Oct 24 2008 'Notorious' Trailer: Being a Rapper Sure is Hectic!

The Notorious B.I.G. movie has a new trailer, so as per usual, here is that to watch. I doubt it's going to bring the Oscar buzz of other recent music biopics, but it does look good enough that if it were on VH1 as a TV movie special event, and I spent two hours watching it from my couch, I would not feel that bad about myself.

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Jan 23 2008 Tyler Perry's Trailer to 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns'

As you watch Tyler Perry's trailer to Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (and why wouldn't you?), you're likely to find yourself near panic around the one-minute mark. Why, you will beg, am I nearly halfway through this trailer and have yet to see Tyler Perry dressed as an overweight elderly woman? Does he think a former Laker and the old lady from Ladykillers can collectively replace the screen icon that is Madea? Have Big Momma's House, Big Momma's House 2, The Nutty Professor, The Nutty Professor 2, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and Madea's Family Reunion finally over-saturated the market with obesity in drag?

I don't want to ruin it for you, but let's just say Perry makes us wait for our treat, and that the treat is an old, large woman providing out-of-place comic relief.

Kyle is thanked for sharing this.

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