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Morris O’Kelly said “The #1 movie in America, Madea Goes to Jail grossed 41 million in this its first weekend, with 1000 fewer screens than any other #1 of any week of any year.”  and I couldn’t find even ONE Christian media outlet who reported or blogged on it.

Self-important movie types have rarely warmed up to Tyler Perry’s “Madea” films, and in many ways, that’s to be expected.  They just don’t ‘get’ Perry’s movies….and even Perry has come to peace with that for the most part.  I have been much more bothered that ‘Christian media’…aka magazines, blogs, etc… that aspire to be taken ’seriously’ chose in February to write lengthy and ‘important’ pieces on Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, or the upcoming U2  album rather than even mention Tyler Perry’s Madea.

In our quest to be relevant, Christians sometimes ignore the success of those around them who’ve achieve relevance and mainstream appeal. I once heard that Relic and Relevant are on the same page in the dictionary.    We have to check ourselves.  In our quest to be cool, we can end up chasing the wrong influencers.   This is the #1 link on my blog in 2009…so I’d like to ask you a question or 2.

1)  What Christian media outlet… magazine, website, blog do you pay attention to?  Why?

2)  Have they taken space to report on this movie or other Tyler Perry movies?  When?  Where?