One issue I would like to touch on is how this film relates to the audience. The film presents to us an issue of a struggling family in which many African decent families can relate to. This can be touching. The situation presented to us is sad. It can also be stressful in which you have the supposed to be father who seems to have money, but refuses to provide. And you also have the mom bearing all of the stressors to make ends meet to survive. This film also gives a sense of empathy for the family. We are rooting for this family throughout the entire film. I feel the only time we don’t root for the family is when the brother gets with his friend to sell drugs. Despite it being successful we would all understand why he would make such a decision, despite it being the wrong choice to make. And in the real world maybe Tyler Perry knew someone or saw this occurring. Then maybe he had the idea to put this into his film to also relate to that audience in the real world.
Another subject I would like to touch on is when the son goes pro in basketball, and the father all of the sudden pops into his life. This is a slap in the face to the family. Now he is willing to support his son. But the dad should have been in his life a long time ago supporting him. It’s too late to help out. In the real world I would know of a few situations in which this holds true. The dad is gone and another male figure tries to help the mom with their son. The goal for them is to help them to be successful, but to also help them make the right decisions in life and to pursue their dreams while also learning about responsibility.