The loss of the church’s nest egg, Jake believes, would crush his father. Jake has always been a troubled lad, and his father is always praising God for bringing Jake back into the light. The pastor’s son, Jake, was in charge of the investments and can’t bear to tell his ill father that the money’s gone. Some of the money lost in the Ponzi scheme came from a local church-money the church was hoping to use to pay off its mortgage. And, as a result, the whole family is happier than before.Ĭhristian faith is nearly always represented in Tyler Perry’s movies. He grows more attached to his disenfranchised family, going so far as to join his wife for morning exercises and playing catch with his neglected son. We also see George stand up not just for himself, but for others’ interests too. And there’s something to be said for that. In a world of sneaky snakes and innocent doves, Madea is an abrasive, overweight mongoose, ready to pounce on anything with scales. Madea doesn’t accept excuses for bad behavior and insists people shoulder more responsibility. And when George tells Madea her lie was cruel (which it was), Madea’s defense is that it worked (which it did).Īnd that’s what Madea’s all about, really: She demands respect. She tells Cindy that her whole family has died (not good), so when she discovers that they’re still alive, she appreciates them that much more and becomes a nicer person (good). Still, in her own oversized way, Madea does try to help those who might need a little tough love.įor instance, Madea encourages George’s wife, Kate, to “speak her d‑‑n mind” (not good) which empowers Kate not to let her disrespectful stepdaughter, Cindy, walk all over her (good). She’s more a forkful-of-bile type of gal, flogging victims with her acidic tongue. Like a large and cranky Mary Poppins, Madea floats into theaters periodically to rescue families from themselves, their bad decisions and their reprehensible behavior. She doesn’t use a spoonful of sugar to do it, though.
Look no further than a certain heat-packing, muumuu wearing, temper-flaring, urban-proverb-spewing 6-foot-4, 250-pound African-American woman by the name of Madea. So where can George Needleman and his family go? Who can possibly keep him, his wife and children safe from hit men who want him dead? But all of this involves finding someplace safe to hole up until he can piece together the messy financial maze in front of him.Īlas, all the regular safe houses have been infiltrated by the mob. He’d like to avoid a mob hit for ratting the scheme and schemers out. Oh, he’d like to help the long arm of the law reach out and touch his boss. The other 60? Money-laundering fronts for the mob. Of the 72 charities supposedly bilked, only a dozen were actually real. A sap named George Needleman who, despite being the CFO and all, never really noticed that his boss was buying yachts with other people’s yen.Īnd for poor ol’ clueless George, the news gets worse. No, a Ponzi scheme involves soliciting massive sums of money from investors, living lavishly for a while and-in this iteration-fleeing the country and making sure some poor sap takes the fall. You see, George’s boss is running a Ponzi scheme through the company’s charitable wing-a scheme that involves people riding motorcycles and wearing leather jackets and sticking up their thumbs while saying, “Ayyy.” He’s the chief financial officer of a huge investment firm and in charge of the money funneled to dozens of charities.Īll he has to do is not watch the books. George Needleman has it all: a huge house, a beautiful wife, two semi-adorable children and a paycheck that would feed an African village.
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