be an upsurge in Marine recruitment.

Number two was...Good Deeds? What the fuck is that? I have never heard of this movie at all. Ever. Is it a...yes, it's a Tyler Perry movie. How does he keep doing this? With, like, no marketing that I've seen? And when his movies apparently aren't even that good? I am kind of curious to actually watch one, much like I kind of want to watch a Uwe Boll movie to see what all the fuss is about.

The simple mockingjay pin with the logo is precisely what I was looking for--thanks, Smonster. I'm interested in Universal's thought process--given that a hefty bundle of profit comes from merchandising with a YA movie, they seem to be letting go of it. Facing the inevitable by pretending it was their idea all along? I dunno. I wonder if they can lose rights to the logo this way?

PC, I've seen half of a Tyler Perry movie (no Madea) because the rest of the cast looked awesome. Big mistake. Smug people acting out some of the worst of black American stereotypes, and being rewarded in the narrative for it. Horrible stuff.

They have been advertising the shit out of Good Deeds on shows that I watch, and it's not his usual thing, apparently -- it's "serious" and heartwarming?

Yeah, I've seen a lot of ads for it too, Jesse. Ads which make it look like he should be coming out but you know he doesn't have either the balls or the inclination to do that on big screens across the world. Dress as a woman, sure, but impugn his masculinity? That's a whole different deal.

PC, I've seen half of a Tyler Perry movie (no Madea) because the rest of the cast looked awesome.

Yeah, he does attract good talent!

Smug people acting out some of the worst of black American stereotypes, and being rewarded in the nar

But then you get that (whatever "nar" is...). So is it that he's the only major filmmaker putting out movies with primarily black casts, so black people just take what they can get? That's kind of sad. I mean, I guess it's kind of why I watched Outsourced, but I did grow to actually enjoy it (because it improved).

They have been advertising the shit out of Good Deeds on shows that I watch, and it's not his usual thing, apparently -- it's "serious" and heartwarming?

I like this review:

Patronizing, insincere, and bloated with a disingenuous sense of narrative merit, "Good Deeds" is just one more example of everything wrong with America in the year 2012.

Sorry--I was typing "narrative" and got distracted. They're rewarded in the narrative for acting like what racists believe the worst of. I don't think that "taking what you can get" is good in this situation, because it seems to be setting up a negative bullshit feedback loop, but then I have to step back, exhale, and realise that I'm *not* a black American, so maybe they're hitting a cultural sweet spot I just don't have.

It's got to be the same kind of sweet spot that's hit by the "redneck" comedians, right? Like, it's so exciting to see "your people" on the screen that it doesn't matter as much if it's actually good or not?

Like, it's so exciting to see "your people" on the screen that it doesn't matter as much if it's actually good or not?

Quite possibly.

Didn't work for me and "The 'L' Word," but I get it.

One of my dearest friends (who is a black American) LOOOOVES Tyler Perry and made me sit through "Why Did I Get Married" (the filmed play, not the movie) and part of another one until I begged her to stop. Then we watched the Stargate movie. And she is intelligent, college-educated, is a CPA, and a lesbian. Don't. Get. It.