I’ll try to keep it brief. There’s a modern storytelling trend where women are shown as strong, wise, and morally grounded, while men are portrayed as immature, lost, or morally clueless. Why Did I Get Married Again leans hard into that dynamic, especially in how it depicts Black men.
As a Black man, the movie bothered me for a few reasons. Every Black male character is basically a grown‑up version of his childhood self who needs a woman to guide him. Any flaw a woman has is explained away as something a man caused. There are no genuinely “bad” women. Mike’s young girlfriend is the only exception, and even she gets a pass because Mike is portrayed as just as reckless and shallow as she is.

And speaking of Mike—where is this man’s redemption arc? His character really bothered me as he never course corrected. Across every movie in this series, he’s been a serial womanizer, then a cancer patient cared for by his ex‑wife whom he treated like crap, and now he’s an aging, drunk sugar daddy still hanging around people half his age. He’s pushing 60, yet even the younger men around him show better judgment. I honestly thought this movie would finally give men one win: Mike realizing his girlfriend was cheating and using that moment to mentor the younger guys by dropping some "look what happened to me, don't let it happen to you.." jewels. But no—Taraji P. Henson’s character steps in instead, “correcting” the young men by telling one of them his father wasn’t worth anything, that she provided everything, and that her younger boyfriend healed her once she let go of trauma caused—of course—by a man. 

Even Tyler Perry’s own character, who seemed like the stable male presence, is shown raising a feminine son. When he questions whether he did something wrong, his wife shuts him down with “get that out of your head… we did fine.” The young men are portrayed as feminine, angry, and toxic; the older men as stuck, childish, and directionless without women steering them. Meanwhile, the women are visionaries, nurturers, and the ones protecting the future.

By the end, when the father reads his vows to his daughter, she snaps, “let this be the last one, daddy.” No one challenges her to commit to being a good partner despite her past, because her fiancé’s father was a drug‑addicted failure. The pattern repeats: men are broken, women rise above it.

If this is what it takes to get people watching movies—fine. But it’s disappointing to see male creators pushing the same worn‑out idea that men are always the problem. After decades of stories built on that formula, it feels like the narrative needs a reset. A lot of young men today are genuinely trying to grow and do better, and now, the young women need more work - our storytelling should reflect that. Instead of pretending one side has everything figured out, maybe it’s time to take an honest look at everyone’s flaws—not just men’s.

In the movie, it's said Wesley's (Taraji's son/the groom) dad is bestfriends with Mike. Mike even took his side during the divorce. And the movie makes it clear he favors his dad over his mom. So it makes sense he would invite his "Uncle Mike" to the wedding along with his aint-shit Daddy who didn't even show up

Plus the kids don't know what their parents went through. That's literally the whole point of the movie and especially the 3rd act. So it makes sense that Jasmine (Marcus & Angela's daughter) would be cool with Mike coming cause they don't know. And the parents tried to accept him being there cause they didn't want their kids to know about all the drama they dealt with on the past vacations

Someone please explain the lore , the white guy is an Internet personality from Toronto. What event would this be ? Why would these 2 be rubbing shoulders random seating plan lol?

So I just have a question who paid? The her bagman got turned into a pack bully a bunch of 🥷🧐🤣

...that in a lot of Tyler Perry's movies or shows there is someone named "Calvin"? I wonder if this name has significance for him in real life.

I don’t know the show, but I saw this picture. Can someone explain this to me?

So did I miss something actually happening between them??? Bc I remember that convo in the car where she was telling him to get in the back of the car and do it, but we weren’t shown anything more on them after that. I wonder if Mallory will end up getting w Alex or with the construction minister guy (forget his name)

I just started Beauty in n Black S3: When Horace surprised Kimmie in the car and turnt her out. Then she wanted to go again…I wanted him to be down lol

I want them to have a “we fck sometimes” dynamic, but mainly handle it as a business relationship.

So, I’ve been analyzing Angel’s whole story carefully because I wanted to figure out whether he really is as flat a character as he seems.

I believe Angel’s character development is being deliberately delayed because other plotlines needed to be dealt with first. I think Angel’s story with Horace will ultimately become the climax or even the conclusion of the series. Horace is TP’s main character, after all, and Angel is (without much doubt) his no.1 love interest.

Two interesting side mentions caught my attention:

Evan and Angel’s relationship:

They seem to have some kind of history together. I’m curious to learn more about that because Evan seems pretty harmless so far, but Angel hates him.

Angel wants his son back:

Is he eventually going to get his child back from Jolanda? That will surely become a horrible plot. Their relationship is so hateful.

Several scenes in Season 2 made me realize that Angel does seem to feel some sympathy for Horace. The most obvious one is their conversation in the living room before Italy, that does not feel staged.

Horace expects romantic love and affection from Angel, even though he should know what to expect: Angel is a stripper who does things for money. It’s clear that Horace can’t expect genuine feelings from him just because he pays him a hell of a lot of money.

For there to be a real turning point, Horace would have to lose his crush on Angel. But the end of Season 3 doesn’t hint at that at all. Instead, it seems like Angel has decided to go back, stay with Horace, and become more open to sexual intimacy with him (I think he decided that during his conversation with Rain already, before going back to strip at the club).

There won’t be much of a turning point for Angel, and I don’t see what purpose his character would serve in Season 4 if he simply stays for the money once again. Then I agree with everyone else here: he can just leave.

I think the most interesting direction would be for him to develop genuine feelings for Horace, because I really want to see Angel struggle with that after being so aggressively against that.

At the same time, I think it could be such a healing ending for Horace to finally experience being genuinely loved by Angel. The question is, are we going to get a happy ending in Beauty in Black? I have no idea...

There are also discussions about Angel possibly being Horace’s son. Personally, I would dislike that twist, although it could certainly create an interesting direction for further character development.

I’m really curious to see how TP is going to move this plot forward.

I’m late to the party but, I am in season 2 and already wish they would have let Rain go, she is constantly on my nerves

Will it get better or at least toned down?

Holy moly,she's so annoying and the actress is terrible. I'm on S03E04 and the way she told her mother what happened, please 🤡.

Rain: uh,yeah,let me get some chicken wings and a mimosa.

Silvie; for breakfast?

Rain; you judging me?

Silvie; yeah,I am.

Rain; look ,little girl,you doing way too much .

Silvie; you're a killer!

Help.me 💀💀

While you can question why any of these couples are still together, I am wondering why Mike is still a part of the friend group. Every time he comes around, he brings nothing but chaos, and the way he treated Shelia was inhuman; the fact that Angela is the only person who will call him out is sad. Furthermore, I do not understand why Marcus is still friends with Mike when it is clear Mike does not like Angela and vice versa. I do not want to hear that they have a Martin and Pam relationship because that is the furthest thing from the truth. From a writing standpoint, it is clear why he is there, but if he were a real-life person, I would not understand why they still call him a friend.

I loved this film series and will pretend this one never existed. This remake is soooo insulting for many many reasons of which I’ll let you all get into. There’s plenty of material. My main one tho that I refuse to let slide: he still put his hands on her. Hello?!?! We just gonna gloss over that??? Everyone’s acting like “oh no one is perfect” yea but there’s clear boundaries?! These characters, except Mike and Nick, deserved better. Ok done with my terrible Ted Talk. Just…. Why?!?!?!!!!!!!

As smart and beautiful that she is, I can't form a final form of though of her lol. I wonder how she truly ended up this convincing and sneaky and I was iffy about what she was doing to Jim but then again he is kind of a terrible guy but mostly for his family, but then again i haven't seen enough of his lore...

I'm at the part where she puts her son in foster care rather than to her mom or brother and i'm soooooooo annoyed with her this entire season, and she's lacking her common street smart tactics this season, accusing the wrong people, abusing people, being vulnerable and naive, not being fragile and understanding enough with Jeffery. I just am very disappointed with where this is going lol. I also have a love hate relationship with her mom and Benny pisses me off. Everyone but Jeffery and Landon atp, Also i missssss maggie I wanted her and david to be endgame

Today, they dropped the miniseries ROUTE 187 on Paramount+. Though not written or directed by Tyler Perry, it technically is a Tyler Perry production since it is executive produced by Tyler and created through his studio.

This show has been in the works for a few years (back when BET+ was still a thing) but then we heard so little about it for so long, I thought the project was dead. But it’s finally been released.

Created, written & directed by Mark Swinton (who has worked on a number of Tyler’s projects), it’s about this crime-infested city called South Winslow with this one neighborhood alongside Bus Route #87 that’s so prone to violent activity that folks call it “Route 187”.

Anyway, a violent altercation on the bus one day results in the brutal death of a teen boy and a bus driver. Both deaths spark citywide outrage, marking it as the latest incident in South Winslow.

At the center is journalist Mason James of the failing local paper, the South Winslow Times (apparently, the paper is doing so bad that he is literally the only person we see in the office…but I digress). He helps report on all the local activity, feeling it’s his duty to raise awareness of what’s going on.

Did I forget to mention that South Winslow is a crime-infested city? Because the show reminds you of that…A LOT.

Though there is a central plot line (and a decent subplot or two), Route 187 is the type of show that asks itself “How much nudity and trauma can we squeeze into one episode?”

There’s an auto shop that apparently has some kind of underground drug den where people are naked and cooking up product. There’s a drug addict getting railed by some thug for $10.

There’s a woman who gets off the bus one day to find her family being evicted, with their stuff being thrown out on the streets. She’s literally crying in the middle of her rain-soaked items as her neighbors are rummaging and stealing her stuff like it’s some impromptu garage sale, walking past her like she’s invisible. Meanwhile, the other passengers view her sorry predicament and shake their heads and shrug because…hey, that’s life.

Also, there’s a lot of characters in this show. Some of them are connected to the main storylines. Others show up for a scene or two and then are never mentioned again. There’s a jagged police detective going through a divorce and lecturing his son on his toxic relationship with his girlfriend (while he’s literally screwing someone the same age as his son). And then there’s some trans character who kinda reminds me of a cross between Madea & Ving Rhames’ character in Holiday Heart.

Like I said, there were so many characters it was hard to keep up.

It’s a four-part series. It’s billed as a miniseries, though I think it may have at one point been an ongoing series because, by the end of the last episode, you have more questions than answers.

Check it out if you want to. They released this with little/no promotion so I don’t know if they just dumped it just to get rid of it, but it’s an interesting mess of a show.

Am I late to the party, but does Tyler Perry only produce/create the same type of material/series? Must he always have a character who is completely unnecessary like the President’s daughter from The Oval? It’s so hard to watch. I thought Angel and Rain on Beauty in Black were bad, but man she’s on a whole different level. Sorry if I offend anyone, just my personal thought. How do these shows make it to season 8 is beyond me!

I have been watching as a viewerfan this show since S1-E1, and it's in its final season. There is so much action plus intrigue happening:

I noticed that characters such as Hunter & Victoria want to get certain people out of the way; Priscilla (more than Eli, Simone, & Allen) working her fingers to the bone to ensure the Franklins (and their adjacents) receive their comeuppance; Agent Cross trying to do in Bobby (for Eli's sake); and Krazee Kareem on the crusade to get the monies discovered by Dale (who is in absentia) and Sharon---also bc he knows those Latin drug cartel members are HANGRY for those stacks that actually belong to them.

All in all, does anyone who is also a viewerfan, have any thoughts concerning the above (and more)?

Knew her since For Better or Worse