TRANSVESTITE MAMMY CARICATURE Its cinematic and social evolution in Hollywood cinema.

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    • Subject Terms:
      NUTTY Professor, The (Film); BIG Momma's House (Film); MADEA'S Family Reunion (Film)
    • Subject Terms:
      PERRY, Tyler, 1969-
    • Abstract:
      A critique is presented of African American transvestite caricatures in films such as "The Nutty Professor" starring Eddie Murphy, "Big Momma's House" starring Martin Lawrence, and the Madea film series by director Tyler Perry, which includes films such as "Madea's Family Reunion." African American men and women in motion pictures, the social impact of films, and the relationship between gender and slavery are discussed, as well as the history of drag performance.