I Can Do Bad All By Myself

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I Can Do Bad All by Myself
DVD cover for the film
Directed by	Tyler Perry
Produced by	Tyler Perry
Written by	Tyler Perry
Starring	Tyler Perry Kisha Grandy Tyga Graham Donna Stewart David Mann Tamela Mann Carl Pertile
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films Tyler Perry Company
Release date(s)	September, 1999
Country	United States
Language	English
Followed by	Diary of a Mad Black Woman
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I Can Do Bad All By Myself is a 1999 film directed by, written by, and starring Tyler Perry.

1 Plot summary
2 Cast
3 Mistakes
4 External link

[edit] Plot summary

Vianne, a woman who has seen her share of pain, moves in with her 68 year-old grandmother, Madea, in order to escape her verbally abusive husband. Soon after her departure, she is hit with divorce papers.

When Madea becomes sick, the family comes to her rescue,Cora-Madea's daughter also Vianne's younger sister, Maylee, who also comes to visit her child Keesha that Madea "has been watching" for six months. However, Maylee casually strolls in and announces that she is getting married to Vianne's ex-husband.

After an explosive argument at the dinner table, Vianne realizes that she has to let this man go. Even though they are divorced, he still has her in his heart. No sooner than she lets him go, she realizes that her hurt has consumed most of her life and she needs to change.

Bobby, a hired handyman (and boarder) lives with the grandmother, and he immediately makes it known that he is interested in Vianne. Much to their reluctance, they start to spend time together and they realize, even though she was once a rich suburban housewife and he, a lowly gardener and ex-convict, that when "it's right, it's right". Although grandma Madea has a few things to say about their budding relationship, including "You Can Do Bad All By Yourself", she eventually encourages it. And Bobby gets a call saying he has been hired for a job in California. As he gets ready to leave he realizes that he is in love with Vianne and that he will not leave with out her.

Later, a shocking family secret is revealed which allows Vianne and Maylee to come to terms with their family's dark past. Only then are they able to forgive one another and move on with their lives.

[edit] Cast

Tyler Perry: Madea
Kisha Grandy: Vianne
Tyga Graham: Bobby
Donna Stewart: Maylee
David Mann: Brown
Tamela Mann: Cora
Carl Pertile: Anthony
N/A : Keesha (Maylees daughter)

[edit] Mistakes

In the beginning of the play, Keesha tells Madea and Viannne that Maylee came to her school "with a big, old wig and a mini skrit". Later in the production, however, Maylee herself said that she wore a dress (which was clearly not a mini skrit) to Keesha's school.

The scene right before the song Motherless Child when Maylee is talking to Keesha, you can hear Anthony's voice coming from what sounds like the backyard. You can even clearly see Maylee talking out the door, too. However when she goes to "check on him", she is seen going upstairs.

[edit] External link

I Can Do Bad All By Myself at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by I Know I've Been Changed	Tyler Perry Plays {{{years}}}	Succeeded by Diary of a Mad Black Woman (play)

The Tyler Perry Corporation
Plays: I Know I've Been Changed \| Diary of a Mad Black Woman \| I Can Do Bad All By Myself \| Madea's Family Reunion \| Madea's Class Reunion \| Why Did I Get Married? \| Meet the Browns \| Madea Goes to Jail \| What's Done in the Dark
Movies: Diary of a Mad Black Woman \| Madea's Family Reunion \| Daddy's Little Girls
See also: Mabel "Madea" Simmons \| Characters in Tyler Perry Plays \| Tyler Perry's House of Payne \| Lions Gate Entertainment